MEASURES Managing and restoring aquatic EcologicAl corridors for migratory fiSh species in the danUbe RivEr baSin

The MEASURES project will end on July 30th, but our efforts to protect migratory fish continue. Biodiversity in freshwater ecosystems has declined twice as much as in our oceans or forests. Populations of migratory freshwater fish have...

Based on previous habitat surveys and literature reviews, the REVIVO Institute implemented fishing surveys in hope to find sterlet in two Slovenian rivers – the Mura and in the lover part of the Sava. About our habitat survey you can read...

From the Black Forest Mountains to Sulina, the Danube has shaped over time 10 countries and countless communities and cultures. Today, 83 million people live in the Danube river basin, of which over 20 million depend directly on the Danube for...

Last month, the project held its final conference, bringing together participants from diverse fields interested in the conservation and restoration of the Danube basin. “The MEASURES final conference was held to disseminate the key results...

The MEASURES restocking event that took place last October, when 700 Russian sturgeon were released into the Danube River in Isaccea, Romania, is featured in the current issue of World Wildlife, the quarterly magazine of WWF US. The story...

As the project is close to the end, the project team will hold a 2-day online event to present the results and highlighs of MEASURES. The first day of the conference opens with an overall presentation of key results, followed by a series of...

Hot on the heels of the release of WWF’s sturgeon market survey last week that detailed the systemic poaching of critically endangered sturgeon along the Lower Danube, there is some fantastic conservation news from Romania.  Romania has taken a...

With all but one of Europe’s remaining sturgeon species facing extinction, a new report details the scale of the poaching and illegal trade in wild sturgeon caviar and meat in the lower Danube and Black Sea, which threatens the survival of these...

If you have ever wondered why we need a World Fish Migration Day, here is the reason: "Many migratory fish species are critically endangered or threatened. The main causes are man-made barriers, weirs and sluices, which disrupt the natural flow...

Sturgeon and other migratory fish species represent the historical, economic and natural heritage of the Danube. Furthermore, they are indicators of the ecological status of the river’s watercourses, especially concerning the function of the...

The world’s dazzlingly diverse freshwater fish are critical for the health, food security and livelihoods of hundreds of millions of people, but they are under ever increasing threat with one in three already threatened with extinction, according...

Meteors, dams, poaching, pollution and even climate change haven’t defeated sturgeon yet. Of course, these are all – well, minus the meteors – real dangers which sturgeon still have to face daily, and having survived it all for so long, it is...

The event was held  online, on the 19th of january 2021, and brought together relevant stakeholders working in fields such as aquaculture, freshwater and other areas connected to ecological corridors for migratory fish in the Danube...

Sturgeon are known for their diamond pattern and varying hues of silver, gray and blue. Caviar is black and there are even stories of other fish roe sold as caviar after some black dye was added. So white is not generally the colour that...

2020 brought new challenges, but we succeded in our efforts to protect sturgeons and other migratory fish species, reaching almost 9000 sturgeon yearlings released in the Danube River so far. Looking forward to 2021!  

    Download wallpapers (text in Romanian): JAN, FEB, MAR, APR, MAY, JUN, JUL, AUG, SEP, OCT, NOV, DEC 2021 January Trout, sturgeon, shad, Danube salmon, barbel - are all migratory fish, which take care of the health of...

25 participants, from more than 10 stakeholder organizations from Bulgaria, took part in the 3rd MEASURES Stakeholder Meeting held online, on the 3rd of December. The aim of the workshop was to discuss and review the first draft of the...

In the MEASURES project, almost 9000 sturgeons were released since the beginning of the project. How do we get information from these fish? By marking them. While on land, for big mammals, we would use GPS collars, in the water, things are...

World Fish Migration Day is a reminder that rivers and migratory fish are important for our livelihood and well being, even if we live beyond the river. We talked to fishermen, entrepreneurs and scientists about what we can do to make sure...

700 Russian sturgeons were released on Friday in the Danube, one week before the World Fish Migration Day, celebrated globally on October 24th . This is the second restocking event organized in Isaccea in 2020 by the “Danube Delta” National...