The European Water Framework Directive (WFD) 2000/60/EC emphasizes the use of fish communities as key indicators for assessing the ecological quality of freshwater ecosystems. Despite over two decades of WFD implementation, many Balkan countries lack standardized ecological assessment indices, particularly for fish fauna. This situation complicates efforts to monitor and manage aquatic ecosystems, especially transboundary wate...

This study delves into the realm of competitive sport fishing in Greece’s inland waters, where recent years have witnessed a notable surge in such activities. Despite the absence of official records, insights into the sport’s trend and the motivations and socio-demographic characteristics of anglers participating in fishing competitions were gleaned from digital data sourced from online platforms and interviews with anglers. O...

This study provides an annotated checklist of the freshwater fish species recorded in lentic ecosystems of Greece. Species distributional data were derived from an extensive review of published and unpublished sources and were evaluated for their consistency, adequacy and reliability. Overall, 650 freshwater lentic ecosystems (149 natural and 501 artificial) were investigated from which, 480 were fishless or fish data were una...