@gge66.bsky.social
6/6
SEG can’t promote conservation in the UK while enabling consumption across Europe. This fuels mass consumption and a billion-dollar industry built on an endangered species. Enough confusion Time for accountability, real change and for this group’s role to end
@ISEALalliance
SEG can’t promote conservation in the UK while enabling consumption across Europe. This fuels mass consumption and a billion-dollar industry built on an endangered species. Enough confusion Time for accountability, real change and for this group’s role to end
@ISEALalliance
December 7, 2025 at 2:50 PM
6/6
SEG can’t promote conservation in the UK while enabling consumption across Europe. This fuels mass consumption and a billion-dollar industry built on an endangered species. Enough confusion Time for accountability, real change and for this group’s role to end
@ISEALalliance
SEG can’t promote conservation in the UK while enabling consumption across Europe. This fuels mass consumption and a billion-dollar industry built on an endangered species. Enough confusion Time for accountability, real change and for this group’s role to end
@ISEALalliance
5/6
@ISEALAlliance @DefraGovUK @CITES — and conservationists everywhere — must examine what many see as clear greenwashing. When a conservation brand amplifies the industry driving decline, its “sustainable” label loses credibility.
@OceanaEurope
@DanSaladinoUK
@ISEALAlliance @DefraGovUK @CITES — and conservationists everywhere — must examine what many see as clear greenwashing. When a conservation brand amplifies the industry driving decline, its “sustainable” label loses credibility.
@OceanaEurope
@DanSaladinoUK
December 7, 2025 at 2:49 PM
5/6
@ISEALAlliance @DefraGovUK @CITES — and conservationists everywhere — must examine what many see as clear greenwashing. When a conservation brand amplifies the industry driving decline, its “sustainable” label loses credibility.
@OceanaEurope
@DanSaladinoUK
@ISEALAlliance @DefraGovUK @CITES — and conservationists everywhere — must examine what many see as clear greenwashing. When a conservation brand amplifies the industry driving decline, its “sustainable” label loses credibility.
@OceanaEurope
@DanSaladinoUK
4/6
In the past month, SEG’s website has been filled with consumption content: dead eels in barrels, eels prepped for ovens, and glossy plates promoted as a celebration. For a group claiming to protect the eel, this is alarming.
@ CITES CoP20
#Ee|Deal2030
In the past month, SEG’s website has been filled with consumption content: dead eels in barrels, eels prepped for ovens, and glossy plates promoted as a celebration. For a group claiming to protect the eel, this is alarming.
@ CITES CoP20
#Ee|Deal2030
December 7, 2025 at 2:49 PM
4/6
In the past month, SEG’s website has been filled with consumption content: dead eels in barrels, eels prepped for ovens, and glossy plates promoted as a celebration. For a group claiming to protect the eel, this is alarming.
@ CITES CoP20
#Ee|Deal2030
In the past month, SEG’s website has been filled with consumption content: dead eels in barrels, eels prepped for ovens, and glossy plates promoted as a celebration. For a group claiming to protect the eel, this is alarming.
@ CITES CoP20
#Ee|Deal2030
3/6
Europe’s eel industry relies on these certifications to present itself as sustainable. Instead of reducing harm, this risks giving ongoing commercial exploitation a green seal of approval.
@FTM_eut @CITES
@ISEALalliance
#EelGate
Europe’s eel industry relies on these certifications to present itself as sustainable. Instead of reducing harm, this risks giving ongoing commercial exploitation a green seal of approval.
@FTM_eut @CITES
@ISEALalliance
#EelGate
December 7, 2025 at 2:48 PM
3/6
Europe’s eel industry relies on these certifications to present itself as sustainable. Instead of reducing harm, this risks giving ongoing commercial exploitation a green seal of approval.
@FTM_eut @CITES
@ISEALalliance
#EelGate
Europe’s eel industry relies on these certifications to present itself as sustainable. Instead of reducing harm, this risks giving ongoing commercial exploitation a green seal of approval.
