Apr 22
Scottish Eel Conference 2022
9:30 am – 4:00 pm
Hosted by Forth Rivers Trust – The first eel conference (after a pandemic postponement) to be held in Scotland. This event will finally bring together leading conservationists and specialists from across the world – where COVID permits.
The event will be a day of diverse talks focused on efforts to better understand and conserve the critically endangered European eel, including a presentation by our own Thames Catchment Community Eels Project Manager Anna Forbes
Guest speakers include:
- Jack Wootton (Forgotten Fish Project)
- Pat Close (Lough Neagh Fisherman’s Cooperative Society)
- Joe Pecorelli (Zoological Society of London)
- Mike Messina (WHOOSHH Innervations)
- Andrew Kerr (Sustainable Eel Group)
- Willem Dekker (Sustainable Eel Group)
- Anna Forbes (Thames Rivers Trust – Thames Catchment Community Eels Project)