Wanderfisch

Information portal on migratory fish and their habitats in river and sea

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27 February 2023

The big kill

A chronicle of an environmental disaster on the River Oder: Images of huge quantities of dead fish – covering all species and sizes – shocked the German, Polish and international public in August 2022. IGB researchers set about tracking down the causes. IGB was the first institution to determine that the disaster was definitely man-made.

press release

12 September 2022

Lessons learned from the River Oder disaster: researchers’ recommendations to policymakers and public authorities

The man-made environmental disaster, resulting in masses of dead fish, mussels and snails, has caused severe damage to the Oder ecosystem. What can now be done to help the river – and how can the risk of such major ecological and economic damage be reduced in the future? IGB has published its recommendations in an IGB Policy Brief.

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2 September 2022

"Fatal risk from dammed rivers"

“Those calling for more dams in response to drought and dry riverbeds have nothing understood – they promote habitats with potential for catastrophy,” wrote Christian Wolter in Terra X – Die Wissens-Kolumne.

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20. January 2017

Travelling with the Sturgeon

Once upon a time, sturgeons used to live in almost all the major European rivers and in our coastal waters. This film shows what happened, and what we can do to bring them back.