ECSA local meeting on Climate change impacts on South-European coastal ecosystems
Lisbon, 7-9 February 2008
The thematic sessions programmed are:
- Climate change on European coastal regions
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Keynote speaker: Marcelo Vichi - National Institute for Geophysics and Volcanology, Bologna, Italy - Climate change impacts on plankton
Keynote speaker: Chris Reid - Sir Alister Hardy Foundation for Ocean Science, Plymouth, UK - Climate change impacts on fish and fisheries
Keynote speaker: - Climate change impacts on birds
Keynote speaker: Ilya MacLean - British Trust for Ornithology, Norfolk, UK
More information can be found here
Romanian colour-ringed cormorant sighted in the UK
See Recovered Cormorant Data here.
Cormorant news from Finland
The breeding population of cormorant in summer 2007 is estimated to amount to approximately 8900 couples in 29 colonies. The increase since last year was 54 % which is about the same as the average increase in the last few years. The growth was strongest in the Archipelago Sea where the population doubled to almost 3200 couples..
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The Wetland International Cormorant Research Group pan-European Colony Count 2006
The Wetlands International Cormorant Research Group and members of INTERCAFE (Cost) organise a pan-European Cormorant breeding colony count in 2006.
In order to contribute, for each colony a form can be filled (see attachment). The forms can be filled out digitally or by hand and be returned to the national coordinators after the breeding season of 2006. Please, return the forms before 1 September 2006.
The data will be used to get an international overview of the status of the species. They will be useful for comparison with data obtained in earlier years and will allow an integrated view on the expansion of the species into central and (north)eastern Europe. As most of the conflict issues are connected to the inland breeding sinensis subspecies we intend to concentrate on this subspecies especially. However, census data of carbo as well as Pygmy Cormorant are welcomed of course.
Related documents
- Colony Countlist
- Cormorant Breeding form (Excel spreadsheet)
- Count Manual
Mennobart van Eerden (NL) & Thomas Bregnballe (DK)
Websites:
The Wetland International Cormorant Research Group pan_european Cormorant breeding count: Bulgaria
accessible via this link...
Austrian National Platform - Summary of Meeting
The meeting was organized on a voluntarily basis by the national delegates. The main goal was to introduce and to improve the knowledge about the INTERCAFE project, to serve as a platform for a wider dissemination of relevant information as well as to encourage the participatory process.
Organizers: Austrian national COST-delegates
Date: 6. Sept. 2005, one day meeting (10.00h – 16.00h) with presentations and round-table discussions.
Location: BAW, Inst.f.Gewässerökologie, Fischereibiologie und Seenkunde, Mondsee, Scharfling, Austria.
Invited participants:
Representatives of all nine Austrian provincial fishery-associations, fishery related umbrella organisations and clubs (commercial fisheries, aquaculture, anglers), experienced fish biologists (Universities, research institutions), representatives and official experts from the federal ministery and provinical governments (fishery, law, nature conservation).
