Conservation Archives - Page 5 of 5 - Ocean and Coastal Futures

14 Sep 2015

Blue whale caught on camera in English waters ‘for the first time’

NOC – Guardian ‘Oceanographers claim grainy pictures showing world’s largest animal 250 miles off the coast are first since it was hunted to near-extinction. The great creature surfaced from the murk of a deep-sea canyon, lingered just long enough for observers to grab a few pictures, and then vanished from sight into the fog and […]

11 Aug 2015

LIFE Project & Freshwater Fish – Evidence on the conservation of endangered fish

News

The conservation of Europe’s freshwater fish and their habitats is an important EU policy goal, supported not only through the Habitats Directive and EU 2020 Biodiversity Strategy, but also because of the clear and close links between water quality and fish conservation status, through the implementation of the Water framework Directive and River Basin Management […]