An international symposium on study, restoration and management of shads took place on October the 14th and 15th 2015, in Bergerac (France).
More than a hundred people participated to the presentation of the feedback from the LIFE+ project for restoration of the Allis shad on the Rhine (2011-2015), of a report on current knowledge about this species, and also of other research works conducted in the whole world.
Shad correspond to a group of fish species belonging to the same family as sardines and herrings, the Clupeidae. In Europe, especially in France, we find two species that are both diadromous.
The Allis shad is an emblematic migratory fish of the Gironde Garonne Dordogne watershed. However, the population of this very sensitive species catastrophically declined in recent years.
The LIFE + Shad (2011-2015) is a French-German project.
Its aims are to continue the stocking of Allis shad in the Rhine initiated in 2007 and to realize studies to improve knowledge on the population of Gironde-Garonne -Dordogne to save and restore it.
This international symposium was the occasion to present the feedback from the LIFE+ project for restoration of the Allis shad on the Rhine (2011-2015), a report on current knowledge about this fascinating species, and also a review of other research works conducted in the whole world. This event was followed by a boat tour of two shad spawning ground on the Dordogne, then a visit of the EDF dam of Tuilières.
