If Annex II is adopted (likely, judging by the EU hype), it will be a victory for regulated trade... but a half-measure for eels. #CITESCoP20

At CITES CoP20, SEG's like that uncle at Thanksgiving: "Pass the eel kabayaki—it's sustainable now!"
Suspended by ISEAL, dissolved in court, yet still whispering "trust us" to delegates.
Eels to CITES: "Appendix I us before they certify our extinction party."
#SustainableSham #CITESCoP20

SEG's track record in Samarkand: 15 years, zero rebounds, 100% scandals.
"Leading role"? More like leading the greenwash parade.
Time to Appendix-II their influence—out with the industry puppets, in with actual science. Eels approve.
#EelGateExposed #CITESCoP20

I think that the lies that Richard spreads are allowed to him by SEG. He is being used like a blind puppy, and then they will throw him away... Richard is either stupid or unprincipled...Now he is bathed in the "zenith of glory", but it will not last long.

What kind of person is this Fleming? No conscience, no shame.. Total lies. He blocked me - he didn't like my questions about his "eel smuggling" lie.

SEG CHANGE IN EXPORT POSITION
Since its creation, the SEG position has been against the export of glass eels outside the EU. However, since the SEG came under the control of ESA/ESF/DUPAN/IFEA, the SEG position has changed, to the point of emphasizing the export right granted to Morocco in D./2023

...in order to denounce the consumption of cooked glass eel in Spain.
Since the purchase of SEG by ESA in 2018, SEG's position has changed to the point of even certifying two Spanish glass eel cookers
sustainableeelgroup.org/seg-certific...
LIES, SHAME, HYPOCRISY

SEG'S CHANGING POSITION ON GLASS EEL CONSUMPTION IN SPAIN
In an article published by Le Monde36 July 2016, the president of the SEG declared: "today eating glass eel is a bit like making a panda sandwich!" t.co/3rJTMEg1k1

The Sustainable Eel Group (SEG) action highlights the conflict between local fishing heritage and wider European business interests impacted by SEG’s control of the EU eel market, as shown by environmental and trade analyses.

SEG certification may be exploiting the crisis for its own commercial gain rather than solving it.

European eels are in danger of extinction as hydroelectric dams, overfishing and parasites have caused their populations to decline over decades, making effective regulation critical, SEG certification could exploit this crisis rather than solve it.

The SEG approach, although focused on sustainability, risks perpetuating the depletion of wild eel stocks due to their lobbying and support for eel aquaculture

For four months I have been trying to find out from you about the accusation that we are smuggling eels - do you consider this an abuse? very strange

I don't have to provide you with any arguments. I don't understand.... I didn't write false petitions to deceive the people and collect signatures.

How can you grow 0.5 tons of glass eels = 100,000 tons of commercial size eels in a year? As Fleming claims.. the publication he refers to lists different types of fish
2.7 million released in bays
Richard will say whatever he thinks is right; whether it is true or not, he does not seem to care.

Everything and everyone around you is rubbish, who is trying to challenge your and also SEG's lies? I have already heard this from you
How is the smuggling of elvers in Kaliningrad or Belarus? Facts, details, confirmation?
Why are you so dishonest?

The Baltic project for stocking eels in the Vistula and Curonian Lagoons ensures that the focus is on ecological restoration rather than the economic exploitation of eels supported by the Sustainable Eel Group (SEG) in the EU.
No eels aquaculture, no smuggling, as SEG/Fleming falsely claims.

Richard, my proof of your lies on social media is not rude.
I understand that you are not pleased.