@gge66.bsky.social
SEGs Advertising
1/6
The Sustainable Eel Group claims to “champion the eel,” yet its actions raise serious concerns. What’s presented as conservation often looks like a system enabling continued exploitation of a critically endangered species.
#EelCrisis #Accountability
1/6
The Sustainable Eel Group claims to “champion the eel,” yet its actions raise serious concerns. What’s presented as conservation often looks like a system enabling continued exploitation of a critically endangered species.
#EelCrisis #Accountability
December 7, 2025 at 2:47 PM
SEGs Advertising
1/6
The Sustainable Eel Group claims to “champion the eel,” yet its actions raise serious concerns. What’s presented as conservation often looks like a system enabling continued exploitation of a critically endangered species.
#EelCrisis #Accountability
1/6
The Sustainable Eel Group claims to “champion the eel,” yet its actions raise serious concerns. What’s presented as conservation often looks like a system enabling continued exploitation of a critically endangered species.
#EelCrisis #Accountability
SEGs Double Standard
1/7
SEG’s chair Andrew Kerr told BBC News the UK eel fishery “must change,” claiming the future is conservation fishing and that we must “rebuild the human relationship with the eel.” Sounds noble, until you look at what SEG actually does, not what it says.
1/7
SEG’s chair Andrew Kerr told BBC News the UK eel fishery “must change,” claiming the future is conservation fishing and that we must “rebuild the human relationship with the eel.” Sounds noble, until you look at what SEG actually does, not what it says.
December 7, 2025 at 9:22 AM
SEGs Double Standard
1/7
SEG’s chair Andrew Kerr told BBC News the UK eel fishery “must change,” claiming the future is conservation fishing and that we must “rebuild the human relationship with the eel.” Sounds noble, until you look at what SEG actually does, not what it says.
1/7
SEG’s chair Andrew Kerr told BBC News the UK eel fishery “must change,” claiming the future is conservation fishing and that we must “rebuild the human relationship with the eel.” Sounds noble, until you look at what SEG actually does, not what it says.
SEGs COP2O Ends?
1/11
COP20 wraps up and somehow SEG wants applause for offering… more workshops, more guidance, more “capacity building.” Translation: lots of talking, very little doing. Meanwhile, Anguilla species continue to get hammered in the real world.
@EU_MARE
1/11
COP20 wraps up and somehow SEG wants applause for offering… more workshops, more guidance, more “capacity building.” Translation: lots of talking, very little doing. Meanwhile, Anguilla species continue to get hammered in the real world.
@EU_MARE
December 6, 2025 at 10:41 AM
SEGs COP2O Ends?
1/11
COP20 wraps up and somehow SEG wants applause for offering… more workshops, more guidance, more “capacity building.” Translation: lots of talking, very little doing. Meanwhile, Anguilla species continue to get hammered in the real world.
@EU_MARE
1/11
COP20 wraps up and somehow SEG wants applause for offering… more workshops, more guidance, more “capacity building.” Translation: lots of talking, very little doing. Meanwhile, Anguilla species continue to get hammered in the real world.
@EU_MARE
SEGs RESOLUTION 87:
1/5
Resolution 87: 5,000 words of bureaucratic poetry about saving eels… without actually saving eels. Endless “frameworks” and “assessments” = lots of talk, zero action.
@ CITES CoP20
#Ee|Deal2030
@OceanaEurope
1/5
Resolution 87: 5,000 words of bureaucratic poetry about saving eels… without actually saving eels. Endless “frameworks” and “assessments” = lots of talk, zero action.
@ CITES CoP20
#Ee|Deal2030
@OceanaEurope
December 5, 2025 at 4:39 PM
SEGs RESOLUTION 87:
1/5
Resolution 87: 5,000 words of bureaucratic poetry about saving eels… without actually saving eels. Endless “frameworks” and “assessments” = lots of talk, zero action.
