🗣️ This Friday – World Fisheries Day – celebrate with TBTI Global as they hold their The Beauty and the Bounty at Risk webinar. Join them as they celebrate the people and waters that keep life flowing through inland small-scale fisheries! 📆 21 November 🕝 2:30pm GMT 👉 tbtiglobal.net/2025-world-f...

2025 World Fisheries Day - TBTI Global

Join us for the celebration of inland small-scale fisheries on the 2025 World Fisheries Day.

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"Years of fieldwork and countless late nights." Baran Yoğurtçuoğlu's words about the new Handbook of Freshwater Fishes of Western Asia. "A work I’ll be proud of for the rest of my life!" Co-authors: Jörg Freyhof, Arash Jouladeh-Roudbar, Cüneyt Kaya. Open access: degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...

SHOAL are the cover stars of this month's Ubuntu Magazine! Read: 🐟 Why SHOAL's Mike Baltzer started the initiative back in 2019. 🐠 The biggest barriers to success – and how to overcome them. 🐡 Why freshwater fish conservation matters to us all. And much more! Dive in👇 issuu.com/ubuntumagazi...

Ubuntu Magazine, Autumn 2025

Get the full Ubuntu Magazine experience here: Ubuntu Magazines raises awareness on nature conservation projects. We stand for a better understanding of what’s happening on the frontlines of conservati

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Last week the SHOAL team returned from an inspiring and exciting whirlwind few days at the IUCN World Conservation Congress in Abu Dhabi 🇦🇪 🌍 We: - were involved in 6 sessions, at both the Forum and the Exhibition. 🧵 1/3

➕ TEAM UPDATE! We're thrilled to welcome Grace Brady to the SHOAL team as Data Officer. Grace’s interest in fish has sent her around the world, from Iceland to Australia, and she's worked in fisheries management organisations before joining SHOAL. 👋 Give Grace a big freshwater welcome!

🌍 We're excited to take part at #IUCNCongress2025 🐠 Transforming Biodiversity Conservation Beyond Protected Areas - OECMs in Asia to Advance KM-GBF Target 3 🗓️ Sat 11 Oct ⏰ 6pm-6:45pm GST 📍 IUCN Asia Pavilion Find out more 👇 buff.ly/pEzCmtz #IUCNCongress

🌍 #IUCNCongress2025 we're looking forward to taking part in~ 💧 Innovative Actions for Effective and Resilient Freshwater Connectivity and Conservation 🗓️ Mon 13 Oct ⏰ 12pm-1pm GST 📍 IUCN Green List Find out more 👇 buff.ly/mVd2g9b #IUCNCongress

Starting now! Head over to Conference Hall A, Section Room 6 to hear from the experts on springs conservation :: for #biodiversity and #society #IUCNcongress #IUCNWorldConservationCongress @monnikaboom.bsky.social

🌍 Join us for this forum session at #IUCNCongress2025 🐟 Global Mechanisms for the Conservation of Overlooked Species 🗓️ Sun 12 Oct ⏰ 11am-12:30pm GST 📍 Conference Hall A - Session Room 7 Find out more 👇 buff.ly/Bzvr2RL #IUCNCongress

🌍 Don't miss SHOAL at #IUCNCongress2025 We're hosting 🐟 Saving ASAP fishes: a radically collaborative approach 🗓️ Thu 10 Oct 2025 ⏰ 4pm-4:45pm GST 📍 IUCN Asia Pavilion Find out more 👇 buff.ly/KIgXWnA #IUCNCongress

🌍 We're excited to take part in this forum session at #IUCNCongress2025 🌊 Achieving conservation and socio-economic benefits from managing Invasive Alien Species in freshwater ecosystems 🗓️ Thu 10 Oct ⏰ 11am-12:30pm GST 📍 Conference Hall A - Session Room 6 👇 buff.ly/54v3qBn #IUCNCongress

🌍 We're excited to host the forum session at #IUCNCongress2025 🌊 Overlooked Yet Essential: Advancing the Recognition and Conservation of Springs for Biodiversity and Society 🗓️ Thu 9 Oct ⏰ 2-3:30pm GST 📍 Conference Hall A - Session Room 6 Find out more 👇 buff.ly/54v3qBn #IUCNCongress

Thank you Jane Goodall for all your tireless work to protect our natural world. You will be greatly missed, though your legacy will live on along the road you paved for women in science and youth in conservation, environmental and humanitarian work. 💚

🌿 Will we see you at #IUCNCongress2025? We’re so excited to head to Abu Dhabi for #IUCNCongress next week and connect with, learn from and be inspired by fellow conservationists from around the globe. Here's where you can find SHOAL 👇 buff.ly/vMnCYTs

We are delighted to share that Motion 016: Springs under Threat – Mobilising Urgent Action for Neglected Freshwater Systems has been formally approved during the e-voting process of the IUCN World Conservation Congress ‼️ 1/10

A community-based monitoring project is helping protect the rich diversity of freshwater fish species in the Ramsar-listed wetlands in the Colombian Amazon. @ramsar.org @mongabay.com news.mongabay.com/2025/09/indi...

