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CLANCY at the Eurofish Conference on Invasive Species

As invasive species continue to reshape aquatic ecosystems across Europe, the Interreg North Sea project Clancy is stepping up to offer ecological and economic solutions. On 17-18 June 2025, Dr. Pieter Boets of the Provincial Centre of Environmental Research (Province of East-Flanders) represented C...

VIDEO | Crab trap installation in Belgium

A new crab trap is installed on the Bollaak in Emblem (Ranst, Belgium) to help manage the Chinese mitten crab population in the Bollaak stream. ...

FIGHT THE CRAB - the Documentary

🦀“KAMPF DEN KRABBEN“🦀 which translates to „FIGHT THE CRAB“ is the title of the most successful and so far most detailed documentary 🎥 about our efforts to implement measures to control the invasive 🦀Chinese mitten crab in European rivers. ...

Caught on camera: Interreg North Sea shot awarded to Clancy

Clancy is the winner of Interreg North Sea‘s third North Sea Photo Contest in Category 2: North Sea Places! As many as 17 projects submitted a total of 135 photos showcasing special moments and the multifarious topics that their projects address....

Clancy took centre stage: project video stands out

Clancy was crowned winner in the category “free for all” of Interreg North Sea‘s Video Contest 2025! The video made a strong impression with its creative storytelling, clear messages, and ability to engage viewers in just a few short seconds. The video showcases not only the project itself...

Spotlight on Clancy at this year’s North Sea Conference

Clancy highly engaged in displaying how Chinese mitten crabs can be caught!  The North Sea Conference is a cornerstone event for all stakeholders across the North Sea Region to foster collaboration and networking in order to address current and future challenges....

TV-Team at our German trap site @ Weser weir, Bremen

We were pleased to welcome a film team from German TV (ZDF) at the Weser weir in Bremen to document our ongoing trap-building activities once again. The team took footage of our work on site and conducted interviews with our project members....

Award winning Photographer on site

We were delighted to welcome Esther Horvath, the Alfred Wegener Institute's award-winning photograhper, to visit our trap-building activities at the Weser weir in Bremen, Germany....

Preserving Crabs for Public Outreach

To enhance our outreach and educational initiatives on the invasive Chinese mitten crab, we’ve recently created several life-sized specimens preserved in crystal-clear epoxy resin....