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Lobby organisation

Sustainable Eel Group

NGO / non-profit · Cross-sector / other · HQ: Belgium · Transparency Register entry

As of 9 September 2026, Sustainable Eel Group appears in 5 declared MEP meetings (2 different MEPs), most often with European Conservatives & Reformists.

5
declared meetings
with current MEPs
2
MEPs met
€10,000/yr
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
0.8
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“The Sustainable Eel Group was formed to take action to support the recovery of the European Eel. It is a non-profit organisation, registered as a ASBL in Belgium, with a wide diversity of stakeholders representing environmental, social and economic interests, from all over Europe and across the eel's range (sometimes beyond the EU). Our aim: to accelerate the recovery of…”

Stated goals from the organisation's own Transparency Register filing.

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 5 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

European Conservatives & Reformists480%
European People's Party120%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2023–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (2 in 2023).

2023
2
2024
0
2025
1
2026
2

Group is each MEP's current political group, not necessarily the one they sat with at the time. Shares are rounded to whole percent.

The MEPs they meet most

Bert-Jan Ruissen
4 meetings · ECR
Carmen Crespo Díaz
1 meeting · EPP

The 5 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
13 May 2026Bert-Jan RuissenEel
12 May 2026Carmen Crespo DíazSituation of the European eel
5 Mar 2025Bert-Jan RuissenFisheries
19 Apr 2023Bert-Jan RuissenAalverordening
5 Apr 2023Bert-Jan RuissenAalverordening

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