Indigenous fishers lead science-backed conservation of Colombia’s wetlands

When Fredy Yavinape was a young child, he didn’t know the biological concept of an “umbrella species.” These are species that require large areas of undisturbed habitat to survive, which is why they s...

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The Denison's Barb (Sahyadria denisonii) is endangered on the. Without urgent and effective conservation action, she may become extinct in the wild in just a few short years ‼️ SHOAL are asking for your help. Donate today to give her a good shot at survival :: youtu.be/rgoLx0lqeYU?...

Saving Denise and Her Friends: A Fundraiser

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🧵 Excited that at #IUCNCongress2025 we’ll co-host a forum session on “Achieving Conservation and Socio-economic Benefits from Managing Invasive Alien Species (IAS) in Freshwater Ecosystems”. Key collaborators: Freshwater Life/Office français de la biodiversité/International Rivers/IUCN Secretariat.

Can the Mekong, the World’s Most Productive River, Endure Relentless Strain? Not indefinitely. The river's story is a cascade of thresholds already crossed. www.circleofblue.org/2025/water-c...

Can the Mekong, the World's Most Productive River, Endure Relentless Strain?

Explore the plight of Mekong River endangered fish, including the giant catfish and their struggle against extinction.

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Critically Endangered European Eel returns to Scottish river after 90% decline 🙌 “We are not just restoring a single species here, we are attempting to put back a real building block of the ecology of the river system". #ConservationOptimism www.heraldscotland.com/news/2545181...

Critically endangered species returns to Scottish river

A critically endangered species has returned to a Scottish river, three years after the installation of an eel pass

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Did you miss yesterday's webinar about endemic species conservation in India's mighty Western Ghats? We learned about some of the amazing work being done to conserve the mysterious subterranean fishes and the stunning surface-dwelling species there. Dive in! 👀 youtu.be/2TJmaocHwss?...

Western Ghats webinar

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Re:wild + @shoalorg.bsky.social + Univ. of Dar es Salaam are protecting Tanzania’s Killifish—tiny, brilliant survivors whose eggs can “pause” life in dry mud. 🌊 With partners, we’re restoring fish populations & habitats so people + nature thrive. #Conservation #Biodiversity

Last call for today's webinar 📣 Hear from expert conservationists about their amazing work in India's magnificent Western Ghats. 1pm today. Register here :: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

REMINDER :: WEBINAR THIS MONDAY ‼️ Our expert panellists discuss their experiences, the challenges and opportunities in conserving the incredible endemic fauna of India's mighty Western Ghats. 8 September // 1pm-3pm BST Register here 👇 us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

THIS MONDAY : WEBINAR ‼️ Our expert panellists discuss their experiences, the challenges and opportunities in conserving the incredible endemic fauna of India's mighty Western Ghats. 8 September // 1pm-3pm BST Register here 👇 us06web.zoom.us/.../reg.../W...

SHOAL's Nat was interviewed for Mongabay: “You would lose a lot of the flavor of what makes the Mekong the Mekong” [if these fish went extinct]. "When you remove these really iconic, huge species, the ecosystems are just irreparably changed”. news.mongabay.com/2025/08/shri...

Shrinking Mekong megafish underlines risks to the river, study finds

The megafish of the Mekong River are shrinking, a new study has found. In the most comprehensive analysis of species size in Southeast Asia’s Lower Mekong Basin, researchers have tracked a generationa...

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WEBINAR REMINDER‼️ TOMORROW: Lake Tanganyika cichlid conservation🐟 🇹🇿 Hear from our expert panellists as they discuss experiences, challenges and opportunities in conserving the incredible endemic cichlids of Lake Tanganyika. 2 September // 1pm-3pm BST Register here👇 us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Activists blend science and folklore as they try to revive Somerset’s eel population 👇 www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Activists blend science and folklore as they try to revive Somerset’s eel population

Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall and Feargal Sharkey back campaign to save the animal, which once inspired placenames, songs and stories

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ICYMI: a round-up of recent freshwater news from around the world 🌍 Africa’s freshwater fish face a crisis — but solutions are within reach: buff.ly/e2sIOWZ 🌊 Wetlands at risk, but new report offers road map for recovery: buff.ly/1URK9gF

UPCOMING WEBINAR ‼️ Our expert panellists discuss their experiences, the challenges and opportunities in conserving the incredible endemic fauna of India's mighty Western Ghats. 8 September // 1pm-3pm BST Register here 👇 us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...