@FTM_eut @CITES
@ISEALalliance
#EelGate
2/6
SEG pushes “conservation fishing” in the UK, but certifies Europe’s eel farms and processing plants — the same supply chain that grows, handles, and kills eels for consumption. This contradiction demands serious scrutiny.
#AgriFish @EUCouncil
#Greenwashing
SEG pushes “conservation fishing” in the UK, but certifies Europe’s eel farms and processing plants — the same supply chain that grows, handles, and kills eels for consumption. This contradiction demands serious scrutiny.
#AgriFish @EUCouncil
#Greenwashing
December 7, 2025 at 2:47 PM
2/6
SEG pushes “conservation fishing” in the UK, but certifies Europe’s eel farms and processing plants — the same supply chain that grows, handles, and kills eels for consumption. This contradiction demands serious scrutiny.
#AgriFish @EUCouncil
#Greenwashing
SEG pushes “conservation fishing” in the UK, but certifies Europe’s eel farms and processing plants — the same supply chain that grows, handles, and kills eels for consumption. This contradiction demands serious scrutiny.
#AgriFish @EUCouncil
#Greenwashing
SEGs Advertising
1/6
The Sustainable Eel Group claims to “champion the eel,” yet its actions raise serious concerns. What’s presented as conservation often looks like a system enabling continued exploitation of a critically endangered species.
#EelCrisis #Accountability
1/6
The Sustainable Eel Group claims to “champion the eel,” yet its actions raise serious concerns. What’s presented as conservation often looks like a system enabling continued exploitation of a critically endangered species.
#EelCrisis #Accountability
December 7, 2025 at 2:47 PM
SEGs Advertising
1/6
The Sustainable Eel Group claims to “champion the eel,” yet its actions raise serious concerns. What’s presented as conservation often looks like a system enabling continued exploitation of a critically endangered species.
#EelCrisis #Accountability
1/6
The Sustainable Eel Group claims to “champion the eel,” yet its actions raise serious concerns. What’s presented as conservation often looks like a system enabling continued exploitation of a critically endangered species.
#EelCrisis #Accountability
SEGs Double Standard
1/7
SEG’s chair Andrew Kerr told BBC News the UK eel fishery “must change,” claiming the future is conservation fishing and that we must “rebuild the human relationship with the eel.” Sounds noble, until you look at what SEG actually does, not what it says.
1/7
SEG’s chair Andrew Kerr told BBC News the UK eel fishery “must change,” claiming the future is conservation fishing and that we must “rebuild the human relationship with the eel.” Sounds noble, until you look at what SEG actually does, not what it says.
December 7, 2025 at 9:22 AM
SEGs Double Standard
1/7
SEG’s chair Andrew Kerr told BBC News the UK eel fishery “must change,” claiming the future is conservation fishing and that we must “rebuild the human relationship with the eel.” Sounds noble, until you look at what SEG actually does, not what it says.
1/7
SEG’s chair Andrew Kerr told BBC News the UK eel fishery “must change,” claiming the future is conservation fishing and that we must “rebuild the human relationship with the eel.” Sounds noble, until you look at what SEG actually does, not what it says.
SEGs COP2O Ends?
1/11
COP20 wraps up and somehow SEG wants applause for offering… more workshops, more guidance, more “capacity building.” Translation: lots of talking, very little doing. Meanwhile, Anguilla species continue to get hammered in the real world.
@EU_MARE
1/11
COP20 wraps up and somehow SEG wants applause for offering… more workshops, more guidance, more “capacity building.” Translation: lots of talking, very little doing. Meanwhile, Anguilla species continue to get hammered in the real world.
@EU_MARE
December 6, 2025 at 10:41 AM
SEGs COP2O Ends?
1/11
COP20 wraps up and somehow SEG wants applause for offering… more workshops, more guidance, more “capacity building.” Translation: lots of talking, very little doing. Meanwhile, Anguilla species continue to get hammered in the real world.
