The historic abundance of eels in Europe has decreased by more than 90 percent and different measures are implemented to protect the endangered fish with no clear solution in sight. Lake Võrtsjärve fishermen will likely have to find a new source of income in the next decade.
Eel fishing could be subject to a complete ban in Europe soon, daily Sakala (link in Estonian) reported on Wednesday. The European Commission has discussed a ban on eel fishing in 2017, but the Ministry of the Environment’s fish stock department head Herki Tuus said it has not come up again.
“It is not on the table in that sense, but we have not seen all of the commission’s proposals for the next year yet. There is nothing more concrete tabled for the discussion on Baltic Sea quotas,” Tuus said.
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