A preliminary telemetry investigation on the obstacles to anadromous Salmonids migration in spawning streams of the Belgian Ardennes (river Meuse bassin)

peer reviewed ; In the course of the 'Meuse Salmon 2000' programme aiming at the restoration of the Atlantic salmon Salmo salar and sea trout Salmo trutta in the River Meuse Basin, most large dams are progressively equipped with fishways to restore the free circulation of spawners between the North Sea and the first major spawning streams, the River Ourthe and its tributaries. Spawners entering the River Ourthe would still be confronted to so-called minor obstacles, aiming at water regulation for tourism purposes but of which the actual impact on fish migration has never been investigated. In... Mehr ...