Global Swimways Webinar Marathon

Event Timeslots (75)

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00:00 - 00:00
Wrap up

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00:00 - 00:00
Wrap up
Joshua Royte (moderator) - TNC Maine, USA

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03:00 - 03:15
INTRO: GLOBAL SWIMWAYS
Arjan Berkhuysen - World Fish Migration Foundation, The Netherlands

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03:15 - 03:30
300 years of decline: status and trends of native fish in Oceania
Lee Baumgartner - Charles Sturt University, Australia

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03:30 - 03:45
Fish Passage strategy New Zealand
Sjaan Bowie - Department of Conservation, New Zealand

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03:45 - 04:00
NSW Fish Passage Strategy and the challenges to restore the Murray-Darling River Swimway
Matthew Gordos - New South Wales - Department of Primary Insdustries (NSW DPI Fisheries)

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04:00 - 04:15
A Māori perspective on migratory fish passage from Coastal Lakes/Lagoons, with a focus on Te Roto o Wairewa (Lake Forsyth)
Iaean Cranwell - Ngāi Tahu - Indigenous Tribe from South Island of New Zealand

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04:15 - 04:30
Darling River Catastrophe: can we fix it?
Martin Mallen-Cooper - Charles Sturt University (CSU), OzFish Unlimited, Fishway Consulting Services, Australia

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04:30 - 04:45
Papua New Guinea, the Wallace Line and the transition to Indonesia
Arif Wibowo - Research Institute for Inland Fisheries and Extensions, IFRDMD/SEAFDEC, Indonesia

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04:45 - 05:00
Wrap Up
Lee Baumgartner (moderator) - Charles Sturt University (CSU), Australia

Program (CET timezone)
05:15 - 05:30
INTRO: GLOBAL SWIMWAYS
Arjan Berkhuysen - World Fish Migration Foundation, The Netherlands

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05:30 - 05:45
Eastern Asia status and trends
Zeb Hogan - University of Nevada, USA

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05:45 - 06:00
Japan: removing dams for pink salmon
Hirokazu Urabe - Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries Research Institute, Japan

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06:00 - 06:15
Current ecological issues of major rivers in South Korea - Nakdong River
Gae-Jae Joo - Pusan National University, South Korea

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06:15 - 06:30
Taimen Conservation in Delgermoron River Northern Mongolia
Gankhuyag Balbar and Tuguldur Enkhtsetseg - TNC, Mongolia

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06:30 - 06:45
The Yangtze, 18 years of Conservation Programme
Xinqiao Zhang - WWF, China

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06:45 - 07:00
Wonders of the Mekong program
Seila Chea - Wonders of the Mekong project, Cambodia

Program (CET timezone)
07:00 - 07:15
Wrap Up
Erin Loury (moderator) - FishBio, USA

Program (CET timezone)
07:30 - 07:45
INTRO: GLOBAL SWIMWAYS
Arjan Berkhuysen - World Fish Migration Foundation, The Netherlands

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07:45 - 08:00
Central and South Asia status and trends

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08:00 - 08:15
The Amur River and the protection of its salmon
Olga Cheblukova - WWF Russia-Amur Branch, Russia

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08:30 - 08:45
Golden Opportunities: Conserving Mahseer in Bhutan and the region
Julie Claussen - Fisheries Conservation Foundation, USA

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08:45 - 09:00
India: the importance of fish
Derek Dzousa - Mahseer Trust & All India Game Fishing Association, India

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09:00 - 09:15
Refugees and refugia of desiccated Aral Sea ichthyofauna (Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan)
Bakhtiyor Karimov - Academy of Science of Uzbekistan, Uzbekistan

Program (CET timezone)
09:15 - 09:30
Wrap Up
Ruben van Treeck (moderator) - IGB Berlin, Germany

Program (CET timezone)
10:00 - 10:15
INTRO: GLOBAL SWIMWAYS
Arjan Berkhuysen - World Fish Migration Foundation, The Netherlands

