2021 – ongoing
The European eel is considered to be critically endangered. Compared to the 1960s/70s, stocks have collapsed by around 99% in the North Sea and 90% in the rest of Europe. Hydropower, habitat loss, illegal fishing and climate change are just a few of the factors threatening the eel on its 7,000-kilometer journey across the Atlantic to the Sargasso Sea.
Eel fishing has been increasingly regulated in recent years. However, the population has been stagnating at a low level for years. So far, it has not been possible to reproduce the eel artificially. The future of the eel remains uncertain.
