Objective OBJECTIVES AND EXPECTED ACHIEVEMENTS 1.1 Background of the eel problemDuring the last two decades a substantial decrease of the European eel (Anguilla anguilla) population was observed in Europe, undoubtedly related with the decline of elver immigration. It is not clear which factor is crucial in the decline of the eel population: fisheries at different life stages of eel, hampering the immigration of glass eel or emigration of silver eel, mortality due to hydro power stations, water quality issues, parasites (e.g. Anguillicola crassus ) or oceanic processes.Impact on the downstream migrating silver eel in inland waters is caused by commercial fisheries and by mortality of eel passing the turbines of hydro power stations. Mortality rates for silver eels range from 13 to 50% at individual hydro power stations. These human activities are widespread in many European rivers and might have detrimental effects on the population level of the European eel. Fields of science agricultural sciencesagriculture, forestry, and fisheriesfisheriessocial sciencessociologydemographymortalitynatural scienceschemical sciencesinorganic chemistrytransition metalsnatural sciencesearth and related environmental scienceshydrologysocial sciencessociologydemographyhuman migrations Programme(s) FP5-LIFE QUALITY - Specific Programme for research, technological development and demonstration on "Quality of life and management of living resources", 1998-2002 Topic(s) Data not available Call for proposal 1 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme Data not available Coordinator KEMA NEDERLAND B.V. EU contribution No data Address Utrechtseweg 310 ARNHEM Netherlands See on map Total cost No data Participants (3) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all INGENIEURBURO FLOECKSMUHLE Germany EU contribution No data Address Bachstr. 62-67 AACHEN See on map Total cost No data INSTITUT FUR ANGEWANDTE OKOLOGIE Germany EU contribution No data Address Neustadter Weg 25 KIRTORF-WAHLEN See on map Total cost No data NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR FISHERIES RESEARCH Netherlands EU contribution No data Address Haringkade 1 IJMUIDEN See on map Total cost No data
