An Aristotle University of Thessaloniki lab

4Alien

The project will focus on the biology and ecology of four alien (4 ALIEN) fish species and the effects of their expansion on fisheries, biodiversity and ecosystem services. Within the project and the mitigation measures to reduce the impact of alien species, a central point is to explore their commercial exploitation and consumption.

The project leader is HCMR (Paraskevi Karachle is the project coordinator) with WWF Hellas and Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH) being the other members of the Consortium.

Research team of AUTH

Coordinator

Athanassios Tsikliras

Research Associates

Ioannis Keramidas (PhD student)
Melina Nalmpanti (PhD student)
Evangelos Koufali

Biology of alien species

  • Ageing
  • Spawning
  • Feeding

Risk assessment

  • fisheries resources
  • fisheries operations
  • socio-economics
  • ecological effects

Potential exploitation

  • methods of fish removal
  • fishing gears

Funding