PROGRAM
Program – Thursday, October 1
8h15 > Reception and registration at the Triangle
9h00 > Introduction and Welcome
> Frank Hartmann, Regierungspräsidium Karlsruhe (DE) and Pierre Strosser, Acteon consultant (FR) : Moderators
> Jean-Marc Deichtmann, Mayor of Huningue (FR)
> Gustaaf Borchardt, International Commission for the Protection of the Rhine (DE)
> Representative of Alsace Region (FR)
> Philippe Goetghebeur, Water Agency Rhine Meuse (FR)
> Ruedi Bösiger, WWF Switzerland (CH) and Roberto Epple, ERN France (FR)
9h30 > Session 1. Migratory fish’s history in the Rhine
> Anne Schulte, International Commission for the Protection of the Rhine (DE)
> Daniel Reininger, Alsace Nature (FR) : Testimony
10h00 > Session 2. Moderated debate – Making the return of salmon a reality
> Armin Weinbrenner, NASF – North Atlantic Salmon Fund (DE)
> Marc de Rooy, Ministry of Environment Netherlands (NL)
> Lukas Bamatter, Ministry of Environment Switzerland (CH)
> François Tissier, EDF – Electricity from France (FR)
> Gerhard Bartl, Regierungspräsidium Freiburg i.Br. (DE)
> Jean Wencker, Alsace Nature and Salmon Comeback Coalition delegate (FR)
> Pierre Cumin, DREAL de bassin Rhin Meuse (FR)
11h30 > Break
11h45 > Session 3. Climate change : effects on Atlantic salmon and anadromous fishes
> Ken Whelan, Atlantic Salmon Trust (Irlande): Factors affecting atlantic salmon at sea
> Jörg Lange, Regiowasser (DE) : Impact and adaptation to climate change on rivers and the unconventional case of the Rhine basin
12h30 > Lunch
14h15 > Session 4 : Live cycle at sea
> Peter Hutchinson, NASCO – North Atlantic Salmon Conservation Organization (England) : Challenges and opportunities in managing salmon – the international aspects
> Armin Weinbrenner, NASF – North Atlantic Salmon Fund (DE) : Solutions for sea fishing
15h00 > Break
15h15 > Session 5 : Estuary and connection sea/freshwater
> Esther Blom, WWF Netherlands (NL) : Haringvliet : Governement’s project for ecological continuity restoration and association’s project for habitat improvement
> Jeroen van Herk, The New Afsluitdijk (NL) : Fish migration river at the IJsselmeer
> Eddy Lammens, Ministry of Environment Netherlands (NL) : Current situation of the fisheries in coastal zones and estuaries
> Arjan Heinen, combination of professional inland fisherman (NL) : Bycatch of Salmon in fisheries in the estuary
16h30 > Break
16h45 > Session 6 : Bottlenecks and solutions for migratory fish in the sea and estuaries
> Reflections from symposum participants and the public
To be led by moderators
18h00 > End of day and aperitif reception kindly supported by the town of Huningue
19h30 > Symposium delegate dinner
Program – Friday, October 2
8h30 > Reception and registration at the Triangle
9h00 > Introduction and overview of the first day
> Frank Hartmann, Regierungspräsidium Karlsruhe (DE) and Pierre Strosser, Acteon consultant (FR) : Moderators
> Ruedi Bösiger, WWF Switzerland (CH) or Roberto Epple, ERN France (FR)
9h20 > Session 7 : Spawning grounds and juvenile’s habitats
> Lukas Bammatter, Ministry of Environment Switzerland (CH) : Overview of potential habitat on the Rhine and focus on habitats in Switzerland
> Johannes Abegg, Flussbau AG (CH) : Sediment management plan of the Upper Rhine
> Delphine Lacuisse and Samuel Audinot, Conseil Départemental du Haut-Rhin (FR) : Poster examples of habitats restoration in the departement of «Haut-Rhin»
10h15 > Break
10h30 > Session 8 : Continuity for migratory fish – Upstream migration
> Marc de Rooy, Chairman of the Fish Expert Group from ICPR (NL) : Bottlenecks for the fish migration in the Rhine
> Alain Garnier, EDF (FR) : Mobile fishway system and a french solution for Vogelgrun’s dam
> Matthias Mende, IUB Engineering AG (CH) : «Innovative solution» for Vogelgrun’s dam
> André Berne, Water Agency Seine-Normandie (FR) : Dismantling of Sélune dams : The largest European dam removal project
11h45 > Session 9 : Continuity for migratory fish – Downstream migration
