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Engage policy makers to make policy changes beneficial to eels

Engage local communities in conservation activities

Use education and/or awareness campaigns to improve behaviour towards eels and reduce threats

Release wild-caught captive-reared eels to re-establish or boost native populations ('head-starting')

Prohibit or limit dredging activity

Reduce surface run-off in urban areas

Limit, cease or prohibit harvesting of wild eels for aquaculture

Limit, cease or prohibit aquaculture activity

Exclude livestock from riverbanks 

Release captive-bred eels to re-establish or boost native populations

Breed eels in captivity

Cease or prohibit renewable energy installations in an area

Modify design of underwater turbines

Modify operation of underwater turbines

Modify design of cooling water intake structures

Install exclusion devices at water intake and discharge points

Install deterrents at water intake and discharge points (e.g. acoustic devices, electric or bubble screens, lights)

Divert shipping routes

Set and enforce vessel speed limits

Cease or prohibit anchoring

Reduce shipping along inland waterways

Limit, cease or prohibit commercial fishing

Use mortality targets instead of biomass targets in fishing regulations 

Install escape mechanisms for undersized eels in nets and traps

Impose limits on glass eel harvest (by weight and/or season)