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Published online 30 September 2003 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news030929-1

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World's eels on slippery slope

EU launches action plan to save threatened fish.

The world's eels are disappearing fast and need protection before it's too late, fisheries scientists announced last week. Tomorrow the European Commission releases its 'Eel Action Plan' urging the European parliament to safeguard the region's threatened fish.

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