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10:15 - 10:30
Western Asia status and trends
Jörg Freyhof - Natural History Museum of Berlin, Germany

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10:30 - 10:45
Migratory fishes of Turkey
Devrim Memis - Istanbul University, Turkey

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10:45 - 11:00
West Arabia: The most unkown rivers in the world
Nashat Hamidan - Royal Society for the Conservation of Nature (RSCN), Jordan

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11:00 - 11:15
Between two seas: Kura River
Jörg Freyhof - Natural History Museum of Berlin, Germany

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11:15 - 11:30
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11:30 - 11:45
Jordan River Basin: Contemplate history in its purest state
Tarek Abulhawa - Royal Society for the Conservation of Nature (RSCN), Jordan

Program (CET timezone)
11:45 - 12:00
Wrap Up
Ruben van Treeck (moderator) - IGB Berlin, Germany

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12:15 - 12:30
INTRO: GLOBAL SWIMWAYS
Arjan Berkhuysen - World Fish Migration Foundation, The Netherlands

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12:30 - 12:45
Africa status and trends: River restoration and fish migration in Africa
Gordon O’Brien - University of Mpumalanga, South Africa

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12:45 - 13:00
Eels in Africa
Emmanuel Mbaru - Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute, Kenya

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13:00 - 13:15
The Nile Basin Initiative
Abdulkarim H Seid - Nile Basin Initative, Uganda

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13:15 - 13:30
The Luangwa River: One of the longest remaining free-rivers in Africa
Sililo Agness Musutus - WWF, Zambia

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13:30 - 13:45
Niger River: Anthropogenic activities and threats to fish fauna
Philippe Laleye - University of Abomey-Calavi, Benin

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13:45 - 14:00
Saving Sandfish: Rescuing one of South Africa's most threatened freshwater fish
Jeremy Shelton - Freshwater Research Center (FRCSA), South Africa

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14:00 - 14:15
Introduction to the Water Fund: Relevance of river connectivity & river restoration to water security in Africa
Louise Strafford - TNC, Africa

Program (CET timezone)
14:15 - 14:30
Wrap Up
Peter Limbu (moderator) and Gordon O’Brien (Wrap Up) - TNC and University of Mpumalanga

Program (CET timezone)
15:00 - 15:15
INTRO: GLOBAL SWIMWAYS
Arjan Berkhuysen - World Fish Migration Foundation, The Netherlands

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15:15 - 15:30
Europe status and trends: What we know and don’t know when mapping Swimways
William Darwall - IUCN, UK

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15:30 - 15:45
Reconnecting Europe’s Rivers: where do we start?
Carlos García de Leaniz - Swansea University, AMBER, UK

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15:45 - 16:00
As the sturgeon swims- why we need a combination of open migration corridors, in situ protection and ex situ conservation to save the Danubes living fossils.
Thomas Friedrich - University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU), Austria

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16:00 - 16:15
River Rhine - Restoring fish migration in the former sewer of Europe
Marc de Rooy -Ministry of Infrastructure and Environment, The Netherlands

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16:15 - 16:30
Ätran Dam removal (Falkenberg, Sweden)
Olle Calles - Karlstad University, Sweden

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16:30 - 16:45
Restoring 3000 km of free flowing river in Estonia. Meet the biggest European river restoration project.
Külli Tammur - Environment Agency, Estonia

Program (CET timezone)
16:45 - 17:00
Wrap Up

Program (CET timezone)
17:15 - 17:30
INTRO: GLOBAL SWIMWAYS
Arjan Berkhuysen - World Fish Migration Foundation, The Netherlands

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17:30 - 17:45
South America status and trends
Luiz Gustavo M. Silva - Universidade Federal de São João del-Rei, MG, Brasil and Stocker lab, Institute of Environmental Engineering, ETH Zurich

