@gge66.bsky.social
SEGs Delusion
1/8
The @eelgroup is pushing hard at #CITESCOP2025 to get eels listed on Appendix II worldwide, aiming to curb the illegal trade—especially the pipeline to China.
But here’s the problem
@FTM_eut @CITES
@DEFRA
@AquacultureEurope
@ISEALalliance
1/8
The @eelgroup is pushing hard at #CITESCOP2025 to get eels listed on Appendix II worldwide, aiming to curb the illegal trade—especially the pipeline to China.
But here’s the problem
@FTM_eut @CITES
@DEFRA
@AquacultureEurope
@ISEALalliance
November 27, 2025 at 6:43 PM
SEGs Delusion
1/8
The @eelgroup is pushing hard at #CITESCOP2025 to get eels listed on Appendix II worldwide, aiming to curb the illegal trade—especially the pipeline to China.
But here’s the problem
@FTM_eut @CITES
@DEFRA
@AquacultureEurope
@ISEALalliance
1/8
The @eelgroup is pushing hard at #CITESCOP2025 to get eels listed on Appendix II worldwide, aiming to curb the illegal trade—especially the pipeline to China.
But here’s the problem
@FTM_eut @CITES
@DEFRA
@AquacultureEurope
@ISEALalliance
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 Record
1/5
SEG suspended by ISEAL.
This isn’t a warning it’s a full credibility collapse. ISEAL almost never suspends a member, and there’s no real precedent for a suspended standard being fully reinstated. This is a massive red flag
#SEG #EelTrade @FTM_eut @CITES @EU_MARE
1/5
SEG suspended by ISEAL.
This isn’t a warning it’s a full credibility collapse. ISEAL almost never suspends a member, and there’s no real precedent for a suspended standard being fully reinstated. This is a massive red flag
#SEG #EelTrade @FTM_eut @CITES @EU_MARE
November 23, 2025 at 11:30 AM
SEGs Kicker
1/5
SEG suspended by ISEAL and here’s the kicker: no other sustainability standard has ever been suspended and fully reinstated. SEG is blazing new ground… with no precedent. Red flag for anyone trusting their certification.
#SEG #EelTrade @FTM_eut @CITES
@EU_MARE
1/5
SEG suspended by ISEAL and here’s the kicker: no other sustainability standard has ever been suspended and fully reinstated. SEG is blazing new ground… with no precedent. Red flag for anyone trusting their certification.
#SEG #EelTrade @FTM_eut @CITES
@EU_MARE
November 23, 2025 at 9:29 AM
x.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:19 PM
SEGs Certified Farms
1/9
Eel farms might sound sustainable — like they raise young eels just like other aquaculture. But SEG-certified farms don’t work that way. They rely entirely on taking young eels from the wild, not breeding them. That’s the real starting point.
@DEFRA
1/9
Eel farms might sound sustainable — like they raise young eels just like other aquaculture. But SEG-certified farms don’t work that way. They rely entirely on taking young eels from the wild, not breeding them. That’s the real starting point.
@DEFRA
November 22, 2025 at 2:58 PM
SEGs Certified Farms
1/9
Eel farms might sound sustainable — like they raise young eels just like other aquaculture. But SEG-certified farms don’t work that way. They rely entirely on taking young eels from the wild, not breeding them. That’s the real starting point.
@DEFRA
1/9
Eel farms might sound sustainable — like they raise young eels just like other aquaculture. But SEG-certified farms don’t work that way. They rely entirely on taking young eels from the wild, not breeding them. That’s the real starting point.
@DEFRA
SEGs Reproduction?
1/10
SEG (Sustainable Eel Group) markets European eel as “sustainable.” Reality: every eel eaten, even farmed, stops millions of potential offspring from ever spawning.
@DEFRA
@FTM_eut @CITES
@EU_MARE
1/10
SEG (Sustainable Eel Group) markets European eel as “sustainable.” Reality: every eel eaten, even farmed, stops millions of potential offspring from ever spawning.
@DEFRA
@FTM_eut @CITES
@EU_MARE
November 22, 2025 at 9:24 AM
SEGs Reproduction?
1/10
SEG (Sustainable Eel Group) markets European eel as “sustainable.” Reality: every eel eaten, even farmed, stops millions of potential offspring from ever spawning.
@DEFRA
@FTM_eut @CITES
@EU_MARE
1/10
SEG (Sustainable Eel Group) markets European eel as “sustainable.” Reality: every eel eaten, even farmed, stops millions of potential offspring from ever spawning.
