Cyprus Watch: Food initiative tackles Cyprus' lionfish invasion With the invasion of lionfish in the eastern Mediterranean reaching worrying levels, an EU-funded initiative is promoting the fish as food in Cyprus. 18/07/2019
Lebanon Warming waters see a concerning increase in lionfish off Lebanon's sea "It's like genocide," says fisherman Atallah Siblini. “Now it is like 30 to 50 of them in one place. They started to scare away the other fish including sea bass which we depend on and they eat everything.” 15/07/2019
no comment Herring things: Russian town goes all fishy to toast its founding A special herring extravaganza has been held in Russia to celebrate the founding of a town near the capital Moscow. 14/06/2019
Greece Environmental restoration of Lake Karla revives Greek wildlife and locals The environmental restoration of Lake Karla in Greece's Thessaly plain is recreating an ancient ecosystem, and reviving wildlife and local communities 15/05/2019
USA Enormous alien-like hoodwinker sunfish washes up on California beach An enormous hoodwinker sunfish, also known as Mola tecta, mysteriously washed up on a California beach over 10,000 kilometres from its usual habitat off the coast of New Zealand. 02/03/2019
Notes from the USA Visiting Pike Place Market, the ‘heart’ of Seattle Northern-Irish singer-songwriter Foy Vance couldn't visit Seattle, Washington, without seeing its “heart and soul” and top visitor attraction: Pike Place Market. 04/02/2019
no comment Shanghai Art Aquarium celebrates Japanese culture An Art Aquarium featuring 5,000 goldfish in illuminated tanks has made its debut in China. 28/10/2018
