Coppens projects
Restocking of Salmon
In the past the European river Rhine and its tributaries offered a perfect spawning habitat for the Atlantic Salmon. Every winter large numbers of these majestic fishes came bursting up the river in an urge to reach their spawning grounds.
The industrialisation of the past had a negative effect on the water quality, accessibility and suitability of the breeding grounds which led to extinction of the Rhine population by the middle of the 20th century.