#TECM2614444AFrance updates Atlantic glass eel fishing dates and repopulation-market limits
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This order changes the authorized fishing periods for European eel under 12 centimeters in Atlantic maritime areas. It replaces the previous schedule with new opening dates by eel management unit and basin, including Artois-Picardie, Seine-Normandie, Bretagne, Loire/Vendée/Sèvre niortaise, and Garonne-Dordogne-Charente-Seudre-Leyre areas. For fishing businesses and buyers, the key point is that many dates are open only for catches sold under the quota or sub-quota reserved for the repopulation market. Operators must check both the local fishing window and the permitted commercial destination before landing, selling, or buying glass eel catches.
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Key Changes
- Replaces the previous 2025 table of Atlantic glass eel fishing periods with a new schedule by management unit and basin.
- Sets specific opening dates for several Atlantic regions, with weekend closures and holiday exclusions in some areas.
- Restricts commercialization during many listed periods to the quota or sub-quota reserved for the repopulation market.
Obligations
What this law requires
In the Artois-Picardie eel management unit, fishing of European eel under 12 cm in the maritime Atlantic area is only authorized from 1 February to 21 April inclusive.
In Artois-Picardie, catches made from 1 to 14 February inclusive and from 17 March to 21 April inclusive may only be commercialized under the quota and sub-quota reserved for the repopulation market.
In the Seine-Normandie eel management unit, fishing of European eel under 12 cm is only authorized from 15 January to 31 March inclusive.
In Seine-Normandie, catches made during 15 January-3 February, 14-18 February, 27 February-6 March, 15-20 March, and 25-31 March inclusive may only be commercialized under the quota and sub-quota reserved for the repopulation market.
In Bretagne, fishing of European eel under 12 cm is authorized only on weekdays from 1 December to 20 March inclusive of the following year, excluding 25 December and 1 January; fishing is closed on Saturdays and Sundays.