Fully-funded 4-year PhD-position available! The PhD-student will investigate the effects of restocking European eel. The position will be based at SLU Aqua in Stockholm, Sweden. Application deadline is July 6. Info about the PhD-position and link to apply: www.slu.se/en/about-slu...

🚀 New paper alert!  Do facts match the theory? Has the reduction of fishing pressure following the last 🇪🇺 CFP reform resulted in an increase in fishing opportunities? Fishing less to catch more? 🌊📈 Read the full study: doi.org/10.1051/alr/...

#DIASPARAproject wraps up 🚀 Two years. Big challenges. Major results. Proud of what the team achieved—advancing stock assessment and boosting the science behind eel & salmon management. Dive in 👉 diaspara.bordeaux-aquitaine.inrae.fr/posts/2026-0...

Does the fishery sector still have a future according to the EU 🇪🇺? The French fishery scientist association shares its concerns www.association-francaise-halieutique.fr/actualites/l...

🚀 New deliverables! #DIASPARAproject releases 4 DB on habitats, electrofishing, dams & fish populations to improve diadromous 🐟 assessments and scientific advice. Built on FAIR principles & ICES TAF for more transparent, accessible science. 🔗 diaspara.bordeaux-aquitaine.inrae.fr/posts/2026-0...

New results from #DIASPARAproject! How might environmental drivers affect eel and salmon growth and fecundity? Find out in our latest newsletter 👇 diaspara.bordeaux-aquitaine.inrae.fr/posts/2026-0...

French recreational fishers can finally keep fishing the critically endangered eel... share.google/m4zxekPxjIo2... This goes against ALL scientific advice ices-library.figshare.com/articles/rep...

Successful transfer of research results require permanent discussion with end-users and stakeholders. See #DIASPARAproject recipes to promote exchanges with key actors interested by the assessment and the management of diadromous 🐟 diaspara.bordeaux-aquitaine.inrae.fr/posts/2026-0...

Time to showcase #DIASPARAproject results! Want to discover samOptiPro, an R package to improve the computational performance of stock assessment models 🏎️🏎️🏎️🏎️? Want ot customize you Bayesian Nimble models? Have a look there diaspara.bordeaux-aquitaine.inrae.fr/posts/2026-0...

When working on diadromous 🐟, a key issue is to describe how each river across 🇪🇺 is related to different groups of populations 🤔. #DIASPARAproject has built a database defining a referential of habitats: diaspara.bordeaux-aquitaine.inrae.fr/deliverables... . Thanks @icesmarine.bsky.social for help

Recruitment of #eel is still at very low level. However, our recent paper suggests certain regional disparities within this overall decline. Congrats #MBénézech authors.elsevier.com/c/1mCGYW5UJV...

Want to know more about the lastest #DIASPARAproject meeting? You can find the slides of the presentations there: diaspara.bordeaux-aquitaine.inrae.fr/posts/2025-1...

Hilaire Drouineau@elfunesto.bsky.social · 9mo ago

2nd #DIASPARAproject meeting: amazing progress made towards better scientific advice for eel and Salmon. Thanks @icesmarine.bsky.social for the hosting. diaspara.bordeaux-aquitaine.inrae.fr/fr/

2nd #DIASPARAproject meeting: amazing progress made towards better scientific advice for eel and Salmon. Thanks @icesmarine.bsky.social for the hosting. diaspara.bordeaux-aquitaine.inrae.fr/fr/

Today, the second #DIASPARAproject meeting starts in @icesmarine.bsky.social headquarters. If you want to know more about it and how it contributes to the scientific advice on #eel and #salmon, have a look to this @inrae-france.bsky.social article! @azti.bsky.social @estidiaz.bsky.social @luke.fi

🚨Advice release - eel ICES advice to @ec.europa.eu, North-East Atlantic Fisheries Commission #NEAFC, Norway, & UK on fishing opportunities and conservation for eel in 2026 has been released today doi.org/10.17895/ice... All the latest ICES advice is available online www.ices.dk/advice/Pages...

Last week, @icesmarine.bsky.social WGEEL meeting took place in Rennes. Many #DIASPARAproject scientists there! Very interesting discussions and good occasion to disseminate our results. #DIASPARAproject provide tools to improve the work of those groups, to ultimately enhance the scientific advice.

Disseminating our work in #DIASPARA is critical for the uptake of our results in the management and assessement of eel and stocks. Slides can be found there: nextcloud.inrae.fr/s/Rka35w2P8S...

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Estibaliz Díaz@estidiaz.bsky.social · last yr.

