Events – World Fish Migration Day

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Bagaduce Alewife Celebration

2025-05-24 @ 11:00 (EDT) - 2025-05-24 @ 14:00 (EDT)

Pierce Pond, Penobscot, ME, USA

Community celebration (festival, street fair, other)

Alewife Migration Walk

2025-05-29 @ 10:00 (EDT) - 2025-05-29 @ 00:00 (EDT)

Mill Brook Preserve Trailhead, Westbrook, ME, USA

Education or awareness (formal, informal)

Migration run (Corrida da Migração)

2026-05-23 @ 08:00 (-03) - 2026-05-23 @ 10:00 (-03)

Universidade Federal de Lavras - Inácio Valentim, Lavras - MG, Brasil

Athletic event (meet-up, challenge, race)

Something’s Fishy: The Migration Mystery

2025-10-08 @ 10:00 (PDT) - 2025-10-08 @ 11:00 (PDT)

Education or awareness (formal, informal)

Learning about the migration of juvenile sockeye salmon through Grand Coulee and Chief Joseph Dams, USA

2026-05-01 - 2026-05-31

Wenatchee, WA, USA

Professional event (conference, webinar, gala, other)

World Fish Migration Day 2026

Nga Yoke Kaung Beach, Nga Yoke Kaung, Myanmar (Burma)

Education or awareness (formal, informal)

Van zout naar zoet en terug

2026-05-23 @ 11:00 (CEST) - 2026-05-24 @ 17:00 (CEST)

Haven Lauwersoog, Lauwersoog

Education or awareness (formal, informal)

Celebrating the American Eel Extravaganza at Liberty State Park

2026-05-23 @ 09:00 (EDT) - 2026-05-23 @ 12:00 (EDT)

200 Morris Pesin Drive, Jersey City, NJ, USA

Community celebration (festival, street fair, other)

Celebrate Our Royal River

2026-05-23 @ 10:00 (GMT) - 2026-05-23 @ 13:00 (GMT)

Royal River Park, East Elm Street, Yarmouth, ME, USA

Community celebration (festival, street fair, other)

VI Conectando Peixes, Rios e Pessoas

2026-05-20 @ 08:30 (-03) - 2026-05-21 @ 17:00 (-03)

UNIP - Sorocaba - Av. Independência - Éden, Sorocaba - SP, Brasil

Participatory science event

fish migration and free flowing rivers 2026

2026-05-23 @ 01:00 (+0545) - 2026-05-31 @ 05:00 (+0545)

Art Show - We Are River People

colorful jewels in the fish keeping world

2026-05-23 @ 16:30 (EDT) - 2026-05-23 @ 17:30 (EDT)

Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India

Art Show - We Are River People

Heart of the Murray

Flowerdale VIC, Australia

Art Show - We Are River People

Fresh Waters, Fresh Actions: A Nature Walk

Ganderbal District

Site visit (river, fishway, clean-up)

Stream Stories

2025-11-26 - 2026-05-23

Universität für Bodenkultur Wien (BOKU), Gregor-Mendel-Straße, Vienna, Austria

Art Show - We Are River People

Gravel for Riffles – Giving back the natural brook bottom as spawning groung, passing obstacles by Riffle-Pool-Sequences.

2026-03-01 - 2026-10-15

River Pinnau, Pinneberger Straße, D - Quickborn-Renzel

Education or awareness (formal, informal)

Heroes of Fish Migration

Education or awareness (formal, informal)

We Are River People Nuno Felting

2026-03-29 - 2026-06-14

Western Massachusetts, MA, USA

Art Show - We Are River People

Migratory Moments: An Exhibition Celebrating Our Connection to Rivers, Fish, and Wildlife

2026-05-02 @ 00:00 (EDT) - 2026-05-28 @ 00:00 (EDT)

South Hadley Public Library, Canal Street, South Hadley, MA, USA

Art Show - We Are River People

Diglis Fish Pass Drop-in

Diglis Fish Pass, Weir Lane, Worcester WR2 4FF, UK

Site visit (river, fishway, clean-up)

Run For The River

Mymensingh, Bangladesh

Education or awareness (formal, informal)

The Fish Doorbell (visdeurbel)

2026-05-23 @ 12:00 (GMT) - 2026-05-23 @ 15:00 (GMT)

Community celebration (festival, street fair, other)

Run with the Alewives

2026-05-23 @ 09:00 (EDT) - 2026-05-23

335 Bayview Rd, Nobleboro, ME 04555, USA

Athletic event (meet-up, challenge, race)

Run Free. River connectivity in blue dot catchment area.

