Dossier

European eel

The stock of European eel is only at about 10 percent of what it was about fifty years ago. In this dossier you can find news, backgrounds and results of our research on eels and eel fishing in the Netherlands. Our research focuses on among others the propagation of glass eel, residues of dioxin in eel, monitoring eel by tracking with tags and the possibilities for eel protection.

Rules and regulation

• EC Council regulation on eel
• Most recent advice ICES (November 2024)

European eels spend the first two years of their life being swept 5,000 km by the Gulfstream, until they reach our coastal waters in the form of transparent ‘glass eels’ measuring seven centimetres. They are prevented from entering our waterways by locks, but glass eels can wash through openings in the lock gates by the current.

News about European eel

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  10 December 2024

  Barriers for eels

  - The eel has been in trouble for decades. Research has shown that locks and pumping stations still form major obstacles for the mysterious migratory...

Research on European eel

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  DIASPARA: DIAdromous Species: moving towards new PARadigms to achieve holistic scientific Advice

  This project aims to improve scientific knowledge on the European eel and Atlantic/Baltic salmon to strengthen the science-basis of management...
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  Sex and Age in eel using DNA methylation

  The main eel-WOT task is to provide the EU with an estimation of Silver eels reaching the Sea. EU-DG MARE uses this estimation for validating...

Publications on European eel

• Industry - science collaboration on data limited stocks : final report on the industry-science collaboration project OSW Data arme visbestanden

  Schram, Edward , Hintzen, Niels , Bleeker, Katinka , Tiano, Justin , Chin, Kelly , Poos, Jan Jaap , Greenway, Eleanor , Staeudle, Timo , Batsleer, Jurgen (2023) IJmuiden,: Wageningen Marine Research (Wageningen Marine Research report C067/23)

• Overzicht aal marktbemonstering 2009-2022

  van Keeken, O.A. , van der Hammen, T. , van Rijssel, J. (2023) IJmuiden: Centrum voor Visserijonderzoek (CVO) (CVO rapport 23.012)

• Inventarisatie knelpunten voor schieraalmigratie in Nederland

  van der Hammen, Tessa , Griffioen, Ben , Volwater, Joey , Winter, Erwin (2023) IJmuiden: Wageningen Marine Research (Rapport C009/23)

• NZK – Mesocosm onderzoek, voortgangsverslag 2021-2022

  Foekema, Edwin , Kotterman, Michiel (2022) Den Helder: Wageningen Marine Research (Wageningen Marine Research rapport C073/22)

• Building with Nature - Pilot Kleirijperij : Effecten van biologische bewerkingsmethoden op het rijpen van klei

  van der Ouderaa, Isabelle , van Puijenbroek, Marinka , Elschot, Kelly , Esselink, Peter , Scholl, Michaela (2022) Den Helder: Wageningen Marine Research (Wageningen Marine Research rapport C058/22)

• Aalbestanden in vier Nederlandse wateren : Markiezaatsmeer, Suderpolder, Vinkeveense plassen en Westzaan

  Volwater, Joey , de Leeuw, Joep , Winter, Erwin , van Keeken, Olvin , Schilder-Kwakman, Karen , van der Meer, Magnus (2022) IJmuiden: Wageningen Marine Research (Wageningen Marine Research rapport C015/22)

• T0 Monitoring effecten Innovatieve Zoet-Zout Scheiding Krammersluizen : Voortgangsrapportage 2021

  Wijsman, Jeroen , vd Pool, Jesse , Cheng, Chiu (2021) Yerseke: Wageningen Marine Research (Wageningen Marine Research rapport C056/21)

• Onderwaterleven waterbekkens Krammersluizencomplex : Ecologische Quickscan van de biodiversiteit van bodemdieren en vissen

  Jak, R.G. , Neitzel, S. , Mulder, I. (2021) Den Helder: Wageningen Marine Research (Wageningen Marine Research rapport C024/21)

• Overzicht aal marktbemonstering 2011-2017

  van Keeken, O.A. , Groot, P. , Bakker, A. , Hoek, R. , van Hoppe, M. , Huijer, T. , Koelemij, E. , van der Hammen, T. , van de Wolfshaar, K. (2018) IJmuiden: Wageningen Marine Research (Wageningen Marine Research rapport C079/18)

• Op zoek naar het riool : Effluent rioolzuiveringen trekt glasaal aan

  Winter, Hendrik V. (2017) Visionair : het vakblad van sportvisserij Nederland (2017), Volume: 12, Issue: 45 - ISSN 1569-7533 - p. 37-39.

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