Yesterday I presented #DIASPARA at the FSBI/IFM Symposium in Belfast #FSBI2025 🐟🌍 @thefsbi.bsky.social We are strengthening the scientific basis for managing eel and salmon by analysing life-history traits, developing FAIR databases, and improving stock assessment models. shorturl.at/tsy53

Tuesday, #DIASPARAproject presented their progress on the modeling of life history traits and pop dynamics of diadromous fishes. diaspara.bordeaux-aquitaine.inrae.fr/posts/2025-0... @azti.bsky.social @estidiaz.bsky.social @inrae-france.bsky.social @institutagro.bsky.social @luke.fi @thuenen.de

4/4 Above all, urgent action is needed to reduce human-caused mortality—echoing @icesmarine.bsky.social "zero catch" advice—plus long-term work on habitat & connectivity. Time to rethink eel conservation. Read the full paper here 👉https://shorturl.at/rfQVM

3/4 We propose: ✅ Coordinated governance (like the WFD’s Common Implementation Strategy) ✅ Comparable assessment methods ✅ Short-term mortality targets ✅ Adaptive, science-based management

2/4 We review the eel’s complex life cycle, panmictic nature & diverse threats. The takeaway: we need a more integrated, cross-border approach linking science, policy & management. @inrae-france.bsky.social 🌍🔬👥

1/4🧵 Despite 10+ years under the EU Eel Regulation, european eel shows no sign of recovery. Biomass remains critically low. Our new paper in #InpAkta raises the new eel question: how can we ensure its long-term conservation? #EelConservation #FisheriesScience shorturl.at/rfQVM @azti.bsky.social

The Water Framework Directive has shown that good scientific orchestration is critical if subsidiarity is to be effective. Based on this same principle of subsidiarity to the Member States, coordination is lacking and undermines the effectiveness of the Eel Regulation inpakta.eus/artikuluak/d...

AZTI | Marine & Food research @azti.bsky.social · last yr.

1980ko hamarkadaz geroztik aingira europarraren populazioa gainbehera kritikoan dago, eta horrek galdera zail bat mahaigaineratzen du: nola ziurtatu epe luzerako kontserbazioa? 📄 INPAKTAn >> inpakta.eus/artikuluak/d... @estidiaz.bsky.social @inrae-france.bsky.social @elfunesto.bsky.social

@icesmarine.bsky.social has just issued is latest advice on the progress of European Eel Management Plan. About 15 years after the implementation of most EMPs, the species remains critically endangered and the trends in biomass or mortality are still alarming. More actions are needed.

Sociedad Ibérica de Ictiología/Sociedade Ibérica de Ictiologia@sibic.bsky.social · last yr.

1/3 🐟 El último informe de @icesmarine.bsky.social revela deficiencias en los Planes de Gestión de Anguila de la UE: informes incompletos, lagunas de datos e inconsistencias impiden evaluar su eficacia. Sin datos sólidos, la recuperación del stock sigue bloqueada shorturl.at/HElsG #AnguilaEnPeligro

"Choose France for science", "Here in France, research is a priority": Words. www.senat.fr/questions/ba..., www.francetvinfo.fr/economie/bud...: Facts...

Baisse annoncée du budget de la recherche et de l’enseignement supérieur : quel avenir pour la recherche scientifique ?

Le projet de loi de finances 2025, adopté hier au Sénat, prévoit un coup de rabot conséquent sur le budget de la recherche et de l’enseignement supérieur, avec 630 millions d’euros d’économies. Ces re...

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The #DIASPARA generaly assembly took place on 11 April. More info and slides there: diaspara.bordeaux-aquitaine.inrae.fr/posts/2025-0...

A consistent description of river networks is critical for a holistic assessment of #salmon and #eel. #DIASPARA is creating a river network db over Europe and the Med that is interconnected with the different spatial units of those species: diaspara.bordeaux-aquitaine.inrae.fr/deliverables...

Proud to see that @afhalieutique.bsky.social has joined @helloquitx.bsky.social movement. French fishery scientists are on @bsky.app !🎊🥳🎉

The European eel is critically endangered. Data from the Ebro Delta show a >80% decline since the 1970s, with a sharper drop in recent years. Urgent action is needed to reassess its status and rethink management strategies. Read it here: shorturl.at/ljmGn

Recent Eel Decline in a Large Mediterranean Wetland

The European eel (Anguilla anguilla) is a critically endangered and declining species. Information from traditional fisheries and a fish monitoring scheme in the Ebro Delta reflect the widely reporte....

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Effects of climate change on fish migration in #Loire basin: desynchronised changes in temperature and flow might threaten #salmon migration. #Diadromous #shad #lamprey doi.org/10.1139/cjfa...

Climate-Induced Changes in River Hydrological and Thermal Conditions in a Large Basin: Implications for Diadromous Fish Migration

Climate-induced changes in river conditions, such as water temperature and current velocity, can disrupt species migration patterns by altering the conditions encountered during migration. We assessed...

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