A Nature Conservancy preserve in Moab, Utah offers hopeful news for endangered razorback suckers: this fall, 51 juvenile suckers were recorded on the property’s fish nursery, which began operation in 2020. “When we survey the river, we find adult suckers. We find baby suckers,” says Sam Brockdorff, a biologist with Utah Division of Wildlife Resources. […]
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FOUND! Rediscovery of leopard barbel in Türkiye spurs hope in the midst of global freshwater fish decline
News from SHOAL January 9th, 2024 On the heels of the news that 25% of freshwater fish are at risk of extinction, a team of ichthyologists in Türkiye (Turkey) has rediscovered hope in the shape of a carp-like, spotted fish — the leopard barbel (Luciobarbus subquincunciatus) — in the Turkish section of the Tigris River. […]
Extinction risks and threats facing the freshwater fishes of Britain
A new paper has just been published in Aquatic Conservation by Andy D. Nunn, Rachel F. Ainsworth, Silas Walton, Colin W. Bean, Tristan W. Hatton-Ellis, Andy Brown, Rob Evans, Allison Atterborne, Dave Ottewell, Richard A.A. Noble Nunn, A.D., Ainsworth, R.F., Walton, S., Bean, C.W., Hatton-Ellis, T.W., Brown, A. et al. (2023). Extinction risks and threats […]