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

Kester Eddy from the Budapest Business Journal took a look at the concerted efforts made in Hungary to increase sturgeon numbers in the Danube River.  "The box on the trailer looks plain, utilitarian and rather uninteresting as it is...

WWF’s “A Deep Dive Into Freshwater” supplement to the “Living Planet Report 2020” underlines the importance of river connectivity, not only for freshwater species, but for our health too. Freshwater species are declining at a staggering rate,...

Global populations* of mammals, birds, amphibians, reptiles and fish have suffered an average two-thirds decline in less than half a century due in large part to the very same environmental destruction which is contributing to the emergence...

Dams are one of the main factors in the 76% collapse in freshwater migratory fish populations since 1970. More than 500 dams are planned or under construction within protected areas, according to a new study published in Conservation Letters....

The MEASURES project is focused on restoring ecological corridors for different migratory fish species. We are developing and testing a methodology for mapping migratory fish habitats, as well as a strategy, with broad participation and...

Globally, monitored populations of migratory freshwater fish have declined by an average of 76%* between 1970 and 2016. Monitored sturgeon populations have declined by an average of 91%. Populations of migratory freshwater fish...

In June 2020, the second article was published by REVIVO in Ribič (eng. Fisherman), the official magazine of the Slovenian Fisherman Association. The article addressed the historical occurrence of sturgeons in Slovenia, specifically the...

From Germany's Black Forest, to Romania’s Sulina town, the Danube River has shaped over time 10 countries and countless communities and cultures. Today, 83 million people live in the Danube river basin, out of which over 20 million directly...

The Mura River, which joins the Drava on the Croatian-Hungarian border and later flows together with the Drava into the Danube, constitutes the starting point of what many like to call the “Amazon of Europe”. An area stretching on almost 1...

The Danube River fauna has been further enriched this month, as sturgeon stocking events continue in 2020. Restocking of sterlet (Acipenser ruthenus) was managed by NAIK-HAKI, a project partner in MEASURES, and the event took place at Baja...

The MEASURES Information System (MIS) is an online tool providing scientists, decision makers, and the general public with information about ecological corridors and the connectivity of habitats for long- and medium-distance migratory fish of the...

A new sturgeon stocking event took place this month in Romania. 300 juvenile Russian sturgeon (Acipenser gueldenstaedtii) were released at Isaccea. The aim of this activity is to save and strengthen two highly endangered Danube sturgeon...

The second national workshop in the frame of the MEASURES project was organized by REVIVO in collaboration with the University of Ljubljana, Biotechnical faculty, Department of biology on February 12th 2020. The main goal of the workshop was to...

Winter is definitely not the favourite time for fishermen on the Mura River. Similar to hibernation in terrestrial animals, the fish stop feeding and they seek shelter in deep, slow flowing pools to conserve energy, so the fishermen’s catch is...

In March 2020, the first article was published by REVIVO in Ribič (Fisherman), the official magazine of the Slovenian Fishing Association. The article, entitled Migratory fish species in the Danube catchment, is the first in a row of popular...

Our MEASURES project got to the halfway and we are proud to announce the highlights of main achievements. Having on board 12 partners from 8 countries in the Danube region, the project targets the conservation of ecological corridors for...

World Wetlands Day is celebrated every year on 2 February. Wetlands take care of water, reflecting the interdependence between water and wetlands and the key role that wetlands play. Wisely using our wetlands is an essential component of the...

A year and a half has passed since we started the MEASURES project, but it felt like a minute for the active team who kept themselves busy with protecting the migratory fishes. It is a time to analyze the results and plan the activities to come,...

No matter the subject or field of science, all biological and other field surveys done in a river have one common purpose, to understand this intriguing ecosystem, but each from a different perspective. At Institute REVIVO, we are most...

The end of the year comes with a brief review of the project. We can say it was a good year, full of challenges and interesting activities. Maybe the most important one is the sturgeon stocking events that took place during April 2019 in Baja...