Early January, ProtectFish partner Czech Academy of Sciences launched the local winter sampling campaign on the Svatava River in West Bohemia. Under the guidance of Associate Professor RNDr. Martin Čech, Ph.D., the project team aims to observe cormorants in a selected section of the Svatava River. Wildlife cameras funded by the ProtectFish project are monitoring […]
As our project is now already rolling for over several months, we are excited to introduce the first round of our dedicated team behind the ProtectFish project. Our project aims at protecting endangered river fish populations across the EU. This post includes only a part of our ProtectFish project team presentation. Our team is composed […]
Early January (08.01) project partners Dr. Kurt Pinter & PhD. Phillip Schmitt from BOKU University (Austria) gathered in “Schloss Drauhofen” in Carinthia (Austria) with the local hunting community to discuss the latest news and developments of the ProtectFish project. During this evening gathering, Dr. Kurt Pinter & PhD. Phillip Schmitt (BOKU) were able to inform […]
The ProtectFish German project partners from the University of Koblenz have gained significant media attention for their research & field work in the Nister river (near Koblenz, Germany). PhD-student Maren Paulmann and PD Dr. Carola Winkelmann, showcased their work on the regional public broadcast SWR (Südwestrundfunk), explaining the recent results achieved. The Nister river – […]
The ProtectFish project partners from Work Package 4 – led by Kurt Pinter of Universität für Bodenkultur Wien (BOKU) – executed end October some electro fishing research activities on the upper Drava river in Austria. This project team aims to how the modification of cormorant predation pressure interacts with the conservation status of riverine fish […]
Read More… from ProtectFish field work in Austria – first results
The ProtectFish project aims to evaluate the efficiency of various protection measures to safeguard river fish species across Europe, such as Grayling, Marbled Trout, and Salmon. Our project uses innovative research methods, such as the installation of wildlife cameras covering rivers with nets or ropes or scaring off predators. This allows our project partners to […]
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The IUCN red listing of European Grayling “Thymallus thymallus – since 2010 has been reassessed. In its assessment published in October 2024, IUCN ranks the European Grayling among the species of “Least Concern”. European Grayling status reassessed despite important warning signs In its latest assessment, IUCN stipulates that the European Grayling (Thymallus thymallus) is of […]
Read More… from The IUCN list updates European Grayling’s status to “Least Concern”.
On 26 November 2024, ProtectFish partners Carola Winkelmann from the Univeristy of Koblenz (DE) and Niels Jepsen from DTU Aqua (DK) presented their research on cormorant predation in Tallinn – Estonia. The seminar – “The impact of cormorants on fisheries and ecosystems” – organised by the Fisheries Centre of the Estonian Marine Institute of the […]
Discover our first ProtectFish newsletter and learn more about the ProtectFish’s project developments. After six months, we can now look at what we have done so far and what we need to achieve in the coming years. ProtectFish has a strict focus on achieving better protection of river-fish throughout the EU. The poor status of […]
Read More… from Newsletter #1 – November 2024 – Discover now our project’s evolutions
Project Coordinator
Technical University of Denmark DTU
Niels Jepsen - nj@aqua.dtu.dk
Communication, Dissemination Coordinator
Aliénor
protectfish@alienor.eu
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