@EU_MARE
1/11
COP20 wraps up and somehow SEG wants applause for offering… more workshops, more guidance, more “capacity building.” Translation: lots of talking, very little doing. Meanwhile, Anguilla species continue to get hammered in the real world.
@EU_MARE
SEGs RESOLUTION 87:
1/5
Resolution 87: 5,000 words of bureaucratic poetry about saving eels… without actually saving eels. Endless “frameworks” and “assessments” = lots of talk, zero action.
@ CITES CoP20
#Ee|Deal2030
@OceanaEurope
1/5
Resolution 87: 5,000 words of bureaucratic poetry about saving eels… without actually saving eels. Endless “frameworks” and “assessments” = lots of talk, zero action.
@ CITES CoP20
#Ee|Deal2030
@OceanaEurope
December 5, 2025 at 4:39 PM
SEGs RESOLUTION 87:
1/5
Resolution 87: 5,000 words of bureaucratic poetry about saving eels… without actually saving eels. Endless “frameworks” and “assessments” = lots of talk, zero action.
@ CITES CoP20
#Ee|Deal2030
@OceanaEurope
1/5
Resolution 87: 5,000 words of bureaucratic poetry about saving eels… without actually saving eels. Endless “frameworks” and “assessments” = lots of talk, zero action.
@ CITES CoP20
#Ee|Deal2030
@OceanaEurope
“Millions of critically endangered baby eels migrate through the River Severn every year, only to be left trapped, exhausted, and dying. How is this environmental disaster supposed to help the recovery of the species?”
December 4, 2025 at 6:08 PM
“Millions of critically endangered baby eels migrate through the River Severn every year, only to be left trapped, exhausted, and dying. How is this environmental disaster supposed to help the recovery of the species?”
SEGs Certification?
1/12
Let’s stop pretending: A certification that doesn’t guarantee 100% certified product is nothing but a logo. And that’s exactly the problem with @SustainableEel’s SEG certification.
@ISEALalliance
@DefraGovUK
1/12
Let’s stop pretending: A certification that doesn’t guarantee 100% certified product is nothing but a logo. And that’s exactly the problem with @SustainableEel’s SEG certification.
@ISEALalliance
@DefraGovUK
December 4, 2025 at 9:41 AM
SEGs Certification?
1/12
Let’s stop pretending: A certification that doesn’t guarantee 100% certified product is nothing but a logo. And that’s exactly the problem with @SustainableEel’s SEG certification.
@ISEALalliance
@DefraGovUK
1/12
Let’s stop pretending: A certification that doesn’t guarantee 100% certified product is nothing but a logo. And that’s exactly the problem with @SustainableEel’s SEG certification.
@ISEALalliance
@DefraGovUK
3/9
Andrew Kerr claims the UK eel fishery should be “conservation-only.”
But SEG operates in Belgium certifying European eel farms, processing plants all for consumption.
Conservation in the UK.
Consumption in Europe.
How is that not a massive contradiction?
@DefraGovUK
Andrew Kerr claims the UK eel fishery should be “conservation-only.”
But SEG operates in Belgium certifying European eel farms, processing plants all for consumption.
Conservation in the UK.
Consumption in Europe.
How is that not a massive contradiction?
@DefraGovUK
November 26, 2025 at 10:52 AM
3/9
Andrew Kerr claims the UK eel fishery should be “conservation-only.”
But SEG operates in Belgium certifying European eel farms, processing plants all for consumption.
Conservation in the UK.
Consumption in Europe.
How is that not a massive contradiction?
@DefraGovUK
Andrew Kerr claims the UK eel fishery should be “conservation-only.”
But SEG operates in Belgium certifying European eel farms, processing plants all for consumption.
Conservation in the UK.
Consumption in Europe.
How is that not a massive contradiction?
@DefraGovUK
2/9
Let’s be honest:
If the trade stops, SEG’s (suspended) entire certification system collapses.
No trade → no farms to certify → no fees → no wages → no influence.
So is this really about saving the eel…
or saving their business model and Europe’s billion-dollar eel trade?
