[en] The communication shortly reports on several rehabilitation programmes which have been undertaken in the River Meuse and its tributaries in Wallonia since the early eighties. It mainly focuses on four actions : i) rehabilitation of migratory Salmonids : enhancement of sea trout (Salmo trutta trutta) and reintroduction of the Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar: 'Meuse salmon 2000' project) in the Ardennes; ii) improvement of fish migration through the building of new efficient fish passes in navigation weirs; iii) captive breeding of large running water cyprinids (target species : Barbus barbus) and rebuilding of populations using hatchery-reared fish; iv)determination of physical habitat requirements of fish species of the trout, grayling and barbel zones and conservation/restoration of key habitats (spawning and nursery grounds and hiding places).
Disciplines :
Environmental sciences & ecology
Author, co-author :
Philippart, Jean-Claude ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de Biologie, Ecologie et Evolution > Biologie du comportement - Ethologie et psychologie animale
Language :
English
Title :
Ecological rehabilitation of the River Meuse, the fish fauna and its habitat
Alternative titles :
[fr] Réhabilitation écologique de la Meuse, de la faune des poissons et de leurs habitats
Publication date :
June 1994
Number of pages :
1
Event name :
International Workshop 'Description of the Ecology of the Scheldt basin'
Event organizer :
Institute of Nature Conservation, Ministry of the Flemish Community
Event place :
Antwerpen, Belgium
Event date :
21-22 juin 1994
Audience :
International
References of the abstract :
1 page dans Abstracts of Contributions presented at the International Workshop 'Description of the Ecology of the Scheldt basin'