Imagine the river is a highway for fish, but it's currently blocked by walls and pollution. This effort is like building new bridges and cleaning up the lanes so fish can travel and breed again. It uses a mix of high-tech monitoring and nature-based construction to bring back healthy water systems.
Companies and governments struggle to restore fish populations and river connectivity while meeting strict EU environmental laws. Current methods often lack the scalable, data-driven tools needed for large river basins.
The project implements fish passages, lateral reconnections, hatchery recovery systems, and a digital monitoring platform.
If you are a construction firm dealing with strict environmental permits for river works — this project developed fish passages and lateral reconnections that ensure ecological compliance. These solutions help you meet EU environmental policies while building infrastructure.
If you are a consultancy dealing with habitat degradation for clients — this project developed a digital platform and monitoring models that track aquatic health. You can use these benchmarks to design more effective restoration plans for 7 pilot sites.
If you are a hatchery operator dealing with low wild population survival — this project developed ex-situ restocking actions and hatchery recovery methods. This improves the success rate of returning fish to the wild in the Danube basin.
Based on available project data, specific pricing or cost structures for the technologies are not provided.
The project aims to develop scalable solutions across 7 pilot sites in the Danube River Basin and NW Black Sea, suggesting a move toward larger scale application.
Based on available project data, there is no specific information regarding IP rights or licensing agreements.
The project actively contributes to the implementation of EU environmental policies and the EU Mission 'Restore our Ocean and Waters'.
The project runs from 2025-09-01 to 2029-08-31, meaning results and tools will be developed over this 4-year period.
The consortium is highly diverse with 42 partners across 14 countries, indicating a strong transnational reach. While dominated by research and 'other' entities (29 total), there is a significant industrial presence with 7 companies (17% ratio), including 4 SMEs, which suggests the project is geared toward practical application rather than just academic study.
Contact the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture at the University of Zagreb
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