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admin | Aug 04, 2011 | Comments 0
Freshwater fish on the brink
August 3rd, 2011
A study from the IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) featured in the Sunday Telegraph at the weekend found that freshwater fish are the most endangered group of animals on earth, with more than a third threatened with extinction …
Salmon, trout, eels and many other species of river fish have declined dramatically in UK waters in recent decades (and I haven’t even got on to avian, insect, mammal and plantlife along our riverbanks). The reasons are all too familiar – pollution, over abstraction, poorly planned development …
The Our Rivers campaign is led by WWF-UK, RSPB, the Angling Trust and the Salmon and Trout Association, although its strength comes from its roots – over two thousand Our Rivers supporters and the wealth of knowledge that exists within local river networks
In 2011, the Our Rivers campaign wants to know what you get up to on your nearest river, to take our survey, click here
Much more on the website: Our Rivers
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