@DEFRA
@FTM_eut @CITES
@EU_MARE
SEGs Commercial Exploitation
1/11
Europe restocks tens of millions of baby eels every year.
Sounds impressive, right?
But here’s the real picture when you compare restocking numbers to the number of adult eels killed for consumption.
Spoiler: the math is brutal
@CITES
1/11
Europe restocks tens of millions of baby eels every year.
Sounds impressive, right?
But here’s the real picture when you compare restocking numbers to the number of adult eels killed for consumption.
Spoiler: the math is brutal
@CITES
November 21, 2025 at 9:30 AM
SEGs Commercial Exploitation
1/11
Europe restocks tens of millions of baby eels every year.
Sounds impressive, right?
But here’s the real picture when you compare restocking numbers to the number of adult eels killed for consumption.
Spoiler: the math is brutal
@CITES
1/11
Europe restocks tens of millions of baby eels every year.
Sounds impressive, right?
But here’s the real picture when you compare restocking numbers to the number of adult eels killed for consumption.
Spoiler: the math is brutal
@CITES
SEGs Greenwashing
November 20, 2025 at 6:33 PM
SEGs Greenwashing
SEGs Appetite
1/10
Let’s cut the crap: Europe is devouring the European eel, a critically endangered species, like nothing is wrong. The numbers aren’t small. They’re insane.
#Accountability
@DanSaladinoUk
@DEFRA
@FTM_eut @CITES
@EU_MARE
1/10
Let’s cut the crap: Europe is devouring the European eel, a critically endangered species, like nothing is wrong. The numbers aren’t small. They’re insane.
#Accountability
@DanSaladinoUk
@DEFRA
@FTM_eut @CITES
@EU_MARE
November 20, 2025 at 9:12 AM
SEGs Appetite
1/10
Let’s cut the crap: Europe is devouring the European eel, a critically endangered species, like nothing is wrong. The numbers aren’t small. They’re insane.
#Accountability
@DanSaladinoUk
@DEFRA
@FTM_eut @CITES
@EU_MARE
1/10
Let’s cut the crap: Europe is devouring the European eel, a critically endangered species, like nothing is wrong. The numbers aren’t small. They’re insane.
#Accountability
@DanSaladinoUk
@DEFRA
@FTM_eut @CITES
@EU_MARE
SEGs Power Loop
1/9
Let’s be clear: DUPAN funds SEG.
SEG is the group that hands out the “sustainable eel” stamp.
So the industry financially supports the body that certifies its own operations. That’s not independence that’s influence.
@ISEALalliance
@FTM_eut @CITES
@EU_MARE
1/9
Let’s be clear: DUPAN funds SEG.
SEG is the group that hands out the “sustainable eel” stamp.
So the industry financially supports the body that certifies its own operations. That’s not independence that’s influence.
@ISEALalliance
@FTM_eut @CITES
@EU_MARE
November 19, 2025 at 9:33 AM
SEGs Power Loop
1/9
Let’s be clear: DUPAN funds SEG.
SEG is the group that hands out the “sustainable eel” stamp.
So the industry financially supports the body that certifies its own operations. That’s not independence that’s influence.
@ISEALalliance
@FTM_eut @CITES
@EU_MARE
1/9
Let’s be clear: DUPAN funds SEG.
SEG is the group that hands out the “sustainable eel” stamp.
So the industry financially supports the body that certifies its own operations. That’s not independence that’s influence.
@ISEALalliance
@FTM_eut @CITES
@EU_MARE
SEGs Industry Support?
1/9
Why is Dupan constantly applauding SEG, giving them credit, and promoting them nonstop on social media? You’re celebrating an organisation that is currently suspended by ISEAL
Suspended means not compliant. What exactly is there to applaud?
@CITES
1/9
Why is Dupan constantly applauding SEG, giving them credit, and promoting them nonstop on social media? You’re celebrating an organisation that is currently suspended by ISEAL
Suspended means not compliant. What exactly is there to applaud?
@CITES
November 18, 2025 at 5:02 PM
SEGs Industry Support?
1/9
Why is Dupan constantly applauding SEG, giving them credit, and promoting them nonstop on social media? You’re celebrating an organisation that is currently suspended by ISEAL
Suspended means not compliant. What exactly is there to applaud?
@CITES
1/9
Why is Dupan constantly applauding SEG, giving them credit, and promoting them nonstop on social media? You’re celebrating an organisation that is currently suspended by ISEAL
Suspended means not compliant. What exactly is there to applaud?
@CITES
SEGs Suspiciousness
1/11
The Sustainable Eel Group claims to “champion” the European eel — yet their own actions tell a very different story. The organisation is surrounded by serious problems that cannot be ignored any longer.
