GENEVA (Reuters) – More than a third of freshwater fish species in Europe face extinction due to overfishing, pollution and dams which have caused rivers to dry up, a scientific study said on Thursday.
The continent’s 522 freshwater fish species are under a much higher level of threat than birds or mammals, according to the study “Handbook of European Freshwater Fishes,” published in collaboration with the World Conservation Union (IUCN).
“With 200 fish species in Europe facing a high risk of going extinct, we must act now to avoid a tragedy,” said William Darwall, senior program officer at IUCN’s species program.
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