Let’s be honest:
If the trade stops, SEG’s (suspended) entire certification system collapses.
No trade → no farms to certify → no fees → no wages → no influence.
So is this really about saving the eel…
or saving their business model and Europe’s billion-dollar eel trade?
November 26, 2025 at 10:50 AM
2/9
Let’s be honest:
If the trade stops, SEG’s (suspended) entire certification system collapses.
No trade → no farms to certify → no fees → no wages → no influence.
So is this really about saving the eel…
or saving their business model and Europe’s billion-dollar eel trade?
Let’s be honest:
If the trade stops, SEG’s (suspended) entire certification system collapses.
No trade → no farms to certify → no fees → no wages → no influence.
So is this really about saving the eel…
or saving their business model and Europe’s billion-dollar eel trade?
SEGs Two Tier “Kerr”
1/9
Why is the Sustainable Eel Group (SEG) fighting so hard against putting the European eel on CITES Appendix I?
Appendix I = NO international trade.
If the eel is critically endangered, why defend the trade?
Who are they really protecting?
@ICESmarine
1/9
Why is the Sustainable Eel Group (SEG) fighting so hard against putting the European eel on CITES Appendix I?
Appendix I = NO international trade.
If the eel is critically endangered, why defend the trade?
Who are they really protecting?
@ICESmarine
November 26, 2025 at 10:49 AM
SEGs Two Tier “Kerr”
1/9
Why is the Sustainable Eel Group (SEG) fighting so hard against putting the European eel on CITES Appendix I?
Appendix I = NO international trade.
If the eel is critically endangered, why defend the trade?
Who are they really protecting?
@ICESmarine
1/9
Why is the Sustainable Eel Group (SEG) fighting so hard against putting the European eel on CITES Appendix I?
Appendix I = NO international trade.
If the eel is critically endangered, why defend the trade?
Who are they really protecting?
@ICESmarine
SEGs Greenwashing
November 20, 2025 at 6:33 PM
SEGs Greenwashing
5/11
And that certificate edit — done within HOURS of publication?
That reeks of panic revision, not conservation.
Why the rush?
Who pushed it?
What changed?
#TransparencyMatters #EnvironmentalIntegrity
@ISEALalliance
And that certificate edit — done within HOURS of publication?
That reeks of panic revision, not conservation.
Why the rush?
Who pushed it?
What changed?
#TransparencyMatters #EnvironmentalIntegrity
@ISEALalliance
November 16, 2025 at 1:57 PM
5/11
And that certificate edit — done within HOURS of publication?
That reeks of panic revision, not conservation.
Why the rush?
Who pushed it?
What changed?
#TransparencyMatters #EnvironmentalIntegrity
@ISEALalliance
And that certificate edit — done within HOURS of publication?
That reeks of panic revision, not conservation.
Why the rush?
Who pushed it?
What changed?
#TransparencyMatters #EnvironmentalIntegrity
@ISEALalliance
SEGs Panic Revision
1/11
What I just saw from @SustainableEel is wildly alarming.
A certificate for SAS Estuaires gets published… then QUIETLY ALTERED WITHIN HOURS.
This isn’t transparency — it’s a giant red flag. 🧵👇
#EelCrisis #ConservationFail
@ISEALalliance
1/11
What I just saw from @SustainableEel is wildly alarming.
A certificate for SAS Estuaires gets published… then QUIETLY ALTERED WITHIN HOURS.
This isn’t transparency — it’s a giant red flag. 🧵👇
#EelCrisis #ConservationFail
@ISEALalliance
November 16, 2025 at 1:55 PM
SEGs Panic Revision
1/11
What I just saw from @SustainableEel is wildly alarming.
A certificate for SAS Estuaires gets published… then QUIETLY ALTERED WITHIN HOURS.
This isn’t transparency — it’s a giant red flag. 🧵👇
#EelCrisis #ConservationFail
@ISEALalliance
1/11
What I just saw from @SustainableEel is wildly alarming.
