Start your 2023 with World Fish Migration Foundation news!

On the 29^th of November 2022, we hosted our first Free Flow Webinar, as part of the International River Symposium in Vienna! The webinar focused on how dam removal can help achieve the proposed EU goal of freeing up 25.000 km of river stretches. The audience had an extremely positive consideration of dam removal with 97% of respondents considering it as a viable river restoration tool providing excellent results.

Brilliant news to welcome this new year: NOAA Fisheries announced to fund nearly $105 million to build 36 new fish passage projects in the USA! This historic investment will help reopen migratory pathways and restore access to habitats across the country. In particular, the funding will be devoted to implementing projects that protect tribal resources.

The Amazon Basin is the most biodiverse habitat in the globe. Healthy, free-flowing rivers guarantee such a flourishing fauna and flora. However, dams and other infrastructure developments are threatening this biodiverse hotspot. With the help of WWF, a group of researchers was able to classify critical rivers that needs to be maintained pristine. Their aim is to protect freshwater species, including migratory fishes.