Author: Yesbabylon

The Horizon EU-funded research project “Protecting threatened river fish against predation (ProtectFish)” aims to study the ecosystem balance and conflicts between EU protected river fish and the Great Cormorant. It is a four-year collaboration of partners from eight EU countries, coordinated by the Danish Technical University (DTU). The project was launched last week at the […]

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During the 2024 summer months, Kurt Pinter, representative of our project partner Universität für Bodenkultur Wien has investigated together with his team the San River in Lesko (Poland) for their upcoming field studies in the region. On the agenda during this visit: This field trip allowed Kurt and his team also to learn more about […]

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The “ProtectFish” research project will analyse the pressure of the Great Cormorant population on EU-Habitat-Directive-listed river fish species populations to develop protection measures and improve EU rivers’ declining biodiversity. The Consortium carrying out this consists of universities, research institutes and SMEs from Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Italy, Poland, and Sweden. It will be […]

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