| Summary: | The WKEPEMP met in May 2013 at ICES HQ, Copenhagen, Denmark. Shortly before the meeting, Alan Walker (UK) was appointed as chair; there were 17 participants to the workshop, including seven eel scientists, seven observers from the eel industry and conservation organizations, one representative from DGMare of the European Commission, and two representatives of ICES ACOM. The meeting was preceded by a core scientists coordination meeting on Sunday 12th May and the full meeting was opened at 09.00 on Monday 13th May. In 2007, the EU adopted the Eel Regulation, which led to the development of Eel Management Plans. Progress on the implementation of these plans was reported to the EU by Member States in 2012. In December 2012, EU DGMARE sent ICES a Special Request for: "Technical evaluation of the progress reports submitted by the EU Member States to the European Commission in line with Article 9 of the Eel Regulation (1100/2007). The reports describe the progress achieved since the implementation of the Member States' eel management plans. ICES was asked to carry out an assessment of the progress achieved via the measures implemented. In view of this, the regulation may be amended and fur-ther/additional measures may be taken in order to ensure the recovery of the eel stock". DG MARE clarified this request with the following questions: “in order for the Commission to be able to propose enhanced/amended/additional measures (to the Eel Recovery Plan EC1100/2007), we need to know from ICES: A. which measures are delivering results; B. which measures are not; C. which need to be improved.” ICES set up an independent workshop (WKEPEMP) to carry out this assessment. EIFAAC/ICES WGEEL, including the core scientists, constructed tables summarizing the stock indicator data (biomass and anthropogenic mortalities), assessment type, habitats and impacts assessed, and the management actions that the Member States committed to in their EMPs. Some of these tables were checked prior to the workshop by scientists from the relevant ...
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