Russian specialists will conduct scientific work on two vessels K-1711 "Atlantniro" and K-1704 "Atlantis" as part of the Great African Expedition
The result of the expedition will be the expansion of the geography of domestic fishing and an increase in the volume of production (catch) of aquatic biological resources, strengthening Russia's position as a maritime power both in the areas of direct research and in the World Ocean as a whole.
Rosrybolovstvo, which initiated the event, sent applications through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to carry out work in the EEZs of Morocco, Mauritania, Eritrea, Oman, Guinea-Bissau, Senegal, Gambia, the Republic of Guinea, Sierra Leone, Nigeria, Liberia and Mozambique, but as of August 9, official consent had only been received from Mauritania.
"The authorities of Gabon, Mauritius, Cameroon, Madagascar, Eritrea, Guinea-Bissau, the Republic of Guinea, and Sierra Leone have expressed interest in conducting the expedition," the department's materials report.
The 2024-2025 large African expedition launched from Kaliningrad on August 21. It involves two large-scale work packages in the exclusive economic zones of West African countries and the western Indian Ocean. The goal of the research mission, which will be supported by the Roscongress Foundation, will be to assess the state of aquatic biological resources in these areas. The expedition will create new opportunities for the development of the Russian fishing industry, expansion of export markets and strengthening the country's political position on the African continent.
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If you're worried about ticks, put up an owl box.
The animal driving most Lyme disease in the eastern US is the white-footed mouse. Ticks that feed on them are far more likely to come away infected than ticks that feed on other animals. The bigger the local mouse population, the worse the next year's tick year.
A single barred owl pair raising chicks can take hundreds of rodents in a breeding season. Owls also don't carry Lyme. The bacterium can't survive their digestive tract, so an owl that eats an infected mouse is a dead end for the disease.
Researchers at the Cary Institute, the leading lab on Lyme ecology, have been explicit about this: "Landscapes that support predators have reduced Lyme disease risk."
One owl box on its own isn't going to fix a tick year. But a yard with owls, foxes, bobcats, and weasels in it has fewer mice, and a yard with fewer mice has fewer infected ticks.
If you have woods or fields nearby, a properly sized barn owl or screech owl box (different species, different ...
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