3/13
Years of “standards” and certifications have produced zero recovery SEG claims to protect the European eel, but it has failed catastrophically. This species continues to decline, showing the SEG standard does not prevent overfishing or exploitation
#EelFirst #Accountability

5/5
SEG must respond:
Were any La Roche-sur-Yon defendants certified, and when?
If certification covered traffickers, SEG gave crime legitimacy.

@DavidBunt1
@WillemDekker
#Traceability
@CostasKadis
#Traceability
#EelFirst

2/10
This is about a critically endangered species. When extinction is a real risk, any organisation claiming to protect eels carries a serious responsibility to act with total accuracy, honesty, and transparency.

#EelFirst
#Accountability
@EU_MARE

SEGs Fake Register

1/10
SEG’s own Certificate Register states it was updated on 4 January 2026, yet it still displays expired certifications as PASSED.
If the register has been updated, why is the information not accurate?

#Transparency
#EelFirst

2/7
The portion not restocked is mostly sold to eel farms.
At 150 €/kg, these 10 tons are worth roughly 1.5 million
Money flows to farms, while restocking wild populations lags behind.

#EelFirst
#Accountability
@EU_MARE
@EU_ENV

SEGs Huge Casualties

1/9
🇫🇷 France:
60% of glass eel quota (~38 tons) must go to restocking. Eels are caught with push/trawl nets, which can seriously injure them. Studies show up to ~42% die after release due to stress and physical damage

#EelFirst
#Accountability
@EU_MARE

SEGs Certified Extinction

1/12
The report by Eduardo Robaina — climate and environmental journalist at Climática (Spain).
His full article investigates the industry, the false sustainability claims, and the scale of the illegal European eel trade.

#EelFirst
#Accountability

SEGs Director of Science

1/8
Willem Dekker just openly admits what many have been saying for years: there is no recovery of the European eel.

#EelFirst
#Accountability
@EU_MARE

SEG’s 2025 Collapse

1/12
“Happy New Year”
A reminder we shouldn’t ignore: the European eel (Anguilla anguilla) remains critically endangered — and 2025 failed to deliver any real recovery

#EelFirst
#Accountability

SEGs Extinction

1/8
The European eel (Anguilla anguilla) is CRITICALLY ENDANGERED.
That’s the highest risk category before extinction.
This is not disputed science, it’s from ICES — the EU’s own scientific authority

#EelFirst
#Accountability
@EU_MARE

7/12
The attack on the IUCN Red List is misleading. The European eel has lost over 90% of its recruitment. Minor fluctuations do not erase decades of collapse or justify removing Critically Endangered status.

#EelFirst
#Accountability

3/12
SEG actively promotes continued consumption, eel fishing and commercial trade under the branding of “sustainability”. Dekker’s board role is directly relevant to his opposition to fishing bans and Red List status.

#EelFirst
#Accountability

SEGs Unseen Biomass

1/13
1 tonne of glass eels = ~1,000 kg juveniles (~5 g each) → ~200,000 eels.
Tiny, but each has massive latent value once grown to adult size, making them highly sought after and extremely lucrative.

#EelFirst
#Accountability

SEGs Restocking illusion

1/9
Europe’s eel “restocking” is being sold as a win. Glossy photos, buckets of big eels hauled “over the dyke.” Strong PR. Weak reality. This is industry theatre.

#EelFirst
#Accountability
@EU_MARE

SEGs Festive Denial

1/12
A Christmas message about a Critically Endangered species that reads like a festive food magazine. Incredible work, Sustainable Eel Group. Truly tone-deaf excellence.

#EelFirst
#Accountability
@EU_MARE

SEGs Vanishing Act

1/9
The Sustainable Eel Group has effectively disappeared.
No presence. No accountability. No transparency.
They were suspended by ISEAL — the global body for sustainability standards.
A serious warning sign.

#EelFirst
#Accountability
@EU_MARE

SEGs Shortfall

1/10
EU law mandates 60% of all glass eel catches must be restocked every year. This isn’t a suggestion. It’s a legal obligation to protect a species on the brink of collapse across Europe.

#EelFirst
#Accountability

13/13
Until France proves, with real data, that anywhere near 60% is actually restocked and survives, this policy isn’t conservation.

It’s a regulatory illusion designed to keep fisheries open.

#EelFirst
#Accountability
#EelDeal2030
#Greenwashing
#ICES

3/13
For 2024–25, France allocated ~39 tonnes of glass eels to restocking (the famous “60%”).
But landing data show only ~70% of that restocking quota was even used.

That means ~40% of the total catch, not 60%, at best.

@Feargal_Sharkey
#EelFirst
#Accountability

SEGs Deception

1/10
Every year, tens of millions of European glass eels are illegally shipped to Asia, fetching enormous profits. Authorities seize thousands of kg—but almost no one reports what happens next. The “rescues” you see? Mostly PR.

#EelFirst
#Accountability
@EU_MARE

12/12
If SEG genuinely wants to “stop the illegal trade,” it should stop implying credit for enforcement wins — and start answering whether any of Europes commercial glass eel fishery is compatible with real eel recovery.

#EelFirst
#Accountability
#Greenwashing
#ICES

SEGs Missing Data

1/8
The European eel is critically endangered, yet in 2025 we still have no verified data on how much of the French glass eel catch is actually SEG-certified vs uncertified. For a species on the brink, this is unacceptable.

#EelFirst
#Accountability

SEGs Weak Certification

1/11
The European eel is critically endangered, yet the “Sustainable Eel Group” (SEG) keeps handing out certificates like candy. Hiding data while a species dies isn’t sustainability — it’s criminal negligence.

#EelFirst
#Accountability
@EU_MARE

7/9
In Sept 2025, SEG’s assurance system was suspended by ISEAL due to governance concerns. That alone should warn regulators + buyers.

@DanSaladinoUK
#EelFirst
#Accountability
#ICES

5/9
Examples of SEG certificates marked Lapsed:
• Gironde glass eel fishery
• Vie & Baie de Bourgneuf fishery
• Queryac storage site
• Civelle Durable
Plus multiple Dutch eel traders. These show long gaps with no clear audits.

@ISEALAlliance
#EelFirst
#Accountability

SEGs Conservation Failure

1/13
BREAKING: Now officially published on the ISEAL website — the Sustainable Eel Group (SEG), which claims to protect critically endangered eels, has had its ISEAL Community Member and Code Compliant status SUSPENDED as of 16 Sept 2025.

#EelFirst

2/10
Let’s be clear: an expired certificate is NOT valid.
Yet SEG still shows it as “Pass,” giving businesses a fake veneer of sustainability.

#EelFirst
#Accountability
@EU_MARE

6/10
Consumers, traders, and conservationists are left in the dark: Is the Moroccan farm genuinely compliant, or is it riding on a 4-year-old audit from June 2021? SEG provides no clarity.

#EelFirst
#Accountability
@EU_MARE
#Greenwashing

2/11
EU law demands 60% of glass-eels be restocked. Apply that to Morocco’s catch and you’d expect 600–900 kg returned. SEG’s certified partner delivers barely a fraction — yet gets a shiny sustainability badge anyway.

@DanSaladinoUK
@hjaruissen
#EelFirst