Actions to conserve biodiversity
We have summarised evidence from the scientific literature about the effects of actions to conserve wildlife and ecosystems.
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Use alternative means of getting mussel seeds rather than dredging from natural mussel beds Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 |
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Use a square mesh instead of a diamond mesh codend on trawl nets Action Link |
Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) | 1 |
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Use a smaller beam trawl Action Link |
Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) | 1 |
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Use a pulse trawl instead of a beam trawl Action Link |
Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) | 1 |
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Use a midwater/semi-pelagic trawl instead of bottom/demersal trawl Action Link |
Likely to be beneficial | 1 |
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Use a larger mesh size on trammel nets Action Link |
Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) | 1 |
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Use a larger codend mesh size on trawl nets Action Link |
Likely to be beneficial | 1 |
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Use a different type of anchor Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 |
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Use a different technique when laying and burying cables and pipelines Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 |
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Treat wastewater from intensive livestock holdings Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 |
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Treat ballast water before exchange Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 |
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Transplant/translocate ‘bioremediating’ species Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 |
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Transplant/release climate change-resistant captive-bred or hatchery-reared individuals to re-establish or boost native populations Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 |
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Transplant/release captive-bred or hatchery-reared species in predator exclusion cages Action Link |
Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) | 1 |
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Transplant/release captive-bred or hatchery-reared species - Transplant/release molluscs Action Link |
Likely to be beneficial | 7 |
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Transplant/release captive-bred or hatchery-reared species - Transplant/release crustaceans Action Link |
Likely to be beneficial | 5 |
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Transplant captive-bred or hatchery-reared individuals of habitat-forming (biogenic) species that are resistant to climate change Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 |
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Transplant captive-bred or hatchery-reared habitat-forming (biogenic) species Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 |
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Translocate species - Translocate worms Action Link |
Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) | 1 |
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Translocate species - Translocate molluscs Action Link |
Likely to be beneficial | 7 |
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Translocate species - Translocate crustaceans Action Link |
Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) | 1 |
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Translocate habitat-forming (biogenic) species - Translocate reef- or bed-forming molluscs Action Link |
Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) | 2 |
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Translocate habitat-forming (biogenic) species - Translocate reef-forming corals Action Link |
Likely to be beneficial | 2 |
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Tag species to prevent illegal fishing or harvesting Action Link |
Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) | 1 |
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Source spat and juveniles from areas or hatcheries not infested with diseases or non-native or problematic species Action Link |
No evidence found (no assessment) | 0 |
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Subtidal Benthic Invertebrate Conservation - Published 2020
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What are 'Individual studies' and 'Actions'?
Individual studies
An individual study is a summary of a specific scientific study, usually taken from a scientific journal, but also from other resources such as reports. It tells you the background context, the action(s) taken and their consequences.
If you want more detail please look at the original reference.
Actions
Each action page focuses on a particular action you could take to benefit wildlife or ecosystems.
It contains brief (150-200 word) descriptions of relevant studies (context, action(s) taken and their consequences) and one or more key messages.
Key messages show the extent and main conclusions of the available evidence. Using links within key messages, you can look at the paragraphs describing each study to get more detail. Each paragraph allows you to assess the quality of the evidence and how relevant it is to your situation.
Where we found no evidence, we have been unable to assess whether or not an intervention is effective or has any harmful impacts.