A certificate for SAS Estuaires gets published… then QUIETLY ALTERED WITHIN HOURS.
This isn’t transparency — it’s a giant red flag. 🧵👇
#EelCrisis #ConservationFail
@ISEALalliance
6/11
How does a certificate go from “Responsibility score: 58%” to no score at all, with totally different documentation and no public record of why these changes were made? This is not how a credible conservation certification behaves.
@ CITES CoP20
#Ee|Deal2030
How does a certificate go from “Responsibility score: 58%” to no score at all, with totally different documentation and no public record of why these changes were made? This is not how a credible conservation certification behaves.
@ CITES CoP20
#Ee|Deal2030
November 15, 2025 at 3:52 PM
6/11
How does a certificate go from “Responsibility score: 58%” to no score at all, with totally different documentation and no public record of why these changes were made? This is not how a credible conservation certification behaves.
@ CITES CoP20
#Ee|Deal2030
How does a certificate go from “Responsibility score: 58%” to no score at all, with totally different documentation and no public record of why these changes were made? This is not how a credible conservation certification behaves.
@ CITES CoP20
#Ee|Deal2030
5/11
And the site itself shows an update on 11 November, but nothing about today’s changes. No note, no revision record. That raises serious questions. Why no disclosure? Why no transparency about such a major alteration?
#Accountability
@DanSaladinoUK
And the site itself shows an update on 11 November, but nothing about today’s changes. No note, no revision record. That raises serious questions. Why no disclosure? Why no transparency about such a major alteration?
#Accountability
@DanSaladinoUK
November 15, 2025 at 3:51 PM
5/11
And the site itself shows an update on 11 November, but nothing about today’s changes. No note, no revision record. That raises serious questions. Why no disclosure? Why no transparency about such a major alteration?
#Accountability
@DanSaladinoUK
And the site itself shows an update on 11 November, but nothing about today’s changes. No note, no revision record. That raises serious questions. Why no disclosure? Why no transparency about such a major alteration?
#Accountability
@DanSaladinoUK
2/11
The original 2022 certificate for SAS Estuaires clearly showed a 58% responsibility score. Signed by David Bunt. Under SEG Standard 6.0a. Certified for glass eel trading. The score was public and it mattered — 58% is nowhere near sustainable.
@EU_MARE
The original 2022 certificate for SAS Estuaires clearly showed a 58% responsibility score. Signed by David Bunt. Under SEG Standard 6.0a. Certified for glass eel trading. The score was public and it mattered — 58% is nowhere near sustainable.
@EU_MARE
November 15, 2025 at 3:48 PM
2/11
The original 2022 certificate for SAS Estuaires clearly showed a 58% responsibility score. Signed by David Bunt. Under SEG Standard 6.0a. Certified for glass eel trading. The score was public and it mattered — 58% is nowhere near sustainable.
@EU_MARE
The original 2022 certificate for SAS Estuaires clearly showed a 58% responsibility score. Signed by David Bunt. Under SEG Standard 6.0a. Certified for glass eel trading. The score was public and it mattered — 58% is nowhere near sustainable.
@EU_MARE
(5) SEGs SAS Estuaires Certification?
1/8
Let’s talk about how weak and inconsistent SEG’s certification system really is — using one example: SAS Estuaires, certified for “Responsibly Sourced” glass eel trading.
#EelTruth
@ISEALalliance
@Cites
@DefraGovUK
1/8
Let’s talk about how weak and inconsistent SEG’s certification system really is — using one example: SAS Estuaires, certified for “Responsibly Sourced” glass eel trading.
#EelTruth
@ISEALalliance
@Cites
@DefraGovUK
November 15, 2025 at 9:26 AM
(5) SEGs SAS Estuaires Certification?
1/8
Let’s talk about how weak and inconsistent SEG’s certification system really is — using one example: SAS Estuaires, certified for “Responsibly Sourced” glass eel trading.
