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Ecological integrity and the global significance of the Upper Drina River system
CRITICAL SCIENTIFIC REVIEW OF THE BUK BIJELA ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT Ecological integrity and the global significance of the Upper Drina River system From Assoc. Prof. Dr. i. R. Steven Weiss (Institute of Biology, University of Graz, Austria) und [...]
13th European Zebrafish Meeting
Information from Stefan Schulte-Merker <Stefan.Schulte-Merker@ukmuenster.de> 20. Februar 2026: 13th European Zebrafish Meeting, Vienna July 7-11, 2026 "Dear Sir or Madam, we would like to draw your attention to the congress of the European Zebrafish Society – it [...]
Prehistoric shark poses puzzles in shark research
Press release NHM (Naturhistorischen Museus Wien) 17.02.26: Prehistoric shark poses puzzles in shark research A newly examined prehistoric shark from the age of dinosaurs provides surprising insights into the early evolution of modern sharks. It cannot be [...]
Environmental Triggers of Spawning Migrations
A Meta-Analysis on Environmental Triggers of Spawning Migrations Reveals a New Classification of Thermal Guilds in European Freshwater Fishes Schlautmann et al. (2026): https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/faf.70063 Fish migration through river networks is essential for completing life cycles and accessing [...]
ProtectFish – 11th International Conference on Cormorants
Press release ProtectFish project 11.02.2026: ProtectFish Consortium reviews first 18 months of work and coorganises the 11th International Conference on Cormorants On 3 February 2026, the partners of the Horizon Europe project ProtectFish met at the Czech University of Life [...]
Record low sea levels in the Baltic Sea
Very important for fish ecology: Record low sea levels in the Baltic Sea – Will there be a major inflow of saltwater from the North Sea? Press release from Leibniz-Institut für Ostseeforschung Warnemünde 06.02.26 (via IDW-online): Since the [...]
Belone belone – New paper published in Bulletin of Fish Biology
A photographic guide to the embryonic development of the garfish Belone belone Vivian Fischbach & Timo Moritz The garfish Belone belone is a marine epipelagic species with a large distribution ranging from the Northern Atlantic to the Mediterranean Sea. [...]
Aquarium hobbyists to Poeciliid & Goodeid conference
Communication from: Michi Tobler, E. Desmond Lee Professor in Zoological Studies, Department of Biology, 454 Stadler Hall, 1 University Blvd, St. Louis, MO 63121, tobler@umsl.edu: Aquarium Hobbyists Invited to the 12th International Conference of Poeciliid and Goodeid Biologists [...]
Minnow – Switzerland’s Fish of the Year 2026
Minnow – Switzerland's Fish of the Year 2026 Information from the Swiss Fishing Association Fish of the Year 2026: The Swiss Fishing Association (SFV) has chosen the minnow as Fish of the Year 2026. In doing so, [...]
GOBY MEETING 12-16 October 2026, Sweden
GOBY MEETING 12-16 October 2026 at Kristineberg Marine Research station, Sweden "The meeting starts with dinner evening October 12th and ends after breakfast October 16th. That gives us 3 exciting days to meet and talk about our latest [...]
German Ichthyological Society (GfI)
The (primarily) German-speaking Society for Ichthyology (GfI) is an association of fish experts (ichthyologists) and interested parties from all areas of fish biology, such as science, fisheries and aquatics.
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Conferences
A key element of GfI's activities is the organisation of scientific GfI conferences.
Publications
The Bulletin of Fish Biology is the official publication of the GfI and appears once a year. It contains scientific papers, reviews of current specialist books, and communications from the GfI.
Open Access, DOI, peer reviewed, for authors free of charge, Online version available immediately
Projects
GfI Fish Atlas – The project ‘Digital Biodiversity Atlas – Open Access Presentation of Faunistic Data on the Internet’ was designated an official project of the UN Decade of Biodiversity on 21 November 2013.
Awards
With the Rüdiger Riehl Prize, the GfI honours outstanding achievements by young scientists in the field of ichthyological research.
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