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Conservation and restoration of the Allis shad in the Gironde and Rhine watersheds (Alosa alosa)
Start date: Jan 1, 2011, End date: Dec 31, 2015,
Background
The Allis shad population in the Gironde watershed was the most important population in
Europe until the beginning of the 21st Century with catches of several hundred tonnes/yr of fish. Since 2006 there has been a marked decline in the return rates of mature shads to the rivers for reproduction, the reasons for which are still not well underst ...
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The re-introduction of allis shad (Alosa alosa) in the Rhine System (LIFE-Projekt Maifisch)
Start date: Jan 1, 2007, End date: Dec 31, 2010,
Background
Allis shad (Alosa alosa) is a herring-like fish species which lives in saltwater, but migrates up European rivers to breed in freshwater. Historically, the eastern Atlantic and North Sea were densely populated with the fish. Only 150 years ago, several hundred thousand Allis shads were caught annually in the Rhine system and they were an import ...
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Installation of a network of Indicators of abundance and colonization on the european Eel (Anguilla anguilla) in the south of the central part of its distribution surface (INDICANG)
Start date: Apr 30, 2004, End date: Jul 10, 2008,
INDICANG is a project to maximise both knowledge and the transfers of know-how, with a pooling of this knowledge and know-how among the actors of the administration of eel resources. The project has the aim of slowing the loss of eel populations on the coasts and in the rivers of the Atlantic Area. Plans for restoration of the species will be put together at the level of each river basin. These pl ...
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