> Dominique Courret, Onema, National Agency for Water and Aquatic Environments (FR) : Good practices for facilitating downstream migration in large and small turbines
> Armin Peter, Fishconsulting (CH) : Swiss study for solutions for large dams
12h30 > Lunch
14h15 > Session 10 : Restocking – Current and future practices
> Jörg Schneider, BFS Frankfurt (DE) : Experience in Germany, success and failure
> Olivier Sommen, Petite Camargue Alsacienne (FR) : Breeding practices of juvenile salmon in the Rhine, success and failure
14h50 > Session 11 : Monitoring in sea and freshwater
> Frederic Schaeffer, Saumon Rhin (FR) : Video monitoring on the Upper Rhine and tributaries colonization
> Andre Breukelaar, Rijkswaterstaat Waterdienst (NL) : Monitoring on the Rhine with the NEDAP system, fish tagging
> Pascal Vonlanthen, Aquabios (CH) : The use of genetics to evaluate Salmon reintroduction strategies
> Frederick Whoriskey, Ocean Tracking Network (Canada) : Monitoring in the sea
16h05 > Break
16h20 > Session 12 : Final Debate
> Anne Schulte, International Commission for the Protection of the Rhine (DE)
> Peter Hutchinson, NASCO – North Atlantic Salmon Conservation Organization (England)
> Niels Brevé*, Soortsvisserij (NL)
> Régis Thevenet, Electricity from France (FR)
> Roberto Epple, ERN France / Salmon Comeback Coalition (FR)
> Samuel Gründler, «Initiative Lachsallianz» (CH)
17h45 > Conclusion and closing
18h00 > Free time
20h30 > Dam removal evening
See public event page for more details
Excursions – Saturday, October 3
Imperial salmoniculture (click picture for more information)
8h30 > Meet and depart for site visits
> Visit of the imperial salmoniculture – Saint-Louis, Association Petite Camargue Alsacienne
> Visit of a restored channel of the Rhine on Kembs island, EDF
> Visit of a restored right tributary of the Old Rhine, Regierungspräsidium Freiburg
The visits are simultaneously translated in French and German
15h30 > End of day
Posters and exhibitions
Posters and exhibitions are located in the Hall of the Triangle
> Rivers restoration in the department of «Haut-Rhin» (France) presented by the Conseil Général du Haut Rhin
> Are Fish-ladders a technology both comparable & progressive ? presented by Benson W-H, University of California, Berkeley and Kitous B, EHESS, Paris
> Dismantling of Poutès dams on the Allier river (France) presented by EDF and SOS Loire Vivante
> Dismantling of two big dams on the Selune river (France) presented by Seine Normandie Water Agency and Normandie Grands Migrateurs
> Restoration and migratory fish monitoring in Alsace presented by Saumon Rhin
> A green rhine corridor presented by Corridor Rhin
> Trans Rhine* : the movement of sediment presented by RhineNet project
> Citizen action to save the «petite camargue alsacienne»* presented by Assoce Verte
Public events
Film and public debate
Friday, 2 October 2015 at 20:30 to the Triangle in Huningue, to the Triangle in Huningue, free acess. Presentation will be in english
> The dam removal movement in the US, Key elements of the evolution and lessons learned for Europe, presented by Laura Wildman, Princeton Hydro, Specialist in Dam Removal, North America
> Films about dismantling dams on the Sélune
> Debate open to participation
Exhibitions
> From October 1 to 3, 2015 : Exhibition « Rhine and salmon seen by our children »: giant works painted by children from accross the Rhine and the Loire basins, Gallery of the Triangle in Huningue
> From April 18 to October 11 2015 : « The Rhine in the course of time, from the sources to the estuary », Landscape paintings of Johann Ludwig Bleuler and current photographs, Spielzeug Welten Museum Basel
> Throughout the year : « Exhibition memory of the Rhine and memory of salmon », Petite Camargue Alsacienne in Saint-Louis, at opening hours
* to be confirm
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Supported by :
Swiss Environment Ministery