Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 18290
Eels: Export Controls
Tabled: 5 December 2024
Answered: 19 December 2024
Question
Dr Ellie Chowns
Green Party — North Herefordshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will review the issuing of licenses to export endangered European eels.
Answer
Daniel ZeichnerThe international trade in eels is regulated through the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES). Because the European eel is critically endangered, any international movements are subject to rigorous scrutiny, including through as...
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