Eel Management – The State of the Art.
Our Latest Knowledge on Eel Fisheries Science and Management
The Institute hosted this conference on 28 & 29 April 2009 in Bridgwater.
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Programme
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Day 1. Tuesday 28 April
09:15 – 09:45 coffee & registration
09:50 Introduction and welcome David Bunt, IFM
Session 1. Chairman: Chris Klee
10.00 Opening Address Mat Crocker, Environment Agency
10:15 David MacGregor Memorial Lecture Brian Knights, Kings College
The state of eel stocks in the UK, Europe
and worldwide
10:45 National regulation & legislation Heidi Stone, Environment Agency
11.05 Eel management plans Ayesha Taylor, Environment Agency
11.30 Coffee
11.45 A nostalgic view of commercial eel fishing Michael Brown
12.10 International trade in European eels - Vin Fleming, JNCC
implications of the CITES listing
12.35 Monitoring eel stocks in Wessex Pete Sibley, Environment Agency
13.00 Lunch
Session 2. Chairman: David Righton
14.00 Eel passes & the use of CCTV Andy Don, Environment Agency to monitor them in the Somerset Levels & Moors
14.25 Regulating the Parret elver fishery Richard Dearnley, EA
14.50 The Lough Neagh silver eel fishery Robert Rosell, Agri- food & Biosciences Institute Northern Ireland
15.15 Discussion session: “What are the important David Righton, Cefas
things we need to know about eels and
why?”
15.45 Tea
16.00 Coaches depart: check in to hotels then on to field trip to include:
- demonstration of elver fishing
- eel passes and counting sites
then on to:
19.30 Dinner at the Bird in Hand, North Curry – to include Smoked Eel tasting
23.00 Depart & return to Bridgwater
Day 2. Wednesday 29 April
Session 3. Chairman: Adrian Taylor
09:00: Elver Monitoring in the Thames Matthew Gollock,
Catchment Zoological Society of London
09:25 A Review of Yellow Eel Populations in the Matt Hart, Environment Agency
Thames River Basin District'.
09.50 A silver eel fisherman’s perspective Roger Castle
10.15 The anglers’ perspective Mark Salt, National Anguilla Club
10.35 Eel recruitment and population Antoine Legault, Fish Pass
evolution between 1996 and 2008 in
a French river.
11.00 Coffee
11.15 Breaking down barriers for the Eel in the Hermann Wanningen,
Netherlands Wanningen Water Consulting
See also: Stimulating knowledge exchange on fish migration and river connectivity
Since two months a group of professionals on the theme fish migration and river connectivity have started a network (group) on www.linkedin.com. This worldwide group of professionals work on the theme fish migration. The group consist of scientists, water- and river managers, consultants, engineers, ecologists. You can start discussions, add news and jobs. More than 130 experts have joined the group so far.
Experts from the UK are welcome to join the group “fish migration” too...see this link http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=1215847&trk=hb_side_g
11.40 The impact of barriers and flow on eel Ros Wright, Environment Agency
migration in East Anglia
12.05 Prioritising eel migration barriers for Andrew Nunn, Humberside
passage improvements Int. Fisheries Institute
12.30 The fate of eels in reservoirs Stuart Clough, APEM Ltd
12.55 Lunch
Session 4. Chairman: David Solomon
13.45 Eel health / disease Chris Williams, Environment Agency
14.10 Otolith microchemistry Alan Walker, Cefas
14.35 Eel behaviour in the ocean David Righton, Cefas
15.00 Balancing conservation, commerce & Andrew Kerr, Management
community – achieving a sustainable Consultant
outcome for the eel
15.25 Wrap-up Brian Knights, Kings College
15.45 Conference close – tea available
before departure
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