# Council Regulation (EC) No 1100/2007 of 18 September 2007 establishing measures for the recovery of the stock of European eel, Article 9: Reporting and Evaluation

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

1. A fisheries administration must ensure that for each Eel Management Plan a report is prepared and published, initially every third year, with the first report to be presented by 30 June 2012. The frequency of reporting shall decrease to once every sixth year, after the first three tri-annual reports have been submitted. Reports shall outline monitoring, effectiveness and outcome, and in particular shall provide the best available estimates of:
(a) ... the proportion of the silver eel biomass that escapes to the sea to spawn, or the proportion of the silver eel biomass leaving the territory of the United Kingdom as part of a seaward migration to spawn, relative to the target level of escapement set out in the Eel Management Plan;
(b) the level of fishing effort that catches eel each year, and the reduction effected in accordance with the Eel Management Plan;
(c) the level of mortality factors outside the fishery, and the reduction effected in accordance with the Eel Management Plan;
(d) the amount of eel less than 12 cm in length caught and the proportions of this utilised for different purposes.
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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2007/1100/article/9 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2007-1100/article-9
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