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Read more about the article Water canals as invasion highways for alien fish species
The Sundays Valley water-transfer canal, which distributes water and fishes from the Orange-Fish-Sundays Inter-Basin Water Transfer Scheme to hundreds of irrigation ponds used for citrus farming.
2014 / News

Water canals as invasion highways for alien fish species

Freshwater fish invasions are a major source of environmental homogenisation around the world; unique species assemblages are increasingly being overwhelmed by large numbers of introduced species. While active human-mediated introductions contribute to this process, there are also many passive pathways of fish introductions.

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29 January 2014
Read more about the article C·I·B researchers make waves at European aquatic invasions conference
SAIAB/CIB Postdoctoral fellow Dr Darragh Woodford (left) is presented the EIFAAC award for best poster at the FINS conference by EIFAAC chairperson Dr Cathal Gallagher (right). C·I·B core team member Dr Olaf Weyl (centre) was an invited keynote speaker at the conference.
2013 / News

C·I·B researchers make waves at European aquatic invasions conference

The European Inland Fisheries and Aquaculture Advisory Commission (EIFAAC) and Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) recently hosted a conference for scientists, managers and policy makers across the European Union. Entitled Freshwater Invasives: Networking for Strategy (FINS), the conference took place in Galway, Ireland from 8-12 April 2013.

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16 May 2013