The official kick-off for the new EU Life Project on the Re-introduction of allis shad in the Rhine System was on 6 June 2007 in the Aquazoo in Duesseldorf. The district president Helmut Diegel opened the Symposium which was attended by all relevant Fisheries organizations and universities of North Rhine Westphalia and project partners from Hessen and France.
Introductions were given by the district president Helmut Diegel, Dr. Elmar Finke (Aquazoo), Dr. Heiner Klinger (Landesamt für Natur, Umwelt und Verbraucherschutz NRW), Walter Sollbach (Fisheries Association and directors board of the Stiftung Wasserlauf), Dr. Peter Beeck (Project management, Stiftung Wasserlauf), Dr. Hartwig Schulze-Wiehenbrauck (Ministry of Environment, North Rhine Westphalia) and Ingrid Rudolph (Ministry of Environment, North Rhine Westphalia)
Top: Allis Shad Symposium in Düsseldorf on 6 June 2007 [ Enlarge Photo ]
Bottom: District president Helmut Diegel opens the Symposium [ Enlarge Photo ]
The following talks were presented during the Symposium:
