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The CLANCY project focuses on managing the Chinese mitten crab, an invasive species causing significant problems in waterways around the North Sea. Here is a short update of what our german partner AWI was up to in between October to December 2024....

Researchers at Aberystwyth University, including Oscar Jones, Joe Ironside, and Daniel Mills, are investigating innovative strategies to manage the population of Chinese mitten crabs within the River Dee catchment. Their work focuses on developing advanced sampling techniques to trace the migration...

The CLANCY project has been anything but idle ... Throughout the summer months, we have been bustling with various activities, making signifcant strides in many areas. Here's an overview of the key actions and events. ...

We are excited to share that a new publication featuring Clancy has been included in the latest issue of "Fischer & Angler", the members' magazine of the Saxon Angler Association (Germany)....

In June 2024, the TV team from ZDF Germany visited AWI in Bremen. Together they visited the Weserwehr and accompanied the construction of the first mobile crab trap in Bremen....

Today, on the 29th of May the first trap in Germany, was put into operation in Bremerhaven. It is intended to prevent the migration of mitten crabs into a nature reserve upstream. How many mitten crabs will we catch within the first year (by 31st of May 2025)? Take a guess and win an official Clancy...

On May 15th and 16th, the coastal city of Le Havre became the place to be for all partners involved in the CLANCY project. Hosted by the Cellule de Suivi du Littoral Normand, the annual Coordination Group Meeting set the stage for the next actions withing the Interreg North Sea project....