@ CITES CoP20
#Ee|Deal2030
@OceanaEurope
1/5
Resolution 87: 5,000 words of bureaucratic poetry about saving eels… without actually saving eels. Endless “frameworks” and “assessments” = lots of talk, zero action.
@ CITES CoP20
#Ee|Deal2030
@OceanaEurope
SEGs Deception
1/7
SEG says illegal glass-eel trade dropped 80%.
Reality: these are self-reported estimates, based on SEG-backed studies, not independent data.
#WildlifeCrime #EuropeanEel
@EU_MARE @CITES #EelCrisis
1/7
SEG says illegal glass-eel trade dropped 80%.
Reality: these are self-reported estimates, based on SEG-backed studies, not independent data.
#WildlifeCrime #EuropeanEel
@EU_MARE @CITES #EelCrisis
December 5, 2025 at 10:28 AM
SEGs Deception
1/7
SEG says illegal glass-eel trade dropped 80%.
Reality: these are self-reported estimates, based on SEG-backed studies, not independent data.
#WildlifeCrime #EuropeanEel
@EU_MARE @CITES #EelCrisis
1/7
SEG says illegal glass-eel trade dropped 80%.
Reality: these are self-reported estimates, based on SEG-backed studies, not independent data.
#WildlifeCrime #EuropeanEel
@EU_MARE @CITES #EelCrisis
SEGs Certification?
1/12
Let’s stop pretending: A certification that doesn’t guarantee 100% certified product is nothing but a logo. And that’s exactly the problem with @SustainableEel’s SEG certification.
@ISEALalliance
@DefraGovUK
1/12
Let’s stop pretending: A certification that doesn’t guarantee 100% certified product is nothing but a logo. And that’s exactly the problem with @SustainableEel’s SEG certification.
@ISEALalliance
@DefraGovUK
December 4, 2025 at 9:41 AM
SEGs Certification?
1/12
Let’s stop pretending: A certification that doesn’t guarantee 100% certified product is nothing but a logo. And that’s exactly the problem with @SustainableEel’s SEG certification.
@ISEALalliance
@DefraGovUK
1/12
Let’s stop pretending: A certification that doesn’t guarantee 100% certified product is nothing but a logo. And that’s exactly the problem with @SustainableEel’s SEG certification.
@ISEALalliance
@DefraGovUK
SEGs ISEAL Silence?
1/10
Everyone keeps asking: “Why hasn’t ISEAL explained SEG’s suspension?”
Simple:
ISEAL only goes quiet when the failures are serious enough to shake the system.
#EelCrisis #Accountability
@CITES
1/10
Everyone keeps asking: “Why hasn’t ISEAL explained SEG’s suspension?”
Simple:
ISEAL only goes quiet when the failures are serious enough to shake the system.
#EelCrisis #Accountability
@CITES
December 3, 2025 at 10:47 AM
SEGs ISEAL Silence?
1/10
Everyone keeps asking: “Why hasn’t ISEAL explained SEG’s suspension?”
Simple:
ISEAL only goes quiet when the failures are serious enough to shake the system.
#EelCrisis #Accountability
@CITES
1/10
Everyone keeps asking: “Why hasn’t ISEAL explained SEG’s suspension?”
Simple:
ISEAL only goes quiet when the failures are serious enough to shake the system.
#EelCrisis #Accountability
@CITES
SEGs Marketing Badge
1/6
The Sustainable Eel Group claims to champion eel conservation — but guess who they actually listen to? Fishing lobbyists, not scientists.
Why save wild eels when you can keep the consumption conveyor belt humming?
#EelGate #SustainableScamSE
1/6
The Sustainable Eel Group claims to champion eel conservation — but guess who they actually listen to? Fishing lobbyists, not scientists.
Why save wild eels when you can keep the consumption conveyor belt humming?
#EelGate #SustainableScamSE
December 2, 2025 at 3:42 PM
SEGs Marketing Badge
1/6
The Sustainable Eel Group claims to champion eel conservation — but guess who they actually listen to? Fishing lobbyists, not scientists.
