Healing Waters | Return of the Sturgeon | Release in Sweden supported by the Wildlife Comeback Fund

The Atlantic sturgeon, a keystone species, was driven to functional extinction in Europe in the middle of the twentieth century. A 42,000-euro grant from Rewilding Europe’s European Wildlife Comeback Fund has supported the first-ever reintroduction of Atlantic sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus oxyrinchus) in Sweden.
The “Return of the Sturgeon” initiative, which is managed by the Swedish Anglers Association (Sportfiskarna), aims to re-establish the species in the Göta River - the largest river in Sweden. A total of 100 juvenile sturgeon were translocated from a breeding facility in the village of Born auf dem Darß, on Germany’s Baltic sea coast, which is operated by the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Research Center for Agriculture and Fisheries in Rostock.
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Film by: Jon A. Juarez

[@HagdoBr]

Rewilding made us think first in big ungulates and apex predators, but the small ones also are soo much necessary to ecossistem.

[@jthomas8263]

In Swedish Lapland.

[@protectanimals9792]

So important to have people like all of you doing this critical work to repair the human impact on this tiny fragile planet. This planet is a tiny candle of life in a vast lifeless universe. Hopefully all people protect it with all their heart ❤

[@peasinourthyme5722]

Thank you Rewilding Europe!
What an awesome looking fish!
Nice to see a report from my own country, and not even that far from my previous home town :)

[@antoniekruger8631]

You and the team are true super heros. Thank you.

[@BeBraveToAct]

Awesome project!

[@LovroRavbar]

Bravo!❤

[@andrewgoorhuis]

😌

[@g.f.m.5516]

hopefully i will be able to fish that here in sweden

[@jonasgustafsson8135]

You're in for a long wait my friend... Its not sure exactly how long it takes the atlantic sturgeon to return to spawn in these waters. But a guess is somewhere between 12-15 years. We also need enough sturgeons to be released. And they don't come in batches of millions. And then we need enough of them to come back to the river, meaning a mortality rate, low enough to start build a self sustaining population. Harvesting atlantic sturgeon from Göta Älv, might never ever be a real thing. But that is for the future to decide. From my stand point, hoping to fish for this species is the wrong angle to view this project. This is a project of hope for a better relationship with the aquatic environment, and a river with low enough exploitation, to keep a diversity of species that looks somewhat close to the pre-industrial age.