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LIFE
strategy
Three LIFE-Nature
projects have been able to be established along the Danube in the
vicinity of Melk to date. They represent stepping stones in
improving the quality of flowing bodies of water as well as the
biological context in each case.
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With
the LIFE-Nature project "Danube salmon habitat"
(1999-2004), 11 fishways were constructed to interconnect the
Pielach and Melk rivers with the Danube. Today, fish from the
Wachau section of the Danube are able to swim upstream about
20 km in the Pielach river and about 15 km in the Melk river.
Read more at the web site
of the project >>
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The
LIFE-Nature project “Wachau” (2003-2008) focused efforts
on one section of the Danube to improve the habitat for fish.
As part of the project, gravel banks were built up and
distributaries to the Danube created. Fish from the Danube
depend on such zones, e.g. for spawning and as a temporary
habitat for young fish.
Read more at the web site
of the project >>
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The LIFE-Nature
project “Danube-Ybbs Confluence” (2004-2009) extended the
network of bodies of water passable for fish by an additional
20 km, as a far as the mouth of the Ybbs. Improving the
habitat at the mouth of the Ybbs represents an important step
toward conserving fish fauna in the Danube and Ybbs rivers.
Geografic
relation of the three LIFE Nature Projects between town of Ybbs
and town of Krems in Lower Austria |
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