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Joe PecorelliCitizen Science Project Manager
The Zoological Society of London working with Citizen Scientists in the
Thames region.
eels, and smelt
Eel monitoring started in 2005
• Gather long term eel recruitment data into the Thames catchment to show trends.
• Identify restrictions to eel dispersal
The eel trap (2005 to 2010)Naismith , I and Knights, B. (1988) Migrations of elvers and juvenile European eels, Anguilla anguilla L., in the River Thames
And now the eel is……
• A BAP priority species.• Listed as Critically Endangered on the
IUCN Red List, 2008• The subject of EU eel regulations,
2009.
Citizen Science eel monitoring launched in 2011
Citizen science eel monitoring
0.006% (518) of the population
of London trained in 5
years.
Eel monitoring sites 2015
Citizen science traps
ZSL• Monitoring protocols (RA) • Training, equipment• Insurance• Reports• Trap/ pass maintenance
Environment Agency • License, FDC• Strategic advice and support
Site Partner • Volunteer coordination
Improving eel passage
6 passes installed
21ha of freshwater habitat
Working together for eels within catchment partnerships
Supporting Partners
Smelt Project
• To better understand the reproductive behaviour of smelt in the Tidal Thames in order to inform conservation management
• To gain a wider understanding of the ecology of fishes in the Tidal Thames
Two linked surveys
ZSL staffCitizen Science
Citizen science forums
Helping create community and encouraging dialogue between volunteers and professionals
Locally focussed decision making and positive community action are at the heart of the
catchment based approach
Well designed citizen science projects can help provide the evidence needed to underpin this local decision making and will strengthen relationships
between the statutory agencies and trained volunteer groups within catchment partnerships
Made possible with thanks to our citizen scientists, partnership organisations, associated experts
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