EU proposes international trade regulations on all eel species
The EU and other countries, including the Dominican Republic, submitted the proposal on Friday to the secretariat of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora. The convention regulates international trade in endangered species. The EU calls for all non-listed eel species to be subject to trade controls under the pact.
Parties to the convention will discuss the proposal at a meeting in Uzbekistan starting in November.
If they approve the proposal, international trade in the eel species will come under the regulations, which require exporting countries to issue permits.
A series of moves have been made to strengthen protection of eels. Parties to the convention made the European eel subject to the regulations in 2009. In 2016, they adopted a proposal by the EU to conduct a study of the global eel trade. The EU cited a lack of transparency in such trade.
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