Why save wild eels when you can keep the consumption conveyor belt humming?
#EelGate #SustainableScamSE
1/6
The Sustainable Eel Group claims to champion eel conservation — but guess who they actually listen to? Fishing lobbyists, not scientists.
Why save wild eels when you can keep the consumption conveyor belt humming?
#EelGate #SustainableScamSE
SEGs Hindering
1/8
The programme in Kaliningrad was helping replenish the critically endangered European eel (Anguilla anguilla) by releasing young in eels into the Vistula & Curonian Lagoon systems.
@FTM_eut @CITES
#EelHypocrisy
1/8
The programme in Kaliningrad was helping replenish the critically endangered European eel (Anguilla anguilla) by releasing young in eels into the Vistula & Curonian Lagoon systems.
@FTM_eut @CITES
#EelHypocrisy
December 1, 2025 at 4:10 PM
SEGs Hindering
1/8
The programme in Kaliningrad was helping replenish the critically endangered European eel (Anguilla anguilla) by releasing young in eels into the Vistula & Curonian Lagoon systems.
@FTM_eut @CITES
#EelHypocrisy
1/8
The programme in Kaliningrad was helping replenish the critically endangered European eel (Anguilla anguilla) by releasing young in eels into the Vistula & Curonian Lagoon systems.
@FTM_eut @CITES
#EelHypocrisy
SEGs Contradictions
1/10
Contradiction #1:
SEG says it wants to “save the European eel”…
…but then fights against CITES Appendix I, the highest protection level.
If the eel is dying, why block the protection?
Who benefits from keeping trade open?
@FTM_eut @CITES
@DefraGovUK
1/10
Contradiction #1:
SEG says it wants to “save the European eel”…
…but then fights against CITES Appendix I, the highest protection level.
If the eel is dying, why block the protection?
Who benefits from keeping trade open?
@FTM_eut @CITES
@DefraGovUK
November 28, 2025 at 10:21 AM
SEGs Contradictions
1/10
Contradiction #1:
SEG says it wants to “save the European eel”…
…but then fights against CITES Appendix I, the highest protection level.
If the eel is dying, why block the protection?
Who benefits from keeping trade open?
@FTM_eut @CITES
@DefraGovUK
1/10
Contradiction #1:
SEG says it wants to “save the European eel”…
…but then fights against CITES Appendix I, the highest protection level.
If the eel is dying, why block the protection?
Who benefits from keeping trade open?
@FTM_eut @CITES
@DefraGovUK
SEGs Delusion
1/8
The @eelgroup is pushing hard at #CITESCOP2025 to get eels listed on Appendix II worldwide, aiming to curb the illegal trade—especially the pipeline to China.
But here’s the problem
@FTM_eut @CITES
@DEFRA
@AquacultureEurope
@ISEALalliance
1/8
The @eelgroup is pushing hard at #CITESCOP2025 to get eels listed on Appendix II worldwide, aiming to curb the illegal trade—especially the pipeline to China.
But here’s the problem
@FTM_eut @CITES
@DEFRA
@AquacultureEurope
@ISEALalliance
November 27, 2025 at 6:43 PM
SEGs Delusion
1/8
The @eelgroup is pushing hard at #CITESCOP2025 to get eels listed on Appendix II worldwide, aiming to curb the illegal trade—especially the pipeline to China.
But here’s the problem
@FTM_eut @CITES
@DEFRA
@AquacultureEurope
@ISEALalliance
1/8
The @eelgroup is pushing hard at #CITESCOP2025 to get eels listed on Appendix II worldwide, aiming to curb the illegal trade—especially the pipeline to China.
But here’s the problem
@FTM_eut @CITES
@DEFRA
@AquacultureEurope
@ISEALalliance
SEGs Two Tier “Kerr”
1/9
Why is the Sustainable Eel Group (SEG) fighting so hard against putting the European eel on CITES Appendix I?
Appendix I = NO international trade.
If the eel is critically endangered, why defend the trade?
Who are they really protecting?
