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Outline Programme
31 August | Registration, Icebreaker |
1 September Workshop Day 1 | Registration, Welcome, Talks, Poster Session |
2 September Workshop Day 2 | Talks, Working Groups, Social Evening in the Aquazoo - Löbbecke Museum |
3 September Workshop Day 3 | Talks, Poster Session, Closing Ceremony |
4 September optional | Conference Excursions (Salmon Restoration in the River Rhine, 2-days Rhine Delta excursion) |
29 talks + keynote lectures, working groups and poster sessions will take place. The number of participants will be limited to 130 persons.
Plenary lectures
Plenary lectures will include:
- Overview of the IUCN Guidelines for Re-introductions with emphasis on developing taxon specific guidelines for fish restoration projects
Pritpal Singh Soorae and Frederic Launay, United Arab Emirates, IUCN Re-Introduction Specialist Group
- Cultivation of endangered species to achieve "FITTNES FOR SURVIVAL" at release into natural habitats
Harald Rosenthal, Germany, World Sturgeon Conservation Society, WSCS
- Salmon and banana tree; evidence and uncertainty. How to use results from climate's scenarios based niche models in fish recovery plans
Eric Rochard and Géraldine Lassalle, France, CEMAGREF
- Restoration and Management of American Shad and Atlantic Sturgeon on the US Atlantic Coast
Richard St. Pierre, U.S.A, IUCN Sturgeon Specialist Group
- Opportunities and threats from European Funding for fish and habitat restoration projects
Peter Torkler, Germany, World Wildlife Fund, WWF
- Role of the IUCN/WI Freshwater Fish Specialist Group in Conservation
Gordon McGregor Reid, United Kingdom, Director North of England Zoological Society, Chair IUCN Freshwater Fish Specialist Group
- Defining fish communities for restoration in waterways supporting society and nature
Mark B. Bain, USA, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
- The Marble Trout (Salmo marmoratus) Conservation Program: main insights from a 15 years' reintroduction experience
Simone Vincenzi, Alain J Crivelli, Dusan Jesensek and Giulio A De Leo, Italy, France, Slovenia
Working groups
The following working groups have been announced:
- Development of guidelines for re-introduction of fishes
organized by the IUCN Re-Introduction Specialist Group
- The outcome of the discussion shall be a starting point for the development of more specialised guidelines in the field of fish restoration.
- Opportunities of cooperation between European labs working on diadromous fish recovery
Organized by the Diadfish network (more information: www.diadfish.org)
- Genetic tools in fish conservation
Organized by Rui Faria, Stephen Sabatino and Paulo Alexandrino, University of Porto, Portugal