2026-05-23 @ 10:00 (IST) - 2027-05-22 @ 11:30 (IST)

The Mill River Conservation Group, River, Ballymacarry Lower, Buncrana, County Donegal, Ireland

Professional event (conference, webinar, gala, other)

Fifth Annual Pennamaquan Alewife Festival

2026-05-23 @ 10:00 (EDT) - 2026-05-23 @ 17:00 (EDT)

12 Little Falls Road, Pembroke, ME 04666, USA

Community celebration (festival, street fair, other)

World Fish Migration Day

Vismigratierivier, Kornwerderzand

Site visit (river, fishway, clean-up)

Lower Hudson and Harbor World Fish Migration Day Fish Count

New York State, USA

Participatory science event

Salmon Fest Art Show

2026-05-11 - 2026-05-31

Leavenworth, WA, USA

Art Show - We Are River People

Discover the wonderful world of migratory fish.

2026-04-21 @ 09:00 (EEST) - 2026-05-21 @ 14:00 (EEST)

Conference Hall, Natural Sciences Museum Complex ”Răsvan Angheluță” Galați, Romania

Professional event (conference, webinar, gala, other)

World Fish Migration Day in Hinsdale, NH

2026-05-23 @ 11:00 (EDT) - 2026-05-23 @ 16:00 (EDT)

Millstream Riverfront Park, Main St, Hinsdale, NH, USA

Community celebration (festival, street fair, other)

Commémoration de la Journée mondiale de la migration des poissons

Boulevard Thomas Sankara, Blvd Charles De Gaulle, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

Education or awareness (formal, informal)

Rejuvenation of Dying Rivers

2026-05-23 @ 09:00 (IST) - 2026-05-23 @ 16:00 (IST)

Seethanadi, Karnataka, India

Education or awareness (formal, informal)

Along a Free-Flowing River: From the Ipoly to the Danube

2026-05-30 - 2026-05-31

Malé Kosihy, Slovensko

Site visit (river, fishway, clean-up)

Hogyan, hová és miért úsznak a halak

Nick, Magyarország

Education or awareness (formal, informal)

World Fish Migration Day: Community Art Event

2026-05-23 @ 02:00 (EDT) - 2026-05-23 @ 04:00 (EDT)

32 School Street, Unity, ME, USA

Community celebration (festival, street fair, other)

The Fishway at Princess Point

Princess Point Canoe Launch, Hamilton, ON, Canada

Site visit (river, fishway, clean-up)

Sturgeon restocking

2026-05-21 @ 09:00 (EEST) - 2026-05-21 @ 13:00 (EEST)

Gomotartsi, Bulgaria

Site visit (river, fishway, clean-up)

Glass Eel Rescue

2026-05-28 @ 14:30 (CEST) - 2026-05-28 @ 18:00 (CEST)

Rimini, RN, Italia

Chester Fish Monitoring Trap Open Day

2026-05-23 @ 11:00 (BST) - 2026-05-23 @ 14:00 (BST)

Chester Weir, Lower Bridge Street, Chester CH4 7JJ, UK

Education or awareness (formal, informal)

CONECTANDO PECES Y PERSONAS

2026-05-23 @ 08:00 (-03) - 2026-05-23 @ 13:30 (-03)

Club Náutico Hernandarias, Costanera de Hernandarias, Hernandarias, Paraguay

Education or awareness (formal, informal)

Los Peces que viajan

Iguá, Montevideo Departamento de Montevideo, Uruguay

Professional event (conference, webinar, gala, other)

Great Lakes migratory fishes

Shedd Aquarium, South DuSable Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL, USA

Professional event (conference, webinar, gala, other)

Adam Ezra Concert

Lincoln Theater, Theater Street, Damariscotta, ME, USA

Live performance (play, concert, other)

World Fish Migration Day Celebration!

