LIFE MIGRATOEBRE: Migratory Fish Recovery and Improved Management in the Final Stretch of the Ebre River (Catalonia, NE Iberian Peninsula)

: The aim of this project is to promote the recovery of ecological connectivity within 10–20 years in the lower Ebre River and Delta, and a healthy and sustainable population of di-adromous fish, including European sturgeon ( Acipenser sturio ), European eel ( Anguilla anguilla ), twaite shad ( Alosa fallax ) and sea lamprey ( Petromyzon marinus ), among other aquatic native species. It is focused on long-term sustainable investments, adapting all present river obstacles to allow fish migration, increasing the river spawning habitat availability and the distribution and growth areas of migrating fish. The main activities of the LIFE MIGRATOEBRE Project (LIFE13 NAT/ES/000237) are: This European sturgeon, twaite shad lamprey identified cartographed. the target population of the lower Ebre river (2000 fish tags). and fish ( Chelon labrosus , Mugil cephalus , Alosa fallax and Anguilla anguilla ) were monitored by acoustic telemetry (using 47 Vemco receivers located along the river and at in the lagoons of the Ebre delta). Obtained results indicate that the Ebre is optimal for the recovery of the target species of this project, but at the same time it would be very important to carry out a control of invasive species. This LIFE project started on 1 July 2014 and, after several extensions, it will finish on 30 June 2024. More information can be found at: www.migratoebre.eu.