World Fish Migration Day is a global awareness campaign celebrated every two years to highlight the connections that migratory fishes have with human and non-human species, lands, and waters. This day is marked by celebrations, events, and action campaigns organized by people around the world to connect fish, rivers, and people. Between 2014 and 2024 World Fish Migration Foundation was the main organizer of World Fish Migration Day. From 2025 onwards VENAE from the Netherlands is taking this forward, with founder Herman Wanningen as the main organiser.
Are you ready to celebrate fish migration and free flowing rivers? Or to act as stewards for migratory fishes? The next World Fish Migration is on May 23, 2026! So if you are interested please fill in the form by clicking on the button below.
What we do on World Fish Migration Day...
Migratory fish are extraordinary!
This World Fish Migration Day, know, imagine, and act for migratory fishes and free flowing rivers. Know fish connections with lands and waters and how they flourish when rivers flow more freely. Imagine and explore life underwater and act as stewards for migratory fishes.
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