@ICESmarine
1/9
Why is the Sustainable Eel Group (SEG) fighting so hard against putting the European eel on CITES Appendix I?
Appendix I = NO international trade.
If the eel is critically endangered, why defend the trade?
Who are they really protecting?
@ICESmarine
November 26, 2025 at 10:49 AM
SEGs Two Tier “Kerr”
1/9
Why is the Sustainable Eel Group (SEG) fighting so hard against putting the European eel on CITES Appendix I?
Appendix I = NO international trade.
If the eel is critically endangered, why defend the trade?
Who are they really protecting?
@ICESmarine
1/9
Why is the Sustainable Eel Group (SEG) fighting so hard against putting the European eel on CITES Appendix I?
Appendix I = NO international trade.
If the eel is critically endangered, why defend the trade?
Who are they really protecting?
@ICESmarine
SEGs Record
1/5
SEG suspended by ISEAL.
This isn’t a warning it’s a full credibility collapse. ISEAL almost never suspends a member, and there’s no real precedent for a suspended standard being fully reinstated. This is a massive red flag
#SEG #EelTrade @FTM_eut @CITES @EU_MARE
1/5
SEG suspended by ISEAL.
This isn’t a warning it’s a full credibility collapse. ISEAL almost never suspends a member, and there’s no real precedent for a suspended standard being fully reinstated. This is a massive red flag
#SEG #EelTrade @FTM_eut @CITES @EU_MARE
November 23, 2025 at 11:30 AM
SEGs Kicker
1/5
SEG suspended by ISEAL and here’s the kicker: no other sustainability standard has ever been suspended and fully reinstated. SEG is blazing new ground… with no precedent. Red flag for anyone trusting their certification.
#SEG #EelTrade @FTM_eut @CITES
@EU_MARE
1/5
SEG suspended by ISEAL and here’s the kicker: no other sustainability standard has ever been suspended and fully reinstated. SEG is blazing new ground… with no precedent. Red flag for anyone trusting their certification.
#SEG #EelTrade @FTM_eut @CITES
@EU_MARE
November 23, 2025 at 9:29 AM
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November 22, 2025 at 9:19 PM
SEGs Certified Farms
1/9
Eel farms might sound sustainable — like they raise young eels just like other aquaculture. But SEG-certified farms don’t work that way. They rely entirely on taking young eels from the wild, not breeding them. That’s the real starting point.
@DEFRA
1/9
Eel farms might sound sustainable — like they raise young eels just like other aquaculture. But SEG-certified farms don’t work that way. They rely entirely on taking young eels from the wild, not breeding them. That’s the real starting point.
@DEFRA
November 22, 2025 at 2:58 PM
SEGs Certified Farms
1/9
Eel farms might sound sustainable — like they raise young eels just like other aquaculture. But SEG-certified farms don’t work that way. They rely entirely on taking young eels from the wild, not breeding them. That’s the real starting point.
@DEFRA
1/9
Eel farms might sound sustainable — like they raise young eels just like other aquaculture. But SEG-certified farms don’t work that way. They rely entirely on taking young eels from the wild, not breeding them. That’s the real starting point.
@DEFRA
SEGs Reproduction?
1/10
SEG (Sustainable Eel Group) markets European eel as “sustainable.” Reality: every eel eaten, even farmed, stops millions of potential offspring from ever spawning.
@DEFRA
@FTM_eut @CITES
@EU_MARE
1/10
SEG (Sustainable Eel Group) markets European eel as “sustainable.” Reality: every eel eaten, even farmed, stops millions of potential offspring from ever spawning.
@DEFRA
@FTM_eut @CITES
@EU_MARE
November 22, 2025 at 9:24 AM
SEGs Reproduction?
1/10
SEG (Sustainable Eel Group) markets European eel as “sustainable.” Reality: every eel eaten, even farmed, stops millions of potential offspring from ever spawning.
