🎣“They’re very aggressive, they destroy the nets, they eat the catch inside. They are very adaptive. The species established itself really fast. They can eat anything,” said Nikolas Michailidis, from the department of fisheries
🌡️Alien fish from the Indian Ocean and Red Sea are being drawn into the Mediterranean by warmer waters, caused by climate change.
This has been aided by the widening of the Suez Canal, which has changed salinity levels that previously acted as a barrier to migration
In contrast to the silver-cheeked toadfish, another new arrival in Cypriot waters is eminently eatable.
🦁The catch is that the lionfish, one of the most spectacular looking species in the ocean, is festooned with poisonous quills
🎣 Lionfish are to some extent compensating for the fact that fishermen are catching far fewer native species in the island’s waters.
But the overall impact of the arrival of exotic species has been huge
📉"Some fishermen are saying their income has been cut by 50% because of the damage done to their nets by puffer fish and the loss of their catch,” said Periklis Kleitou
🐡“Even if we removed all the puffer fish from Cyprus waters today, in a month they will arrive from other areas. Most of these species are here to stay.”
🔴The British Retail Consortium, which represents the major chains, said it expected to see food shortages by the end of the week
Pork suppliers have warned of "farmageddon" within 10 days.
🐷Pig farmers have threatened to slaughter animals on their land for render because of a growing backlog at abattoirs and processing plants due to the CO2 shortage
📉In a landmark study, scientists from the University of Manchester and the University of Western Australia found that they could reduce the number of children being diagnosed with autism at the age of three, from 20.5% per cent to 6.7%
🔴The intervention involved videoing at-risk babies as they interacted with a parent, before a therapist showed how the child was trying to communicate, so that the parent could respond
🔴Denis Sergeev, a senior military intelligence officer who used the alias Sergey Fedotov, is accused of being part of the team who deployed a deadly nerve agent in an attempt to murder the Russian double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter, Yulia
🚨 Sergeev allegedly carried out the attack alongside his fellow GRU operatives, Anatoliy Chepiga and Alexander Mishkin, who were charged by the Crown Prosecution Service under their aliases Ruslan Boshirov and Alexander Petrov in September 2018
❌Shoppers face a shortage of meat and even ready-made pizzas long before #Christmas if the carbon dioxide crisis continues, supermarket bosses have warned.
➡️Pork suppliers warned of "farmageddon" within 10 days.
✍️"I’ve never felt confident enough to shout about it, but now I find myself in such good company – with Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher’s admission that they rarely use soap – that it’s time to speak my dirty truth"
📸Andrew Crowley
Pandemic aside, we just don’t seem to need it, Marina, who is married to Ben Fogle writes.
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