National monitoring of fish
- Type
- Public procurement
- Range
- Bulgaria
- Implementation period
- 2013 – 2015
- Client
- Bulgarian Executive Environment Agency (ExEA)
- Partners
- National Museum of Natural History at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (NMNH – BAS), Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (IBER – BAS)
- Status
- Completed
The project activities implementation was within the National Biodiversity Monitoring System (NBMS) to the ExEA and targeted 52 fish species. The main activities were:
- Elaboration of monitoring and assessment methodologies for the target species
- Modelling the potential habitats of the target species
- Selection of monitoring sites
- Field surveys
- Filling in data in the Information System to the National Biodiversity Monitoring System
- Assessment of the conservation status of the target species
More than 25 ichthyofauna experts were involved in the project implementation.
