Boosting the long-term viability of sea urchins
The waters around the Italian island of Procida are the home of the stony, purple sea urchin (Paracentrotus lividus), an important herbivore, as well as prey for a number of…
Association pour le Repeuplement de l’Anguille en France (ARA France) has been actively restocking rivers with glass eels over the course of a ten-year programme. Images: ARA France
A decade of eel restocking
The value of a long-term programme of eel restocking in France has been demonstrated by a recent study which concludes that such initiatives are an effective measure to introduce eels…