Miguel Clavero
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Miguel Clavero
@chikichanka.bsky.social
Biodiversity and Conservation researcher at @ebdonana.bsky.social (Sevilla, Spain). Historical ecologist. Musician (kind of). Father of two
I was in Kalaallit Nunaat (aka Greenland) some 25 years ago and, besides the stunning nature and wonderful people, I was impressed by Inuit throat sing
Two persons, looking at each other, making an astonishingly nice music (and laughing a lot, making it even nicer)
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Inuit Throat Singing
YouTube video by Pristinephoenix
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February 10, 2026 at 1:07 PM
So nice!!
... except they are not living fossils, but extant species, just as modern as any specis living on earth today
(coming in a long-surviving format, that's true)

theconversation.com/no-animal-al...
No animal alive today is ‘primitive’ – why are so many still labeled that way?
All species alive today, from chimpanzees to bacteria, are cousins that each have equally long lineages, rather than ancestors or descendants of one another.
theconversation.com
February 10, 2026 at 12:49 PM
Estos textos han tenido más de 625000 lecturas, que son un montón y eso da mucho gustito en el meollo del ego
Pero lo importante es que las lecturas sirvan
Está claro que es fundamental proteger a la anguila europea para que tenga una oportunidad de seguir existiendo
February 9, 2026 at 2:13 PM
... no parece que haya voluntad de establecer una protección internacional. Ni a través de CITES para todas las anguilas, ni por decisión de @ec.europa.eu para la europea
Ojalá el movimiento de @miteco.gob.es salga adelante y sirva de modelo
theconversation.com/el-mundo-nie...
El mundo niega la protección a las anguilas
La última propuesta para cesar de la explotación de las especies del género ‘Anguilla’, al borde de la extinción, ha sido rechazada.
theconversation.com
February 9, 2026 at 2:13 PM
Un alegato por una protección internacional de las anguilas del género Anguilla (la europea y las otras 16 especies).
La moratoria ballenera de los 1980s es un modelo fantástico, por el acuerdo amplio que supuso y por los buenos resultados.
Peeeeero...
theconversation.com/las-anguilas...
Las anguilas necesitan una moratoria internacional como la de las ballenas
Una moratoria internacional como la ballenera sería la medida más eficaz para conservar las anguilas. Parte de su alta demanda tiene que ver con que son un elemento omnipresente en cartas de restaura...
theconversation.com
February 9, 2026 at 2:13 PM
Sobre la necesidad de dejar de pescar, vender y comer anguila. En cualquier formato, de cualquier edad.
Seguir haciéndolo, llevará a la desaparición de la especie
theconversation.com/debemos-deja...
Debemos dejar de comer anguilas antes de que desaparezcan para siempre
A nadie se le ocurriría comerse un animal en peligro de extinción como el lince ibérico. Entonces, ¿por qué comemos todavía anguilas?
theconversation.com
February 9, 2026 at 2:13 PM
Hay un informe técnico global cada año, que hace el grupo de trabajo sobre anguila de @icesmarine.bsky.social
Y cada año está ahí también el informe de España ¡¡con información de las propias comunidades autónomas!!
La consellera exhibe ignorancia o mala fe
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Joint EIFAAC/ICES/GFCM Working Group on Eels (WGEEL)
The Joint EIFAAC/ICES/GFCM Working Group on Eel (WGEEL) conducts the annual stock assessment for European eel (Anguilla anguilla) and reports on new emerging threats and opportunities. WGEEL provides the scientific basis for the ICES advice on fishing opportunities and conservation aspects for the European eel and further addresses requests from EIFAAC and GFCM.This year, 2025, WGEEL assessed the state of the European eel population and its fisheries, reviewed the implementation of the WKFEA (Workshop on the Future of Eel Advice) roadmap, examined available recruitment data from coastal and marine habitats, reported on new scientific knowledge including developments in the Mediterranean region, agreed on the contents of an information sheet destined to inform stakeholders on the work of WGEEL, and provided information on data needs to be included in EU regional workplans.After high levels in the late 1970s, European eel recruitment declined dramatically in the 1980s and remains low. Compared to 1960–1979, the recruitment in the “North Sea” index series was 1.3% with a confidence interval (C.I.) of [0.6-3.1%] (final) in 2024 and was 0.7% [0.4-1.1%] (provisional) in 2025. The “Elsewhere Europe” index was 7.2% [4.5-11.5%] (final) in 2024 and (provisional) 12.1% [7.4-19.5%] (provisional) in 2025. The yellow eel recruitment index was 14.3% [5.9-34.3%] in 2024.The trend of reported commercial landings shows a long-term continuing decline, from a level of around 10 000 t in the 1960s to remaining above 2 000 t (glass eel + yellow eel + silver eel) during the past decade. The commercial glass eel fishery was 57.7 t in 2024 and 56.7 t in 2025. Reported landings from yellow and silver eel commercial fisheries (Y, S, YS) totalled 2 391 t in 2023 and 1 855 t in 2024 (provisional data). Reported recreational landings for yellow and silver eel combined was 76 t in 2024 (20 countries reporting) and no countries reported so far in 2025.Other tasks carried out during the meeting consisted of defining and describing issues for the upcoming benchmark and clarifying the process of integrating the WGEEL database into the ICES Data Screening Utility (DATSU).The Mediterranean countries forming the southern limit of the eel's range, is still significantly underrepresented in terms of data compared to the rest of the species distribution. WGEEL notes recent initiatives—such as Croatia's national monitoring project (2023-2026), the GFCM's MedSea4Fish (2023-2025), Lebanon's initiation of an eel monitoring program, and WWF-Türkiye’s restoration of Lake Bafa and the Büyük Menderes Delta.Hydropower remains a key source of mortality; current research focuses on effective screening and fish passage solutions. Regarding health and non-native pressures, the parasite Anguillicola crassus is established in Türkiye, Greece, and Croatia, while AngHV-1 persists in the Adriatic. However, a coordinated European eel health monitoring programme is still lacking. Illegal trade enforcement intensified through EUROPOL’s Operation LAKE VII (2022/23), seizing ~24 million glass eels. New frameworks propose safe reintroduction protocols to turn enforcement gains into conservation outcomes. Overall, progress in data collection and regional cooperation is evident, but sustaining recovery of the critically endangered European eel requires coordinated, cross-border strategies that integrate science, management, and habitat restoration.
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February 9, 2026 at 1:02 PM
Trabajó en inspección pesquera, y lleva diez años diez en la Conselleria do Mar. Tiene formación de sobra para entender la información que le llega sobre el crítico estado de la anguila.

Es imposible que no sepa que lo que dice es una realidad paralela.

Qué desastre, qué rabia y qué pena
February 9, 2026 at 12:58 PM
yavestruz
nos vemos por los balcones!
February 9, 2026 at 9:50 AM