#EelTruth
@ISEALalliance
@Cites
@DefraGovUK
1/8
Let’s talk about how weak and inconsistent SEG’s certification system really is — using one example: SAS Estuaires, certified for “Responsibly Sourced” glass eel trading.
#EelTruth
@ISEALalliance
@Cites
@DefraGovUK
(4) SEGs Mysterious
Guarantee?
1/10
SEG just updated its “Register of organisations achieving the SEG Standard.”
It lists companies trading in “Responsibly Sourced European Eel.”
Sounds good — until you read the fine print.
#EelConservation
#Ee|Deal2030
@ISEALalliance
Guarantee?
1/10
SEG just updated its “Register of organisations achieving the SEG Standard.”
It lists companies trading in “Responsibly Sourced European Eel.”
Sounds good — until you read the fine print.
#EelConservation
#Ee|Deal2030
@ISEALalliance
November 14, 2025 at 12:17 PM
(4) SEGs Mysterious
Guarantee?
1/10
SEG just updated its “Register of organisations achieving the SEG Standard.”
It lists companies trading in “Responsibly Sourced European Eel.”
Sounds good — until you read the fine print.
#EelConservation
#Ee|Deal2030
@ISEALalliance
Guarantee?
1/10
SEG just updated its “Register of organisations achieving the SEG Standard.”
It lists companies trading in “Responsibly Sourced European Eel.”
Sounds good — until you read the fine print.
#EelConservation
#Ee|Deal2030
@ISEALalliance
SEGs “Conditional Pass”
SEG's 'conditional pass' for that French eel fishery: Issued March 2022, audit due Dec 2022... still pending in 2025. That's not sustainable fishing—that's sustainable “bureaucracy”! Congrats on outlasting the eels themselves. @eelgroup @ISEAL_Alliance @DefraGovUK
SEG's 'conditional pass' for that French eel fishery: Issued March 2022, audit due Dec 2022... still pending in 2025. That's not sustainable fishing—that's sustainable “bureaucracy”! Congrats on outlasting the eels themselves. @eelgroup @ISEAL_Alliance @DefraGovUK
November 13, 2025 at 3:25 PM
SEGs “Conditional Pass”
SEG's 'conditional pass' for that French eel fishery: Issued March 2022, audit due Dec 2022... still pending in 2025. That's not sustainable fishing—that's sustainable “bureaucracy”! Congrats on outlasting the eels themselves. @eelgroup @ISEAL_Alliance @DefraGovUK
SEG's 'conditional pass' for that French eel fishery: Issued March 2022, audit due Dec 2022... still pending in 2025. That's not sustainable fishing—that's sustainable “bureaucracy”! Congrats on outlasting the eels themselves. @eelgroup @ISEAL_Alliance @DefraGovUK
(3) SEGs Complacency
1/6
The Sèvre Niortaise Glass Eel Fishery’s conditional SEG certificate was issued Mar 2022, valid till Mar 2026.
Audit due Dec 2022 — still conditional.
Why is a “temporary” approval running 4 years?
#EelTruth
@ISEALalliance
@Cites
@DefraGovUK
1/6
The Sèvre Niortaise Glass Eel Fishery’s conditional SEG certificate was issued Mar 2022, valid till Mar 2026.
Audit due Dec 2022 — still conditional.
Why is a “temporary” approval running 4 years?
#EelTruth
@ISEALalliance
@Cites
@DefraGovUK
November 13, 2025 at 9:21 AM
(3) SEGs Complacency
1/6
The Sèvre Niortaise Glass Eel Fishery’s conditional SEG certificate was issued Mar 2022, valid till Mar 2026.
Audit due Dec 2022 — still conditional.
Why is a “temporary” approval running 4 years?
#EelTruth
@ISEALalliance
@Cites
@DefraGovUK
1/6
The Sèvre Niortaise Glass Eel Fishery’s conditional SEG certificate was issued Mar 2022, valid till Mar 2026.
Audit due Dec 2022 — still conditional.
Why is a “temporary” approval running 4 years?
#EelTruth
@ISEALalliance
@Cites
@DefraGovUK