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"THE River Mersey has been labelled “the best environmental news story in
Europe” after sharks and rare fish were located in it.
37 different species of fish were caught by anglers in 2022, just a few
decades after the river was declared “biologically dead” from industrial and
sewage pollution.
Mike Duddy works for the Mersey Rivers Trust, a charity that works to improve
the river for both the people and the wildlife who live by it. He said last
year’s catch was nearly two and a half times the number of species found in
2002.
Mike said: “Over the last 30 years, there’s been this tremendous regeneration,
this renewal of the River Mersey that started slowly but is now picking up
pace. I still think we’re right at the beginning of something special.”
Five different types of shark have been found as well as huge eels, sea
scorpions, restaurant delicacies like turbot, and the very rare smelt. Mike
believes smelt may even be breeding in the estuary.
Mike said even in 2002 when surveys were done before building the Mersey
Gateway Bridge, no more than 15 species were found. He expects to find 50 next
year in the second year of a competition to find out how many fish are in the
river."
Via
Future Crunch:
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Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