335 Bayview Rd, Nobleboro, ME 04555, USA

Community celebration (festival, street fair, other)

Land Art during Restoration of morane brooks in North Germany

2026-03-31 - 2026-10-15

Kirchenstieg, Ellerbek, Deutschland

Art Show - We Are River People

Nuit des Aloses

2026-05-22 @ 22:30 (CEST) - 2026-05-22

Taillebourg, France

Site visit (river, fishway, clean-up)

Vismigratiedag 2026

2026-05-23 @ 11:00 (CEST) - 2026-05-23 @ 15:00 (CEST)

Barend Ubbinkweg, Doesburg

Site visit (river, fishway, clean-up)

World Fish Migration Day: A Day at the River

2026-05-23 @ 11:00 (PDT) - 2026-05-23 @ 15:00 (PDT)

44129 Sterling Highway, Soldotna, AK, USA

Education or awareness (formal, informal)

Conservación y manejo sustentable de los peces migratorios en tiempos de transformaciones

2026-06-19 @ 09:00 (-03) - 2026-06-19 @ 17:00 (-03)

Ciudad de Santa Fe, Pcia de Santa Fe, Argentina

Participatory science event

Educational Program on Taimen with student essay competition

2026-04-06 - 2026-05-23

Khuvsgul, Mongolia

Education or awareness (formal, informal)

World Fish Migration Day

2026-04-23 - 2026-05-23

Alviela River, Portugal

Art Show - We Are River People

“We Are River People” Nuno Felting exhibit

2026-05-16 @ 14:00 (EDT) - 2026-06-07

Becket Arts Center, 7 Brooker Hill Rd, Becket, MA 01223, United States

Art Show - We Are River People

World Fish Migration Day on the Sheepscot River

2026-05-29 @ 04:00 (EDT) - 2026-05-29 @ 05:30 (EDT)

Palermo Preserve, Turner Ridge Road, Palermo, ME, USA

Education or awareness (formal, informal)

Contra Costa Fish Migration Day

2026-05-30 @ 10:00 (CST) - 2026-05-30 @ 14:00 (CST)

1580 Pinole Valley Rd, Pinole, CA 94564, USA

Community celebration (festival, street fair, other)

Orland Migratory Fish Celebration

2026-05-23 @ 00:00 (AKDT) - @ 00:00 (AKDT)

Fish Point Road, Orland, Maine 04472, USA

Community celebration (festival, street fair, other)

World Fish Migration Day – Hawaii 2026

2026-05-23 @ 09:00 (HST) - 2026-05-23 @ 13:30 (HST)

58-207 Kamehameha Hwy, Haleiwa, HI, USA

Education or awareness (formal, informal)

World Fish Migration Day – Surrey, B.C. 2026

2026-05-23 @ 15:00 (PDT) - 2026-05-23 @ 18:00 (PDT)

9910 Whalley Boulevard, Surrey, BC, Canada

Education or awareness (formal, informal)

Wild Salmon Day 2026 at Hyland Creek Park

2026-06-01 @ 15:00 (PDT) - 2026-06-01 @ 19:00 (PDT)

8985 Queen Mary Boulevard, Surrey, BC, Canada

Education or awareness (formal, informal)

River Connections: Art, Nature, and Salmon

2026-05-31 @ 13:00 (PDT) - 2026-05-31 @ 16:30 (PDT)

7155 187A Street, Surrey, BC, Canada

Art Show - We Are River People

AU FIL DE LA LOISANCE

2026-06-14 @ 09:30 (CEST) - 2026-06-14 @ 18:00 (CEST)

Le Lavoir d'Antrain, Val-Couesnon, France

Site visit (river, fishway, clean-up)

The River in Bangladesh : Species Conservation and livelihood Observation

Mymensingh, Bangladesh

Education or awareness (formal, informal)

World Fish Migration Day at the Mousam River

2026-05-23 @ 13:00 (EDT) - 2026-05-23 @ 16:00 (EDT)

49 Water St, Kennebunk, ME, USA

Community celebration (festival, street fair, other)

Learn About New Jersey’s 1,700 Dams. Some Over 130 Years Old and What We Can Do About Them?

2026-05-23 @ 16:00 (EDT) - 2026-05-25 @ 22:00 (EDT)

Absolutely Fish, 1080 U.S. 46, Clifton, NJ, USA

Education or awareness (formal, informal)

Healing of Sea Country – Reconnecting Pambula Estuary – Panboola Wetland

2026-05-23 @ 10:00 (AEST) - 2026-05-23 @ 13:00 (AEST)

48 Bullara St, Pambula NSW 2549, Australia

Fête des fleurs

2026-05-23 - 2026-05-25

Ploudalmézeau, France

Community celebration (festival, street fair, other)

Reframing Fish Passage From Single Metrics to Structured Complexity

1108 Wainui Road, Wainui, New Zealand

Education or awareness (formal, informal)

Reframing Fish Passage From Single Metrics to Structured Complexity

1108 Wainui Road, Wainui, New Zealand

Education or awareness (formal, informal)

A fishy cross stitch bookmark

Art Show - We Are River People

World Fish Migration Day Celebraton on the Boquet River!

