On September 11-15, 2023, staff of the FFPW USB (Bořek Drozd, Jan Kubec, Lukáš Veselý, Martin Vlk, Martin Bláha, Marek Let, Daniel Kvapil, Filip Kupka, Das Koushik, Iqbal Azeem, Oficialdegui Aladren Francisco Javier a Balzani Paride) together with colleagues from the Slovak Angling Union performed monitoring of the fish populations of the Slovak part of the Danube and its side branch system within the project LIFE Living Rivers (101069837/LIFE21-IPE-SK-Living Rivers). The results of the surveys will be used to evaluate the current state of fish populations, to set up sustainable fishing and fishery management and are also key to the design of fish ladders and passes through which the gigantic Gabčíkovo and Čunovo water constructions will be passable.
RNDr. Bořek Drozd, Ph.D.
