There is a new app that will help people protect endangered species. The new FishBrain app will have a feature to identify species of fish and other creatures living near water and considered to be threatened or endangered.

The US Fish and Wildlife Service is working with FishBrain, the Swedish company handling a social network and an angler app that tracks different factors like weather, water quality, wind direction among other things that are of interest to people who have fish or are interested to observe wildlife.

Using the app, people can log up to 50 species at risk. The app is considered to be a way to help conservationists and researchers to know of the species at risk and have information on them with regard to where the animals live, about their habitat and what can be done to stop the decline.

The FWS has even provided a list of threatened or endangered species and also about the possible candidates for protection under the Endangered Species Act. The species at risk include the shortnose sturgeon, whooping crane, Kemp's ridley sea turtle, and the California red-legged frog.

Experts said many would find the idea to be odd to involve anglers in the conservations. But experts affirmed that shortage of fish is the last thing that a fisherman would ever want. It is important to have ample of fish.

"Anglers are extremely important to protecting and maintaining healthy aquatic habitats. This is a unique opportunity to synthesize recreational anglers' information and knowledge in local waterways and expand our understanding of various species", said Gary Frazer, assistant director of the FWS' Ecological Services Program.