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Airborne Topo-Bathymetric Lidar Combined with Thermal Imaging for Fish Habitat Studies in Rivers from LiDAR CANEX 2024

Dr. Timothy Webster, a Research Scientist at the Applied Geomatics Research Group (AGRG) based at Nova Scotia Community College’s Annapolis Valley Campus, recently presented research at Lidar…

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Illegal #Trawlers Are No Match for #Undersea #Sculptures | WIRED UK

"#CasaDeiPesci has now placed enough #AntiTrawling obstacles to reach from #PortoSantoStefano to the #OmbroneRiver—a distance of some 20 nautical miles, or 37 km—meaning that some 137 km2 of #Posidonia meadow and #FishHabitat are now #protected. “'It’s small,' says #Fanciulli. But it’s still remarkable given the lack of any official backing or #funds."

https://www.wired.co.uk/article/underwater-sculptures-stopping-trawling

Illegal Trawlers Are No Match for Undersea Sculptures

Trailing weighted nets across the seabed wrecks fish stocks and kills carbon-capturing seagrasses—but one fisherman’s sculpture project has turned the tide.

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