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SEGs Failure

The EA has confirmed that without markets it will not issue authorisations. This means no restocking, and millions of critically endangered baby eels in the River Severn will once again be trapped and left to die this season.

@DefraGovUK
@EnvAgency
February 2, 2026 at 2:05 PM
SEG’s failure.

UV surveys expose an annual wildlife crime on the River Severn: critically endangered glass eels trapped, abandoned, and left to die. A conservation disaster caused by negligence. It’s criminal.

@DefraGovUK @CITES
@EnvAgency
February 1, 2026 at 10:11 AM
SEGs Failure

UV lighting exposes an annual wildlife crime on the River Severn. Critically endangered glass eels trapped and abandoned to die. This is negligence. This is preventable — yet allowed to continue. Enough.

@DefraGovUK @CITES
@EnvAgency
January 31, 2026 at 2:34 PM
SEGs Failure

Should this be allowed in the River Severn?
Critically endangered glass eels trapped, exhausted, and left to die.
This isn’t an accident — it’s an environmental failure.

@ISEALAlliance
#EelDeal2030 @DefraGovUK
@CITES
@EnvAgency
January 30, 2026 at 8:37 PM
SEGs Shield

The Sustainable Eel Group (SEG) presents itself as a conservation body.
In reality, it functions as a PR shield for continued exploitation of a critically endangered species.

#EelDeal2030
#SaveTheEels
#Greenwashing
January 20, 2026 at 9:00 AM
SEGs Collapse

SEG isn’t a watchdog. Funded by the eel trade, run by commercial interests and closed governance.

Eels are Critically Endangered. Science says zero catch. SEG says keep fishing, eating and exporting. That’s collapse.

#EelDeal2030
January 19, 2026 at 10:01 AM
SEGs Partner

Dupan’s attack on ICES is political, selective, and economically self-interested.
ICES’s guidance remains clear, consistent, and science-driven.
If Europe truly wants eels to survive, it must follow the science—not financial interests.

#EelDeal2030
January 18, 2026 at 9:13 AM
SEGs Spin

SEG brands itself as conservation, but acts as a PR shield for exploiting a critically endangered species. Calling eel fishing “sustainable” after a 90%+ collapse is greenwashing. No farming, just wild capture. Real question isn’t “how continue?” but “why not stop?”
January 17, 2026 at 1:49 PM
SEGs Deception

“After repeated failures—ISEAL suspension, court appearances, and lapsed certifications etc —the Sustainable Eel Group has gone into hiding. This exposes their false claims and a fake system built on deception.”

#EelDeal2030
#EelGate
#SaveTheEels
#Eelwashing
January 16, 2026 at 8:01 AM
SEGs Myth

“Sustainable eel” is a myth.
There is no captive-bred eel.
Every farmed eel starts life ripped from the wild as a glass eel — often from critically endangered stocks — then laundered through certification and sold with a clean conscience.

#EelDeal2030
@DefraGovUK
January 15, 2026 at 3:45 PM
SEGs Circular Control

1/9
SEG claims it doesn’t issue “restocking certificates.” That’s a technical dodge. Restocking is built into the SEG Standard—allowing eel companies to sell sustainability claims off the back of stocking rivers with farmed eels.

#EelGate
#SaveTheEels
January 14, 2026 at 2:42 PM
(1) SEGs Somerset Eels?

1/13
This letter from @GOVUK & @EnvAgency is extraordinary and deeply concerning.
It claims “large numbers of elvers were taken” and “a significant proportion perished” — a critically endangered species — yet gives no detail.
Unacceptable

@EnvAgency
January 11, 2026 at 9:39 AM
SEG’s Suspicious Standard

1/5
SEG certificate SEG-0047 is EXPIRED but still marked PASSED.
Issued: 28 Dec 2021 Expires: 28 Dec 2023 Next audit: Dec 2025
According to the SEG Standard itself this is “fine.” SEG allows expired certificates to remain PASSED

@EU_MARE
@CostasKadis
January 10, 2026 at 1:27 PM
SEG’s Systemic
Failure

1/13
The Sustainable Eel Group claims to protect European eels, but its certifications are mostly expired, misrepresented, and failing while this critically endangered species remains at the brink of extinction. The data exposes systemic failure
#Eel
January 9, 2026 at 10:35 AM
SEGs Certified Traffickers?

1/5
SEG claims “none of the individuals convicted were certified.”
This concerns the La Roche-sur-Yon convictions (Vendée & Charente-Maritime, France).

www.sustainableeelgroup.org/court-judgem...
Court judgements in La Roche-sur-Yon with ten convicted | Sustainable Eel Group
Accelerating the Eel's recovery
www.sustainableeelgroup.org
January 7, 2026 at 10:18 AM
SEGs Claims

1/6
The Sustainable Eel Group claims the majority of the French eel fishery is certified. The reality? That number counts companies, not fish. Most eels in the market are not traceable, and a certificate on paper does nothing to save a critically endangered species.
January 6, 2026 at 12:18 PM
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
January 5, 2026 at 7:41 PM
SEGs Reality Check

1/7
In 2025, only 70.5% of the French marine eel quota was actually restocked.
That leaves 29.5% of the quota – about 10 tons – not restocked, despite healthy glass eel numbers in estuaries.

#EelDeal2030
@DanSaladinoUK
@EUCommission @EUCouncil
January 4, 2026 at 12:02 PM
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
January 3, 2026 at 12:45 PM
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
January 2, 2026 at 2:25 PM
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
January 2, 2026 at 2:21 PM
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
January 1, 2026 at 3:02 PM
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
December 31, 2025 at 2:02 PM
SEGs Misleading Board Member

1/12
This article claims it “no longer makes sense” to list the European eel as Critically Endangered. That claim rests almost entirely on Willem Dekker and it is misleading, unchallenged, and irresponsible

@DanSaladinoUK
@CostasKadis
@DavidBunt1
December 30, 2025 at 10:40 AM
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
December 29, 2025 at 6:03 PM