News tagged with: lionfish
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Scientists develop a plan to manage lionfish populations in the Mediterranean
A new Guide to Lionfish Management in the Mediterranean features a series of recommendations through which they hope lionfish populations can be managed.
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Targeted removals and monitoring can help manage lionfish in Mediterranean
Scientists from the ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ, working as part of the European Union-funded RELIONMED project, teamed up with specially trained divers and citizen scientists to conduct a series of lionfish removal events and surveys over a six-month period
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Time for total rethink on the management of alien species
A new study – led by the ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ and the Marine and Environmental Research (MER) Lab in Cyprus – is calling for a complete rethink of how non-indigenous or alien species are considered in the future.
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Lionfish culls aim to preserve marine species and habitats in the Mediterranean Sea
Fishers and marine conservationists from the ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ are launching the first organised culls of predatory lionfish in a bid to prevent their spread across the Mediterranean Sea.
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University scientists to play key role in tackling lionfish invasion
¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ news: A new EU-funded project has launched to try to halt the spread of venomous lionfish in the Mediterranean.
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Lionfish invading the Mediterranean Sea
Plymouth University news: Scientists at Plymouth University have found evidence that lionfish are colonising new territories in the Mediterranean, which could have a potentially damaging ecological and economical impact on the region.
