Taking place on 10-11th June 2025 in Ely, Cambridgeshire, this conference will seek to explore the myriad ways in which fish have influenced, shaped and been depicted in cultures throughout history and around the world. It will bring together speakers and delegates from across Europe and further afield for two days of presentations, posters and […]
Tag: conservation
One-quarter of freshwater fauna threatened with extinction
Global Freshwater Fauna Assessment (fishes, crabs, crayfish, shrimps, dragonflies and damselflies) just published in Nature, shows that 25% of freshwater fishes are threatened with extinction: https://iucn.org/press-release/202501/one-quarter-freshwater-animals-risk-extinction-iucn-red-list.
Utah Nursery Gives Endangered Fish a Place to Grow
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. […]
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 […]