VORTRAG | Die Wanderfische des Rheins

In the organizer's words:

Lecture on the occasion of the new exhibition

Today, there are once again over 20 species of fish living in the Rhine that migrate regularly. These so-called migratory fish, which include eel, salmon, allis shad, burbot, burbot, flounder and stickleback, no longer existed in the 1970s. At that time, the Rhine was a depleted, overfished and dead river that had been poisoned by too much sewage and chemical spills. At the end of the 1980s, the Rhine regained its good water quality and the first migratory fish, including the eel, soon followed. The elaborate and expensive programs to introduce salmon, sea trout and allis shad were also successful. Today, the only thing missing is the European sturgeon, for which the latest project was launched.

Duration: about 90 minutes

Note: A (free) ticket is mandatory.