Fish Protection Targets in Europe

Rita Keuneke; Edith Massmann; Stephan Naumann

Fish Protection Targets in Europe

Overview of the European legal basis for fish protection at hydraulic construction sites

Publication: Fact Sheet
Citation: Keuneke, Rita; Edith Massmann and Stephan Naumann 2020: Fischschutzziele in Europa. Überblick über die europäischen Rechtsgrundlagen des Fischschutzes an Wasserbauwerken. Ingenieurbüro Floecksmühle GmbH, Umweltbundesamt: Aachen, Dessau-Roßlau.

This Fact Sheet provides an overview of the European legal basis for fish protection at hydraulic engineering structures. The fact sheet "Fish protection targets in Europe" is available for download.

The key messages of Fact Sheet No. 01 are:

Legal regulations for fish protection at hydropower sites are in force in many European countries.
The improvement of downstream continuity is often made via case-by-case decisions and supported by strategic concepts for hydropower utilisation.
European countries implement various measures for fish protection and downstream fish migration.

Contact

Melanie Kemper

Head of Knowledge Management & Web Design

9th Workshop on Fish Protection and Downstream Migration

30 - 31 May 2022
Dessau, Germany

Publication:Fact Sheet

This fact sheet provides an overview of fish protection instruments in Germany. The fact sheet "Ziele für den Fischschutz und Fischabstieg in Deutschland (Targets for Fish Protection in Germany)" is available for download.

Ziele für den Fischschutz und Fischabstieg in Deutschland

Überblick über Instrumente des Fischschutzes in Deutschland

Year 2020

Publication:Fact Sheet

This Fact Sheet provides methodological recommendations for quantifying the risk of harm and mortality to fish during passage from hydropower sites. The fact sheet "Evaluation of primary injury to fish at hydropower sites" is available for download.

Evaluation of Primary Injury to Fish at Hydropower Sites

Methodological recommendations for quantifying the risk of injury and mortality to fish during the passage of hydropower sites

Year 2020

Publication:Fact Sheet

In 2014, the German Participatory Forum on Fish Protection and Downstream Migration was able to develop a common understanding of the size of a screen up to which functioning mechanical fish protection and descent systems, including the necessary cleaning technology, can be implemented. The objective of the research underlying this Fact Sheet 04 was to verify whether the statement of the German Participatory Forum on Fish Protection and Downstream Migration is confirmed in the actual operation of existing fish protection screens. Fact Sheet 04 "Technical functionality of large fish protection screens confirmed in practice" is available for download.

Technical Functionality of Large Fish Protection Screens Confirmed in Practice

Operational experience with large screen systems

Year 2021

Publication:Fact Sheet

This fact sheet examines the functional elements of a fish protection system and explains when a rake is a fish protection rake. The fact sheet "What makes a screen to a fish protection screen" is available for download.

What Makes a Screen to a Fish Protection Screen?

The functional components of a fish protection system

Year 2021

Publication:Fact Sheet

This fact sheet introduces the "Atlas Fischschutz & Fischabstieg" and its contents. The fact sheet "Fischschutz- und Fischabstiegsmaßnahmen – Praxisbeispiele im Überblick (Fish protection and downstream fish migration measures – Practical examples at a glance)" is available for download.

Fischschutz- und Fischabstiegsmaßnahmen – Praxisbeispiele im Überblick

Atlas für den Wissenstransfer zu Fischschutz und Fischabstieg

Year 2022

Event:Digital Event

The central objective of the Hydromorphology IV Workshop was to exchange experiences and information and to identify and reflect on challenges of the administrative and practical implementation processes of watercourse development measures.

Hydromorphology IV Workshop

26 - 27 January 2021
online

Event:Workshop

The 2-day workshop, funded within the framework of the BMU’s (Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety) Environmental Research Plan, took place from 3 to 4 December 2019 in Augsburg at the Bavarian State Office for the Environment.

8th Workshop on Fish Protection and Downstream Migration

3 - 4 December 2019
Augsburg, Germany

Project

With the aim of achieving "good ecological status" in all water bodies by 2015, the Water Framework Directive requires Member States to put more emphasis on hydromorphological issues and watercourse connectivity for the conservation and restoration of fish populations. The aim for the third cycle of the "Forum Fish Protection and Downstream Migration" is to continue the series of workshops on fish protection and downstream migration and to evaluate them in papers, reports and publications. In addition, the website forum-fischschutz.de will be updated and improved. In this project, the fourth UBA Hydromorphology Workshop will also be organised.

Third Cycle of the German Participatory Forum on Fish Protection and Downstream Migration

Jun 2019 - Jan 2023

Languages: German

English
Authorship: Rita Keuneke (Ingenieurbüro Floecksmühle GmbH)

Edith Massmann (Ingenieurbüro Floecksmühle GmbH)

Stephan Naumann (Federal Environment Agency)
Credits: Graphic design and layout: Lena Aebli
Funding: Federal Environment Agency (UBA), Germany
Year: 2020
Dimension: 12 pp.
Project: Third Cycle of the German Participatory Forum on Fish Protection and Downstream Migration
Project ID: 3581
Keywords: Biodiversity

Communication

Environmental Law – Ecologic Legal

EU

Water

Water Framework Directive, WFD, river, nature conservation, biodiversity, energy, hydropower, fish, migration, watercourse, connectivity, restoration, hydromorphology, protection

Europe

fact sheet

Attachments

3581-Fischschutzziele-in-Europa-FSFFS_01.pdf (2.48 MB)

FSFFS_01_08_EN.pdf (2.52 MB)

Further Links

Project website: Forum Fischschutz und Fischabstieg [German]

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