Question 42056 — aquaculture and professional fishing

Summary

Mr. Grégory Labille draws the attention of the Minister of the Sea to the decree setting the quota for the European eel. From September 3 to 11, 2021, France hosted the IUCN World Congress in Marseille during which the President of the Republic delivered an inaugural address. This organization participated in the inventory of threatened fish species which classified the European eel (Anguilla anguilla) as “critically endangered”. of extinction” at the global level. However, its draft decree of October 2021 defining, distributing and managing the quota of European eel less than 12 centimeters for the 2021-2022 fishing season worsens the already very fragile survival of this species. It proposes a quota of 56.55 tonnes for 2022 to which is added the quota of 8.45 tonnes from the Ministry of Ecological Transition, i.e. an overall quota of 65 tonnes, which equates to an increase of 13% compared to the previous season. More precisely, article 1 of its decree authorizes a quota of 26 tonnes of consumption. This authorization is particularly problematic because it is a “dead loss” for biodiversity, which is highly criticized by the national scientific committee. Indeed, this total projected quota of 65 tonnes exceeds the highest value among the values ​​proposed by the committee national scientist (51.9 t). It exceeds the estimate provided by the most optimistic model on recruitment values ​​with the lowest probability (25%) of reaching the objective. The proposed quota is far from that which allows management according to the precautionary principle (19.4 t for the most pessimistic recruitment model with a probability of 75% of achieving the objective). The quota it has set therefore poses long term the continued existence of the European eel, already classified as critically endangered globally on the IUCN red list. He therefore asks her if she plans to lower these quotas in the light of the recommendations of the FNPF which proposes 19.4 tonnes, in order to achieve with the highest probability the management target, which will allow the maintenance of the European eel in French waters.

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