Recent Eel Decline in a Large Mediterranean Wetland
2025
Franch, Nati | Capdevila, Pol | Fanlo, Helena | Queral, Josep Maria | Jiménez-Clavero, Miguel Ángel | Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (España) | Agencia Estatal de Investigación (España) | Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [https://ror.org/02gfc7t72]
The European eel (Anguilla anguilla) is a critically endangered and declining species. Information from traditional fisheries and a fish monitoring scheme in the Ebro Delta reflect the widely reported eel decline onset in the late 1970s and also a recent, sharp and ongoing decline of similar magnitude (> 80%). This recent trend arises from both fishery and monitoring data, is solidly described by time-series analyses and agrees with patterns reported in other areas. Decline drivers could be related to emergent invasions and/or to the exploitation of the already depleted eel stock. There is an urgent need to re-evaluate eel status and associated management strategies.
显示更多 [+] 显示较少 [-]This work is part of the project Crayfish invasions across time and space, a multidisciplinary approach (PID2020-120026RB-I00) funded by the Spanish Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación.
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