The spread of viral diseases in eels is suggested to severely affect the European eel ( Anguilla anguilla ) panmictic population. The European Commission has initiated the Eel Recovery Plan (Council Regulation No. 1100/2007) to try to return the European eel stock to more sustainable levels within that measures eel restocking. However, scientific evidence evaluating the efficacy of stocking remains scarce. In addition, knowled...

Viral infections have been suggested to play a role in the decline of the panmictic population of the European eel ( Anguilla anguilla ). However, despite the importance of knowledge about pathogenic eel viruses, little is known about their spread in the wild European eel population and only a few eel pathogenic viruses have been described so far. In this study, we aimed to investigate the health status of the A. anguilla stoc...