@ISEALalliance
#Ee|Deal2030
#AgriFish
1/11
The Sustainable Eel Group claims to “champion” the European eel — yet their own actions tell a very different story. The organisation is surrounded by serious problems that cannot be ignored any longer.
@ISEALalliance
#Ee|Deal2030
#AgriFish
November 17, 2025 at 12:10 PM
SEGs Suspiciousness
1/11
The Sustainable Eel Group claims to “champion” the European eel — yet their own actions tell a very different story. The organisation is surrounded by serious problems that cannot be ignored any longer.
@ISEALalliance
#Ee|Deal2030
#AgriFish
1/11
The Sustainable Eel Group claims to “champion” the European eel — yet their own actions tell a very different story. The organisation is surrounded by serious problems that cannot be ignored any longer.
@ISEALalliance
#Ee|Deal2030
#AgriFish
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
SEGs Cover Up
1/11
The Sustainable Eel Group (SEG) claims to protect the eel. But the certification for SAS Estuaires (SEG-0071) shows serious discrepancies that raise major concerns about transparency and credibility.
@ISEALalliance
@ICES
1/11
The Sustainable Eel Group (SEG) claims to protect the eel. But the certification for SAS Estuaires (SEG-0071) shows serious discrepancies that raise major concerns about transparency and credibility.
@ISEALalliance
@ICES
November 15, 2025 at 3:48 PM
SEGs Cover Up
1/11
The Sustainable Eel Group (SEG) claims to protect the eel. But the certification for SAS Estuaires (SEG-0071) shows serious discrepancies that raise major concerns about transparency and credibility.
@ISEALalliance
@ICES
1/11
The Sustainable Eel Group (SEG) claims to protect the eel. But the certification for SAS Estuaires (SEG-0071) shows serious discrepancies that raise major concerns about transparency and credibility.
@ISEALalliance
@ICES
(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
(2) SEGs Conditionally Certified?
1/5
SEG is giving conditional passes to eel fisheries — meaning they haven’t fully met sustainability standards but can still call their product “responsibly sourced.”
This is a critically endangered species we’re talking about
@ICES_ASC
1/5
SEG is giving conditional passes to eel fisheries — meaning they haven’t fully met sustainability standards but can still call their product “responsibly sourced.”
This is a critically endangered species we’re talking about
@ICES_ASC
November 12, 2025 at 3:19 PM
(2) SEGs Conditionally Certified?
1/5
SEG is giving conditional passes to eel fisheries — meaning they haven’t fully met sustainability standards but can still call their product “responsibly sourced.”
This is a critically endangered species we’re talking about
@ICES_ASC
1/5
SEG is giving conditional passes to eel fisheries — meaning they haven’t fully met sustainability standards but can still call their product “responsibly sourced.”
This is a critically endangered species we’re talking about
@ICES_ASC
SEGs 2025 Register?
1/6
🪱 The “Sustainable” Eel Group (SEG) just updated its 2025 register of “responsibly sourced” European eel traders.
But if you look closer, it’s a masterclass in greenwashing. 👇
@EU_MARE
@ CITES CoP20
@DEFRA
#Ee|Deal2030
1/6
🪱 The “Sustainable” Eel Group (SEG) just updated its 2025 register of “responsibly sourced” European eel traders.
But if you look closer, it’s a masterclass in greenwashing. 👇
@EU_MARE
@ CITES CoP20
@DEFRA
#Ee|Deal2030
November 11, 2025 at 6:41 PM
SEGs 2025 Register?
1/6
🪱 The “Sustainable” Eel Group (SEG) just updated its 2025 register of “responsibly sourced” European eel traders.
But if you look closer, it’s a masterclass in greenwashing. 👇
@EU_MARE
@ CITES CoP20
@DEFRA
#Ee|Deal2030
1/6
🪱 The “Sustainable” Eel Group (SEG) just updated its 2025 register of “responsibly sourced” European eel traders.
But if you look closer, it’s a masterclass in greenwashing. 👇
@EU_MARE
@ CITES CoP20
@DEFRA
#Ee|Deal2030
Reposted
SEGs Whispers
After 6 weeks of silence, SEG finally whispers: “we were suspended by ISEAL.”
No explanation of "why".
No detail on "failures".
No disclosure of *audit findings*.
That’s not accountability. That’s damage control.
#ISEALexit #EcoMask @DefraGovUK @EU_MARE
@ICES_ASC
After 6 weeks of silence, SEG finally whispers: “we were suspended by ISEAL.”
