Second Range States Workshop on the American Eel
This workshop was held on May 18th and 19th over Zoom due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Instantaneous translation to Spanish was available.
This workshop was hosted by the Sargasso Sea Commission Secretariat, and supported by generous funding from Fisheries and Oceans Canada.
The objective of the workshop was to explore the need for developing a roadmap for future collaboration between the American Eel range states with active eel fisheries. The Workshop involved 25 participants from five American Eel range states: Canada, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, and the U.S.
DOCUMENTS
Concept note (English)
Workshop agenda (English) (Español)
Draft American Eel Roadmap for collaboration (English) (Español)
Workshop discussion document (English) (Español)
Participants List (English)
Final report (English) (Español)
PRESENTATIONS
Session One: Range State Presentations
Moderator: Dr. Matthew Gollock
Introduction to the Sargasso Sea Commission - Dr. David Freestone, Sargasso Sea Commission
Introduction on anguillid eel status and conservation - Dr. Matthew Gollock
Introduction on global policy relating to anguillid eels - Dr. David VanderZwaag
• Canada - Zoe Tupling, Fisheries & Oceans Canada
• Dominican Republic - Nelson Garcia, Direccion de Biodiversidad, Ministerio Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales
• Haiti - Anderson Jean, Jeunes en Action pour la Sauvegarde de l'Ecologie en Haïti
• Jamaica - Stacy-Ann Grey, Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries
• U.S.A - Kirby Rootes-Murdy and Dr. Kristen Anstead, Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission
Session Two: Roadmap Development
Moderator: Dr. Matthew Gollock
• Presentations from countries highlighted a range of understanding of the status of the American Eel across range states, and some key areas of focus were identified through discussion around this point.
• There was broad agreement that strengthened collaboration and co-ordination would be useful, but further discussion was needed as to how a roadmap would be structued and function.
• Participants outlined two workshops on the topics of monitoring and management, and consistency of data use and analysis, that would be useful to hold outside of roadmap discussions.