@DEFRA
@FTM_eut @CITES
@EU_MARE
1/10
SEG (Sustainable Eel Group) markets European eel as “sustainable.” Reality: every eel eaten, even farmed, stops millions of potential offspring from ever spawning.
@DEFRA
@FTM_eut @CITES
@EU_MARE
SEGs Commercial Exploitation
1/11
Europe restocks tens of millions of baby eels every year.
Sounds impressive, right?
But here’s the real picture when you compare restocking numbers to the number of adult eels killed for consumption.
Spoiler: the math is brutal
@CITES
1/11
Europe restocks tens of millions of baby eels every year.
Sounds impressive, right?
But here’s the real picture when you compare restocking numbers to the number of adult eels killed for consumption.
Spoiler: the math is brutal
@CITES
November 21, 2025 at 9:30 AM
SEGs Commercial Exploitation
1/11
Europe restocks tens of millions of baby eels every year.
Sounds impressive, right?
But here’s the real picture when you compare restocking numbers to the number of adult eels killed for consumption.
Spoiler: the math is brutal
@CITES
1/11
Europe restocks tens of millions of baby eels every year.
Sounds impressive, right?
But here’s the real picture when you compare restocking numbers to the number of adult eels killed for consumption.
Spoiler: the math is brutal
@CITES
SEGs Greenwashing
November 20, 2025 at 6:33 PM
SEGs Greenwashing
SEGs Appetite
1/10
Let’s cut the crap: Europe is devouring the European eel, a critically endangered species, like nothing is wrong. The numbers aren’t small. They’re insane.
#Accountability
@DanSaladinoUk
@DEFRA
@FTM_eut @CITES
@EU_MARE
1/10
Let’s cut the crap: Europe is devouring the European eel, a critically endangered species, like nothing is wrong. The numbers aren’t small. They’re insane.
#Accountability
@DanSaladinoUk
@DEFRA
@FTM_eut @CITES
@EU_MARE
November 20, 2025 at 9:12 AM
SEGs Appetite
1/10
Let’s cut the crap: Europe is devouring the European eel, a critically endangered species, like nothing is wrong. The numbers aren’t small. They’re insane.
#Accountability
@DanSaladinoUk
@DEFRA
@FTM_eut @CITES
@EU_MARE
1/10
Let’s cut the crap: Europe is devouring the European eel, a critically endangered species, like nothing is wrong. The numbers aren’t small. They’re insane.
#Accountability
@DanSaladinoUk
@DEFRA
@FTM_eut @CITES
@EU_MARE
SEGs Power Loop
1/9
Let’s be clear: DUPAN funds SEG.
SEG is the group that hands out the “sustainable eel” stamp.
So the industry financially supports the body that certifies its own operations. That’s not independence that’s influence.
@ISEALalliance
@FTM_eut @CITES
@EU_MARE
1/9
Let’s be clear: DUPAN funds SEG.
SEG is the group that hands out the “sustainable eel” stamp.
So the industry financially supports the body that certifies its own operations. That’s not independence that’s influence.
@ISEALalliance
@FTM_eut @CITES
@EU_MARE
November 19, 2025 at 9:33 AM
SEGs Power Loop
1/9
Let’s be clear: DUPAN funds SEG.
SEG is the group that hands out the “sustainable eel” stamp.
So the industry financially supports the body that certifies its own operations. That’s not independence that’s influence.
@ISEALalliance
@FTM_eut @CITES
@EU_MARE
1/9
Let’s be clear: DUPAN funds SEG.
SEG is the group that hands out the “sustainable eel” stamp.
So the industry financially supports the body that certifies its own operations. That’s not independence that’s influence.
@ISEALalliance
@FTM_eut @CITES
@EU_MARE
SEGs Industry Support?
1/9
Why is Dupan constantly applauding SEG, giving them credit, and promoting them nonstop on social media? You’re celebrating an organisation that is currently suspended by ISEAL
Suspended means not compliant. What exactly is there to applaud?
@CITES
1/9
Why is Dupan constantly applauding SEG, giving them credit, and promoting them nonstop on social media? You’re celebrating an organisation that is currently suspended by ISEAL
Suspended means not compliant. What exactly is there to applaud?
