Objective The eel stock in Europe is in rapid decline, and both ICES/EIFAC and the European Commission have advised urgent management action to protect and restore the stock. Given the scattered distribution of the eel in inland and coastal waters over Europe, sustainable management and restoration of the common spawning stock in the Sargasso Sea can only be achieved through local management measures, integrated on a European scale.These measures must address all continental life stages: glass eel (immigrating recruits), yellow eel (resident growth stage) and silver eel (emigrating spawners), with the specific objective of overall protection of the spawning stock. Individual river catchments have been identified as the primary management units for implementation o f the Water Framework Directive. Whilst protective measures for eel must also be catchment-specific, a common approach and an equitable balance between countries are required. Joint development of targets and tools will provide a cost-effective and consistent approach to management of these widespread fish The aims of the proposed project are to develop quantitative approaches to evaluate the status of national eel stocks at a catchment level, to derive reference points for sustainability, and to model the potential effect of legal and technical measures aimed at stock recovery.These objectives will be achieved by bringing together modellers and data holders, culminating in a workshop to review the application of suitable models to real historical data sets, and to identify the technical components of a scientific approach to managing this resource. Fields of science agricultural sciencesagriculture, forestry, and fisheriesfisheriessocial sciencessociologydemographymortalitynatural scienceschemical sciencesinorganic chemistrytransition metalsengineering and technologymaterials engineeringnatural sciencesearth and related environmental scienceshydrologydrainage basins Programme(s) FP6-POLICIES - Policy support: Specific activities covering wider field of research under the Focusing and Integrating Community Research programme 2002-2006. Topic(s) POLICIES-1.3 - The modernisation and sustainability of fisheries policies Call for proposal FP6-2004-SSP-4 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme SSA - Specific Support Action Coordinator STICHTING DIENST LANDBOUWKUNDIG ONDERZOEK EU contribution No data Address Costerweg 50 9101 WAGENINGEN Netherlands See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (7) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS ACTING THROUGH THE CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT, FISHERIES AND AQUACULTURE SCIENCE United Kingdom EU contribution No data Address Pakefield Road LOWESTOFT, SUFFOLK See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT FOR NORTHERN IRELAND United Kingdom EU contribution No data Address 9 Newforge Lane BELFAST See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data INSTITUTION D'AMENAGEMENT DE LA VILAINE France EU contribution No data Address Boulevard de Bretagne 0 BP11 LA ROCHE BERNARD See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data CENTRE NATIONAL DU MACHINISME AGRICOLE, DU GENIE RURAL, DES EAUX ET DES FORETS France EU contribution No data Address Parc de Tourvoie ANTONY See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data SWEDISH BOARD OF FISHERIES, DEPARTMENT OF RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT, INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER RESEARCH Sweden EU contribution No data Address Stangholmsvagen 2 DROTTNINGSHOLM See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data MARINE INSTITUTE Ireland EU contribution No data Address Galway Technology Park, Parkmore GALWAY See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND, GALWAY Ireland EU contribution No data Address University Road GALWAY See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data