Public Awareness Activities
World Fish Migration Day 2014 in Açude-Ponte dam fish pass
On the 24th May 2014, World Fish Migration Day, several activities organized by the Portuguese Environment Agency (APA), with the support of researchers from the University of Évora and MARE, took place at the Açude-Ponte dam fish pass. These included visits to the fish pass and the monitoring room, and interaction of the public with the researchers involved in the River Mondego restoration projects.
The researchers presented the work developed in this infrastructure with a demonstration of the sampling techniques used to monitor fish passes in general, and Açude-Ponte dam fish pass in particular.
Students from universities and junior high schools have visited the fish pass facilities in several occasions. In the future, a regular visiting scheme is expected to be implemented.
 Researcher demonstrating telemetry techniques used to monitor the Açude-Ponte dam fish pass. |  Researcher showing the monitoring room of the Açude-Ponte dam fish pass. |
Fish models and exhibitions panels
Real size models of the most emblematic species that use the Açude-Ponte dam fish pass will be placed in the monitoring building. This will allow visitors to identify the species that are passing by the visualization window and to get in contact with the target species using this fish pass. Interpretative panels were placed near the monitoring building of Açude-Ponte dam fish pass and close to all the naturalized passages that were built in River Mondego (see brochure).
 Fish model: Alosa alosa. Model by Pedro Andrade, painting by Cláudia Baeta and Lúcia Antunes. |  Fish model detail: Alosa alosa. Model by Pedro Andrade, painting by Cláudia Baeta and Lúcia Antunes. |
 Fish model: Luciobarbus bocagei. Model by Pedro Andrade, painting by Cláudia Baeta and Lúcia Antunes. |  Fish model painting. Model by Pedro Andrade, painting by Cláudia Baeta and Lúcia Antunes. |
 Fish models exhibition.
Models by Pedro Andrade, painting by Cláudia Baeta and Lúcia Antunes. | |
 Panel placed near the Açude-Ponte dam. Ilustrations, Compositions and Design: Fernando Correia. |  Panel placed near Palheiros weir. Ilustrations, Compositions and Design: Fernando Correia. |
 Panel placed near Louredo weir. Ilustrations, Compositions and Design: Fernando Correia. |  Panel placed near Penacova weir. Ilustrations, Compositions and Design: Fernando Correia. |
End of project meeting
The meeting ‘Restoration of River Mondego for the migratory fish: from words to actions’ took place in Penacova on the 12th of March 2016. It was organized by the University of Évora, hosted by one of the local entities involved in this project, the city council of Penacova, and attended by several local and national delegates.
The project coordinator, Dr. P.R. Almeida, presented an overview of the results obtained in the project, emphasizing the importance of the efforts and strict collaboration between all partners for the success of the project, and how it can be replicated in other rivers. Several invited speakers also presented their contribution to the project. The meeting had two discussion sessions where the audience had the chance to ask questions and discuss the project with all the speakers.
 Presentation of the project by Pedro Raposo de Almeida (Project PI). |  Board of speakers, speech of the Portuguese Secretary for Fisheries, Dr. José Apolinário. |
 Public present at the meeting. |  Panel and video showed at the meeting. |
World Fish Migration Day 2016
On the 21st of May 2016 the celebration of the “World Fish Migration Day 2016: Connecting Fish, Rivers and People” took place at the fish pass of the Açude-Ponte dam. The celebration of this event included a tour through some of the fish passes built in River Mondego, and also a demonstration of the techniques used to monitor these devices. The event was organized by the Portuguese Agency for Environment and the University of Évora and counted with the presence of the Portuguese Secretary of State of Environment, as well as delegates from some partners involved in the project.
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| World Fish Migration Day 2016 celebration, Coimbra. | |
