The largest mobile aquarium in Europe will be on display this weekend in front of the Natural History Museum. With a length of twelve meters, it is intended to give visitors insight into the “LIFE-Boat 4 Sturgeon” project. As part of this project, four endangered sturgeon species will be reintroduced into the Danube.
The aim is for the sturgeons to become native to the Danube, Agriculture Minister Norbert Totschnig (ÖVP) said at a press conference on Friday.
1.6 million sturgeons are bred there
The core of the “LIFE-Boat 4 Sturgeon” project is the construction of a floating fish farming station on the Danube in Vienna. During the project period, approximately 1.6 million sturgeons of the Sterlet, Waxdick, Sternhausen and Hausen species will be bred on the ship by 2030 and the young animals will be released into the wild in different parts of the Danube.
So far, 250,000 sturgeons have been released into the Danube, as Vienna City Councilor for Innovation Ulli Sima (SPÖ) pointed out. Although the project is accessible to the population, it is not particularly spectacular because sturgeons do not occur on the water surface. With the help of the enormous aquarium, the life of the sturgeons – together with other Danube fish – can now be experienced.
International cooperation
“LIFE-Boat 4 Sturgeon” is led by the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences in Vienna, together with the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Viadonau and the City of Vienna. International partners include institutions from Hungary, Slovenia, Romania, Bulgaria, Slovakia and Ukraine.
Source: Krone
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