@CITES
November 18, 2025 at 5:02 PM
SEGs Industry Support?
1/9
Why is Dupan constantly applauding SEG, giving them credit, and promoting them nonstop on social media? You’re celebrating an organisation that is currently suspended by ISEAL
Suspended means not compliant. What exactly is there to applaud?
@CITES
1/9
Why is Dupan constantly applauding SEG, giving them credit, and promoting them nonstop on social media? You’re celebrating an organisation that is currently suspended by ISEAL
Suspended means not compliant. What exactly is there to applaud?
@CITES
SEGs Suspiciousness
1/11
The Sustainable Eel Group claims to “champion” the European eel — yet their own actions tell a very different story. The organisation is surrounded by serious problems that cannot be ignored any longer.
@ISEALalliance
#Ee|Deal2030
#AgriFish
1/11
The Sustainable Eel Group claims to “champion” the European eel — yet their own actions tell a very different story. The organisation is surrounded by serious problems that cannot be ignored any longer.
@ISEALalliance
#Ee|Deal2030
#AgriFish
November 17, 2025 at 12:10 PM
SEGs Suspiciousness
1/11
The Sustainable Eel Group claims to “champion” the European eel — yet their own actions tell a very different story. The organisation is surrounded by serious problems that cannot be ignored any longer.
@ISEALalliance
#Ee|Deal2030
#AgriFish
1/11
The Sustainable Eel Group claims to “champion” the European eel — yet their own actions tell a very different story. The organisation is surrounded by serious problems that cannot be ignored any longer.
@ISEALalliance
#Ee|Deal2030
#AgriFish
SEGs Panic Revision
1/11
What I just saw from @SustainableEel is wildly alarming.
A certificate for SAS Estuaires gets published… then QUIETLY ALTERED WITHIN HOURS.
This isn’t transparency — it’s a giant red flag. 🧵👇
#EelCrisis #ConservationFail
@ISEALalliance
1/11
What I just saw from @SustainableEel is wildly alarming.
A certificate for SAS Estuaires gets published… then QUIETLY ALTERED WITHIN HOURS.
This isn’t transparency — it’s a giant red flag. 🧵👇
#EelCrisis #ConservationFail
@ISEALalliance
November 16, 2025 at 1:55 PM
SEGs Panic Revision
1/11
What I just saw from @SustainableEel is wildly alarming.
A certificate for SAS Estuaires gets published… then QUIETLY ALTERED WITHIN HOURS.
This isn’t transparency — it’s a giant red flag. 🧵👇
#EelCrisis #ConservationFail
@ISEALalliance
1/11
What I just saw from @SustainableEel is wildly alarming.
A certificate for SAS Estuaires gets published… then QUIETLY ALTERED WITHIN HOURS.
This isn’t transparency — it’s a giant red flag. 🧵👇
#EelCrisis #ConservationFail
@ISEALalliance
SEGs Cover Up
1/11
The Sustainable Eel Group (SEG) claims to protect the eel. But the certification for SAS Estuaires (SEG-0071) shows serious discrepancies that raise major concerns about transparency and credibility.
@ISEALalliance
@ICES
1/11
The Sustainable Eel Group (SEG) claims to protect the eel. But the certification for SAS Estuaires (SEG-0071) shows serious discrepancies that raise major concerns about transparency and credibility.
@ISEALalliance
@ICES
November 15, 2025 at 3:48 PM
SEGs Cover Up
1/11
The Sustainable Eel Group (SEG) claims to protect the eel. But the certification for SAS Estuaires (SEG-0071) shows serious discrepancies that raise major concerns about transparency and credibility.
@ISEALalliance
@ICES
1/11
The Sustainable Eel Group (SEG) claims to protect the eel. But the certification for SAS Estuaires (SEG-0071) shows serious discrepancies that raise major concerns about transparency and credibility.
@ISEALalliance
@ICES