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 PartyNorth 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 Zeichner
The 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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