No explanation of "why".
No detail on "failures".
No disclosure of *audit findings*.
That’s not accountability. That’s damage control.
#ISEALexit #EcoMask @DefraGovUK @EU_MARE
@ICES_ASC
November 9, 2025 at 4:57 PM
SEGs Whispers
After 6 weeks of silence, SEG finally whispers: “we were suspended by ISEAL.”
No explanation of "why".
No detail on "failures".
No disclosure of *audit findings*.
That’s not accountability. That’s damage control.
#ISEALexit #EcoMask @DefraGovUK @EU_MARE
@ICES_ASC
After 6 weeks of silence, SEG finally whispers: “we were suspended by ISEAL.”
No explanation of "why".
No detail on "failures".
No disclosure of *audit findings*.
That’s not accountability. That’s damage control.
#ISEALexit #EcoMask @DefraGovUK @EU_MARE
@ICES_ASC
SEGs Whispers
After 6 weeks of silence, SEG finally whispers: “we were suspended by ISEAL.”
No explanation of "why".
No detail on "failures".
No disclosure of *audit findings*.
That’s not accountability. That’s damage control.
#ISEALexit #EcoMask @DefraGovUK @EU_MARE
@ICES_ASC
After 6 weeks of silence, SEG finally whispers: “we were suspended by ISEAL.”
No explanation of "why".
No detail on "failures".
No disclosure of *audit findings*.
That’s not accountability. That’s damage control.
#ISEALexit #EcoMask @DefraGovUK @EU_MARE
@ICES_ASC
November 9, 2025 at 4:57 PM
SEGs Whispers
After 6 weeks of silence, SEG finally whispers: “we were suspended by ISEAL.”
No explanation of "why".
No detail on "failures".
No disclosure of *audit findings*.
That’s not accountability. That’s damage control.
#ISEALexit #EcoMask @DefraGovUK @EU_MARE
@ICES_ASC
After 6 weeks of silence, SEG finally whispers: “we were suspended by ISEAL.”
No explanation of "why".
No detail on "failures".
No disclosure of *audit findings*.
That’s not accountability. That’s damage control.
#ISEALexit #EcoMask @DefraGovUK @EU_MARE
@ICES_ASC
SEGs Connection
1/8
Dupan — the Dutch Sustainable Eel Sector Foundation — slammed ICES for saying all human-caused eel mortality should go to zero.
Here’s the ugly truth: this isn’t about science. It’s about money.
#Accountability
@EU_MARE
@ CITES CoP20
@DanSaladinoUK
1/8
Dupan — the Dutch Sustainable Eel Sector Foundation — slammed ICES for saying all human-caused eel mortality should go to zero.
Here’s the ugly truth: this isn’t about science. It’s about money.
#Accountability
@EU_MARE
@ CITES CoP20
@DanSaladinoUK
November 8, 2025 at 1:55 PM
SEGs Connection
1/8
Dupan — the Dutch Sustainable Eel Sector Foundation — slammed ICES for saying all human-caused eel mortality should go to zero.
Here’s the ugly truth: this isn’t about science. It’s about money.
#Accountability
@EU_MARE
@ CITES CoP20
@DanSaladinoUK
1/8
Dupan — the Dutch Sustainable Eel Sector Foundation — slammed ICES for saying all human-caused eel mortality should go to zero.
Here’s the ugly truth: this isn’t about science. It’s about money.
#Accountability
@EU_MARE
@ CITES CoP20
@DanSaladinoUK
SEGs Dissolved by a Belgian court.
1/14
“BREAKING NEWS”
The “Sustainable Eel Group” (SEG) — the organization behind the SEG certification for eel — has been dissolved by a Belgian court.
The same group claiming to certify “sustainable” eel couldn’t even file its own accounts.
1/14
“BREAKING NEWS”
The “Sustainable Eel Group” (SEG) — the organization behind the SEG certification for eel — has been dissolved by a Belgian court.
The same group claiming to certify “sustainable” eel couldn’t even file its own accounts.
November 8, 2025 at 10:59 AM
SEGs Dissolved by a Belgian court.
1/14
“BREAKING NEWS”
The “Sustainable Eel Group” (SEG) — the organization behind the SEG certification for eel — has been dissolved by a Belgian court.
The same group claiming to certify “sustainable” eel couldn’t even file its own accounts.
1/14
“BREAKING NEWS”
The “Sustainable Eel Group” (SEG) — the organization behind the SEG certification for eel — has been dissolved by a Belgian court.
The same group claiming to certify “sustainable” eel couldn’t even file its own accounts.