Location
Groningen, The Netherlands
Event Website
http://fishpassage.umass.edu/
Start Date
22-6-2015 4:00 PM
End Date
22-6-2015 4:15 PM
Description
Abstract:
The aim of the LIFE MIGRATOEBRE project (LIFE13 NAT/ES/000237) is to promote the recovery of ecological connectivity within 10-20 years in the lower Ebre River and Delta (in a stretch of 115 km from the Mediterranean Sea), and a healthy and sustainable population of migrating fish: European sturgeon (Acipenser sturio), European eel (Anguilla anguilla), twaite shad (Alosa fallax) and sea lamprey (Petromizon marinus), among others native species. It is focused on long-term sustainable investments adapting all present river obstacles to allow fish migration (upstream and downstream); increasing twice the river spawning habitat availability, and the distribution and growth areas of migrating fish.
Main activities of the LIFE MIGRATOEBRE project are:
1. Apply ship locks fish-friendly improved management at Xerta’s weir (located at 58 km from the sea) and at Flix dam (located at 115 km from the sea), and to monitor it regularly.
2. Install a fish lock at Xerta’s weir, and a fish ramp at Ascó’s weir (located at 104 km from the sea), and to monitor it regularly.
3. Undertake a pilot project of European sturgeon restocking through experimental releases in the lower Ebre (downstream and upstream Xerta’s weir).
4. Develop a communication campaign and a community involvement plan for students, general public, farmers, fishermen, anglers, electric companies, tourism stakeholders, regional and local authorities. It will include the production of a great temporary exhibition, the creation of an interpretation center of fish migration in the Xerta’s ship lock house and a network of volunteers.
This LIFE project started in 1/07/14 and will finish in 30/06/18.
More information in: www.migratoebre.eu
Session A3: Migratory Fish Recovery and Improved Management in the Final Stretch of the Ebre River
Groningen, The Netherlands
Abstract:
The aim of the LIFE MIGRATOEBRE project (LIFE13 NAT/ES/000237) is to promote the recovery of ecological connectivity within 10-20 years in the lower Ebre River and Delta (in a stretch of 115 km from the Mediterranean Sea), and a healthy and sustainable population of migrating fish: European sturgeon (Acipenser sturio), European eel (Anguilla anguilla), twaite shad (Alosa fallax) and sea lamprey (Petromizon marinus), among others native species. It is focused on long-term sustainable investments adapting all present river obstacles to allow fish migration (upstream and downstream); increasing twice the river spawning habitat availability, and the distribution and growth areas of migrating fish.
Main activities of the LIFE MIGRATOEBRE project are:
1. Apply ship locks fish-friendly improved management at Xerta’s weir (located at 58 km from the sea) and at Flix dam (located at 115 km from the sea), and to monitor it regularly.
2. Install a fish lock at Xerta’s weir, and a fish ramp at Ascó’s weir (located at 104 km from the sea), and to monitor it regularly.
3. Undertake a pilot project of European sturgeon restocking through experimental releases in the lower Ebre (downstream and upstream Xerta’s weir).
4. Develop a communication campaign and a community involvement plan for students, general public, farmers, fishermen, anglers, electric companies, tourism stakeholders, regional and local authorities. It will include the production of a great temporary exhibition, the creation of an interpretation center of fish migration in the Xerta’s ship lock house and a network of volunteers.
This LIFE project started in 1/07/14 and will finish in 30/06/18.
More information in: www.migratoebre.eu
https://scholarworks.umass.edu/fishpassage_conference/2015/June22/17
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Presenting Author Bio:
Marc Ordeix I Rigo (Vic, Catalonia, 1966). Biologist by the University of Barcelona, Diplomate in Water Technology by the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (Barcelona), Master in Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources Conservation by IUSC (Barcelona) and Master in Ecology and Biodiversity Management by the Automous University of Barcelona (Bellaterra, Catalonia). He worked on analysis of water and control of wastewater treatment plants between 1989 and 2001. He also participated in numerous zoological and lymnological studies.
From 2001, he coordinates the CERM, Center for the Study of Mediterranean Rivers, environmental area of the Ter River Museum, in Manlleu (NE Catalonia; www.museudelter.cat/cerm). Its purpose is the study, dissemination and preservation of the Ter River and, by extension, other Mediterranean rivers and continental water ecosystems. The CERM is focused on ecological status assessment of rivers and lakes (riparian vegetation, aquatic macroinvertebrates, fish), and assessment of solutions to improve river connectivity for fish and ecological restoration projects of water inner systems. It also drives river conservation projects –riparian vegetation restoration, river habitat restoration and fish migration improvement-, mainly associated to land stewardship agreements. The CERM is also involved on environmental education –it provides training to thousands of students each year- and actively participates in public awareness. It works essentially in the whole of Catalonia, collaborating with universities and other institutions, but also participates in several international projects.
From 2006, it assesses fish passages in Catalonia. For 2014-2018, the CERM is a partner and he is the Scientific coordinator of the LIFE MIGRATOEBRE project: Fish migration species recovery and sustainable management of the final stretch of the Ebre River.