World Fish Migration Day
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World Fish Migration Day (WFMD) is a global event celebrated every two years to raise global attention to the need for restored river connections for migrating fish. Restored river connectivity allows the achievement of healthier fish stocks and more productive rivers. The 6th World Fish Migration Day was celebrated on May 25, 2024, under the theme “Free Flow”.
History
The concept of a day to celebrate fish migration was shown to be a success within the North Sea Region on May 14, 2011. In 2011, partners of the Living North Sea Project, funded by the European Union, participated to raise awareness about fish passage issues in the North Sea Region, including 25 locations in seven countries. The day created publicity in both regional and national press, including social media, magazines, radio and TV stations (From Sea to Source).
After the success in 2011, a Dutch conservationist Herman Wanningen from the World Fish Migration Foundation, reached out to various organizations worldwide, including The Nature Conservancy, WWF, and the Freshwater Fish Specialist Group of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (FFSG-IUCN) to create a global celebratory day, which is today known as the World Fish Migration Day. In 2014 the first ever WFMD took place and is now generally planned for every second year in spring, under the coordination of the World Fish Migration Foundation.
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WFMD is a one-day event to create worldwide awareness of the importance of freshwater migratory fish and open rivers for the general public, especially students and their teachers, resource managers and engineers, and commercial and recreational anglers, as well as those individuals who influence public policy that affect rivers. It is a global initiative with activities organized to reach these audiences.
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