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RESEARCHER:		Oliver Hooker		University of Glasgow
PROJECT:		The ecology underpinning conservation management of rare freshwater fishes.
Management Tool / Applied Outcome					Related Policy
A	Definition of a unit of conservation importance for more rare fish in the IBIS programme area.			è	The Habitats (and species) directive; annex II and annex IV. Nature conservation (Scotland) Act 2004.
B	Determination of the efficacy of current conservation strategies of wild fish in the IBIS programme area.			è
C	Identification of specific ecological constraints on rare freshwater fishes of high conservation status in the IBIS programme area.			è
D	Recommendations for improving conservation policy and management for rare fish in the programme area.			è
E	Further tools to be specified.			è
	IBIS STAKEHOLDERS to whom project is relevant
	TRANS-JURISDICTION	IRELAND		N.IRELAND		SCOTLAND
	Freshwater Biological Association	Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources		Northern Ireland Environment Agency (NIEA)		Scottish National Heritage
	Invasive Species Ireland	Environmental Protection Agency Ireland		Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (DARDNI)		Rivers & Fisheries Trusts of Scotland (RAFTS)
		Inland Fisheries Ireland		Council for Nature Conservation and the Countryside (CNCC)		Scottish Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA)
		National Parks & Wildlife Service (Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht)		Department of the Environment		Scottish National Heritage
				Rivers Agency
				Ulster Wildlife Trust