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

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...

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...