Latest posts tagged with #EelGate on Bluesky
GASP
Oh my Lucifer! No way! I'm not the only one!
You have no idea how glad I am that someone else sees the vision. Also did not know that St Peter was a fisherman, now the ship feels even more real to me.
#eelgate
I still stand by that this could work
is it because I have one very specific meet cute fic in mind?
maybe
#hazbinhotel #stpeter #ethanhazbinhotel #eelgate #hazbincrackship
SEGs Deception
“After repeated failures—ISEAL suspension, court appearances, and lapsed certifications etc —the Sustainable Eel Group has gone into hiding. This exposes their false claims and a fake system built on deception.”
#EelDeal2030
#EelGate
#SaveTheEels
#Eelwashing
6/9
SEG admits DUPAN funds “sustainable” fishing, trade, and restocking—and has paid certification renewals for Dutch firms. The industry doesn’t just participate. It bankrolls the label.
#Accountability
@DEFRA
#EelGate
#SaveTheEels
SEGs Circular Control
1/9
SEG claims it doesn’t issue “restocking certificates.” That’s a technical dodge. Restocking is built into the SEG Standard—allowing eel companies to sell sustainability claims off the back of stocking rivers with farmed eels.
#EelGate
#SaveTheEels
10/13
For clarity: this must not discredit legitimate conservation work.
River Severn fishermen donated elvers for restocking, handled by @UKGlassEels, a long-established and compliant UK company.
@EnvAgency
#EelGate
@LabourDefra
4/5
SEG says illegality rises without certification.
If traffickers were certified, their entire assurance model collapses.
@ISEALAlliance
#EelDeal2030
@DEFRAUK
#EelGate
#SaveTheEels
#Greenwashing
@ICESmarine
5/6
SEG certifies companies, not individual eels. That means you can buy from a certified operator and still end up with an eel that doesn’t meet sustainability or traceability standards. Paperwork is not conservation.
#EelGate
#SaveTheEels
#Greenwashing
7/10
For a critically endangered species, there is no such thing as a harmless admin error. Misrepresentation — deliberate or not — weakens conservation, misleads markets, and damages trust.
@EUCouncil
@DEFRA
#EelGate
5/7
Conclusion: Calling the 2025 eel restocking program “sustainable” is misleading.
If we want healthy wild eel populations, restocking needs priority over farm profits, not the other way around.
#EelGate
#SaveTheEels
#Greenwashing
#ICES
4/7
The low restocking rate isn’t due to scarcity.
Glass eels are abundant, but the market favors low prices and weak demand for restocking, benefiting farms financially rather than conservation.
#EelGate
#SaveTheEels
#Greenwashing
6/9
Mortality depends on the method, not just restocking. UK could selectively restock glass eels to protect natural stocks instead of leaving them to perish, unlike in French fisheries where push nets cause huge casualties.
@EUCouncil
@DEFRA
#EelGate
10/12
Some leading chefs are speaking out. Andoni Luis Aduriz calls serving angulas “an aberration.” Ángel León says chefs shouldn’t cook them at all: “It’s absurd hedonism. They don’t even taste of anything without garlic and chili.”
#EelGate
#SaveTheEels
#Greenwashing
7/8
After years of SEG activity, there is still no clear evidence of recovery: no sustained improvement in recruitment, escapement, or spawning stock biomass.
@DEFRA
#EelGate
#SaveTheEels
5/8
Instead of pointing to improving recruitment, escapement, or biomass, he points to governance failure and polarization—because there are no biological success signals to point to.
#EelGate
#SaveTheEels
#Greenwashing
8/12
In the UK, a major driver of eel mortality is man-made barriers and weirs. These structures block migration, trap eels upstream, and prevent them from reaching the sea to spawn.
#EelGate
#SaveTheEels
6/8
When chefs like Andoni Luis Aduriz say “stop,”
when scientists say “stop,”
but certification bodies say “carry on” —
the question is simple:
Who is this system designed to protect?
Hint: it’s not the eel.
@CostasKadis
#EelGate
#EelCrisis
@DanSaladinoUK
11/12
The claim that fishing bans only lead to illegal fishing is a familiar industry talking point. It is not a justification for exploiting a critically endangered species.
#EelGate
#SaveTheEels
#Greenwashing
9/12
Lines like “there are more eels than humans” are rhetoric, not science. Absolute numbers are meaningless when spawning success, resilience, and recruitment remain critically impaired.
#EelGate
#SaveTheEels
13/13
Conclusion: 1 tonne of glass eels → 200 tonnes of adult biomass → $10–20 million potential.
With weak enforcement, poor restocking uptake, and the SEG standard unable to stop this, the European market will remain exploited.
#EelGate
#SaveTheEels
#GreenwashingAlert
5/9
Turn 1kg of glass eels into 3,000kg of large eels. Thousands of wild juveniles become hundreds of big eels. It looks like “saving eels,” but it’s inflating numbers for profit.
#EelGate
#SaveTheEels
#Greenwashing
#ICES
8/12
The marzipan eel story accidentally exposes the truth: when real eels disappeared, people adapted. SEG, however, is still pretending adaptation isn’t necessary.
#EelGate
#SaveTheEels
#Greenwashing
8/9
And now — why delete your account?
If the science was sound and the outcomes real, why disappear?
The truth hurts — hopefully.
Because endangered species don’t get second chances.
@ISEALalliance
@EUCouncil
@DEFRA
#EelGate
9/10
SEG certification does not guarantee legal compliance or species recovery. Most of France’s catch still never reaches rivers, yet the fishery is marketed as “responsible” and “sustainable.”
@WillemDekker
#EelGate
#SaveTheEels
#Greenwashing
9/13
So why keep repeating “60% restocking”?
Because it creates a green illusion — a justification to keep fishing an endangered species while claiming environmental responsibility.
#EelGate
#SaveTheEels
#Greenwashing
8/10
SEG promotes its label as “independently verified.”
But the independent framework meant to validate credibility found problems serious enough to stop alignment.
That’s a structural contradiction.
#EelGate
#SaveTheEels
8/10
What’s needed:
✅ Complete reporting on all seized eels
✅ Survival rates and disease checks
✅ Transparent restocking, monitored by independent authorities
Anything less is public deception, not conservation.
@DEFRA
#EelGate
#SaveTheEels
4/12
That statement proves nothing.
Saying criminals weren’t members of a voluntary scheme is not evidence that the scheme prevents crime.
#EelGate
#SaveTheEels
#Greenwashing
2/12
This was a French law-enforcement operation following a long criminal investigation.
SEG did not dismantle this network, or make any arrests Authorities did.
#EelGate
#SaveTheEels
#Accountability
7/8
What’s needed now:
• Verified tonnage of certified vs uncertified catch
• Full traceable supply chains from river to market
• Real accountability, not just marketing labels claiming “responsibly sourced”
#EelGate
#SaveTheEels
