@FishSecretariat@balticseacentre If true that the closure also includes glass eel fishing then I would not be that critical about this Council decision - most glass eels arrive to Western-Europe within this closure period. Also September-October is the main escapement period for silver eels in many regions.
@RArlinghausFish@Chikichanka@WillemXDekker@EdmondshamLand @EelGroup @ices Show me the evidence that it is good for eel π. Good for eel fishing, yes. There are several examples why restocking might be bad for eels. But there is a difference where/how you do it - eg it is probably ok with wild recruits within the same river system they arrive to.
@RArlinghausFish@Chikichanka@WillemXDekker@EdmondshamLand @EelGroup @ices I also disagree. It is morally wrong to justify yellow/silver eel fishing in those inland lakes/rivers just for the sake of the traditions. And especially if those eels are restocked as is the current practice in Estonia. Let them fish for some eels there where there are wild eel
@RArlinghausFish@Chikichanka@WillemXDekker@EdmondshamLand @EelGroup @ices Let those small-scale fishers fish for eel as long there are eels there (up to 10 years perhaps). There is no proof that we are doing good to eels with restocking over long distances. Just traditions. Once was slavery and whaling also widely accepted...
@RArlinghausFish@Chikichanka@WillemXDekker@EdmondshamLand @EelGroup @ices Ban most glass eel fishing (and eel farming which is definetely nonsense and should be stopped), use a small number of glass eel fishers in rivers which get a surplus of glass eels (if there are any) to restock nearby rivers (and not bring them to e.g. the Baltic Sea for now).
@RittwegTimo Cool! However, maternal signal should reach ca 100-150 microns from the core in my experience (but it could be more in your "pike on steroids" π, 40 cm in the first year = π€―, this is world record growth?).