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17:45 - 18:00
Magdalena River: The sustenance of a whole country
Luz Fernanda Jiménez - University of Antioquia, Colombia

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18:00 - 18:15
Marañón River: The source of the biggest river in the world
Christel Scheske and Bruno Monteferri - Peruvian Society for Environmental Law, Peru

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18:15 - 18:30
Upper Amazon
Paul Van Damme - Institute for Applied Research on Aquatic Resources FAUNAGUA, University of Mayor de San Simón (UMSS), Bolivia

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18:30 - 18:45
The beginning of upstream migration of freshwater fish in the Amazon River
Ronaldo Borges Barthem - Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi- Belém-PA-Brazil, Brazil

Program (CET timezone)
18:45 - 19:00
Parana Basin: El Corredor Azul (Argentina)
Claudio Baigún - Wetlands International, Argentina

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19:00 - 19:15
The Baker and other large rivers in Chilean Patagonia
Claudio Meier - The University of Memphis, USA

Program (CET timezone)
19:15 - 19:30
Wrap Up
Luiz Gustavo M. Silva (moderator) - Universidade Federal de São João Del Rei, Australia

Program (CET timezone)
19:45 - 20:00
INTRO: GLOBAL SWIMWAYS
Arjan Berkhuysen - World Fish Migration Foundation, The Netherlands

Program (CET timezone)
20:00 - 20:15
Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean: status and trends
Topis Contreras Macbeth - FFSG, Mexico

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20:15 - 20:30
The big unkown migrators: Shrimps
Omar Pérez - Puerto Rico University, Puerto Rico

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20:30 - 20:45
Rivers and fishes of a biodiversity hotspot in the Northern Neotropics
Caleb McMahan and Diego Elias - Field Museum, LSU Museum of Natural Science, USA

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20:45 - 21:00
The magnificent travelers along the Usumacinta and their challenges
Yasmin Quintana - Texas A&M University (TAMU), Guatemala

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21:00 - 21:15
From Ridge to Reef: Exploring Honduran fish diversity and trends
Claudia Lardizabal - National Autonomous University of Honduras (UNAH), Honduras

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21:15 - 21:30
Sixaola, Estrella, Changuinola Rivers: Connecting the Continental Devide to the Ocean
Bill Mclarney - ANAI Association, USA and Costa Rica

Program (CET timezone)
21:30 - 21:45
Wrap Up
Topis Contreras Macbeth (moderator), FFSG, Mexico

Program (CET timezone)
22:00 - 22:15
INTRO: GLOBAL SWIMWAYS
Arjan Berkhuysen - World Fish Migration Foundation, The Netherlands

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22:15 - 22:30
USA & Canada status and trends
Steve Cooke - Carleton University, Canada

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22:30 - 22:45
Opening up rivers in the USA through the National Fish Passage program
Eric MacMillan - FFish and Aquatic Conservation , USFWS, USA

Program (CET timezone)
22:45 - 23:00
Fish migration into ephemeral ground waters: spawing in pastures and forests
Bernie R. Kuhajda - Tennessee Aquarium Conservation Institute, USA

Program (CET timezone)
23:00 - 23:15
We Are Salmon People: Reconnecting the Broken Salmon Trail
Karlie Knight and Dennis Zimmerman - Yukon First Nation, Carcross/Tagish First Nation, Kwanlin Dün First Nation and Ta’an Kwäch’än Council, Canada

Program (CET timezone)
23:15 - 23:30
Bonnevillle Fish Passage Center and it's role in the Columbia River Swimway
Ben Hausmann - Bonneville Power Administration, USA

Program (CET timezone)
23:30 - 23:45
The River herrings are back. Local experiences from Plymouth (Mass) after removing 6 dams
Dave Gould - Town of Plymouth, USA

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23:45 - 00:00
Hawaii: river situation and fish passage
Gordon Smith - Pacific Islands Fish and Wildlife, USFWS, USA