Season Greetings from the Sterlets

The LIFE team and the sterlets wish you happy holidays and a good start to 2020. IA good moment to recharge the batteries and prepare for the next project year, but also to review the past year. That’s what happened in 2019 in a short version:

  • Eggs hatched: 200,000
  • Young fish released: 71,000
  • Chironomid larvae fed: > 500 kg
  • Artemia hatched: 12 kg
  • Sleepless nights: > 20
  • Consumption of energy drinks etc. during sleeplessness: > 30 l
  • Dives in the sewage shaft: luckily none this year
  • Attendance at Events to present the project: 12
  • School classes visiting: 8
  • TV reports: 5
  • Radioshows: 1
  • Giveaways distributed: 2500
  • Press articles: 19
  • Excursions from various institutions to the breeding container: 17
  • Master theses and bachelor theses: 1
  • Scientific articles: 1
  • Internships: 3
  • Cooperation with the Federal Agency for Water Management in Scharfling
  • Visited countries for international networking: Italy, Germany, Romania, China, Belgium, Czech Republic
  • Feasibility study for follow-up project on behalf of the Federal Ministry for Sustainability and Tourism, as well as the International Commission for the Protection of the Danube: 1

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