GOALS & MILESTONES
Longitudinal connectivity

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Enabling free fish passage (up-and downstream) at all the hydropower plants in the Upper Rhine (between Strasbourg and Basel)
Functioning fish passes at Strasbourg and Gerstheim
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Finding reasonable solutions for fish passage at Rhinau, Marckolsheim and Vogelgrün until 2020
Organizing a workshop targeting the entire life cycle of salmon, from sea to rivers: Salmon Summit 2015, Huningue
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Organizing a workshop concerning fish descent, together with ICPR
Re-establishment of suitable habitats for aquatic organisms

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Planning and implementation of revitalization projects: Revitalizing the “Old Rhine” between Huningue/Weil am Rhein and Neuf Brisach/Breisach
Dynamic bedload transport

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Bedload studies and assessments for critical flood protection projects
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Implementation of measures according the bedload masterplan in the Upper Rhine
Repopulation of the whole Rhine basin with salmon

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Mapping of potential spawning and juvenile habitats (in Switzerland)
Media events for the salmon comeback
Organizing a symbolic journey of a salmon from Strasbourg to Basel and handing over the petition (with over 12’000 signatures) at the ministerial conference at Basel, 2013