For more than 100 years Lough Corrib's brown trout numbers have been supplemented through the work of local anglers. This is an extract from Kevin Prunty's book, Incubating the Trout, which is ...

Another interesting mussel species is the freshwater pearl mussel (Margaritifera margaritifera). This mussel can produce pearls and was also used as a source of mother-of-pearl. It can live up to ...

Once a bookseller, Narendra Kumar Girwa ventured into freshwater pearl farming to earn a better income. He shares a ...

The National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) is currently seeking tenders for a project to monitor and survey the ...

but they still remain relatively unstudied in the Pearl River Basin. Then in 2024, researchers conducted surveys of the water system on the hunt for freshwater mussels — and discovered a new ...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has announced the inclusion of the Zhejiang Deqing ...

Three sites in China specializing in freshwater pearl mussels, white tea and pears have become the latest additions to Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS). Other newly designated ...