2026-05-23 @ 10:00 (EDT) - 2026-05-23 @ 16:00 (EDT)

Noblewood Park, Willsboro, NY, USA

Participatory science event

Connecter les rivières, protéger les cycles de vie : Enjeux de la connectivité aquatique dans le bassin Congo

2026-05-23 @ 08:30 (CAT) - 2026-05-23 @ 16:30 (CAT)

Université de Lubumbashi

Professional event (conference, webinar, gala, other)

Fischwanderung am Lahnfenster erleben

2026-05-23 @ 13:00 (CEST) - 2026-05-23 @ 18:00 (CEST)

Lahnfenster, Bootshausstraße, Gießen, Deutschland

Site visit (river, fishway, clean-up)

Samen ontdekken welke vissoorten in Gat van den Ham leven

2026-05-23 @ 11:00 (CEST) - 2026-05-23 @ 15:00 (CEST)

Amerweg, Lage Zwaluwe

Participatory science event

DEC Fishing Clinic for World Fish Migration Day

2026-05-30 @ 12:00 (EDT) - 2026-05-30 @ 15:00 (EDT)

Park at Beach 108 Street (Rockaway Ferry Terminal) , Beach Channel Drive, Rockaway Park, NY, USA

Education or awareness (formal, informal)

Nous sommes les peuples de rivière!

2026-05-16 @ 09:00 (WAT) - 2026-05-23 @ 15:00 (WAT)

Découverte des poissons migrateurs de Garonne

2026-05-23 @ 13:00 (CEST) - 2026-05-23 @ 18:00 (CEST)

Parc de Lagarde, Balma, France

Education or awareness (formal, informal)

World Fish Migration Day

2026-05-23 @ 13:00 (CDT) - 2026-05-23 @ 15:00 (CDT)

Dawson Park, 89 Street Northwest, Edmonton, AB, Canada

Education or awareness (formal, informal)

Celebração do Dia Mundial da Migração dos Peixes no Rio Alviela – Dia 23 de Maio de 2026

2026-05-23 @ 09:30 (WEST) - 2026-05-23 @ 17:30 (WEST)

Alcanena, Portugal

Education or awareness (formal, informal)

World Fish Migration Day – Alewife Migration Walk at Mill Brook Preserve

2026-05-23 @ 10:00 (EDT) - 2026-05-23 @ 12:00 (EDT)

Mill Brook Preserve, Westbrook, ME, USA

Site visit (river, fishway, clean-up)

Nerdland festival

2026-05-23 @ 11:30 (CEST) - 2026-05-23 @ 12:00 (CEST)

Provinciaal Domein Puyenbroeck, Puyenbrug, Lochristi, België

Participatory science event

Entre rivières et océans : La grande aventure des poissons migrateurs

2026-05-18 - 2026-05-22

Education or awareness (formal, informal)

DiadSea Rivers in Focus: Diadromous Fish in the Miño, Deva and Tea

Ponteareas, Puenteareas, España

Site visit (river, fishway, clean-up)

I Congresso Ibérico do Rio Lima

2026-05-29 @ 09:00 (CEST) - 2026-05-30 @ 18:00 (CEST)

Escola Superior Agrária de Ponte de Lima (ESA - IPVC), Refoios, Refóios do Lima, Portugal

Participatory science event

World Fish Migration Day community event

2026-05-23 @ 09:00 (AEST) - 2026-05-23 @ 13:00 (AEST)

Lower Burdekin Ski Club, Maidavale QLD, Australia

Education or awareness (formal, informal)

Immigration des poissons

2026-05-20 - 2026-05-20

Lambaréné, Gabon

Art Show - We Are River People

The Wide Side: A Documentary on Vermonts Trout

2026-05-21 @ 18:00 (EDT) - 2026-05-21 @ 20:00 (EDT)

Savoy Theatre, Main Street, Montpelier, VT, USA

Film Screening of “River” 2021

2026-05-21 @ 18:00 (EDT) - 2026-05-21 @ 20:00 (EDT)

Haskell opera house, Caswell Avenue, Derby Line, VT, USA

Clyde River Paddle

2026-05-23 @ 10:00 (EDT) - 2026-05-23 @ 13:00 (EDT)

Clyde River Access Area, 10 Mile Square Road, East Charleston, VT, USA

Approcci innovativi alla progettazione di passaggi per pesci [Innovative Approaches to Fish Passage Design]

2026-05-21 - 2026-05-22

Torino, TO, Italia

Education or awareness (formal, informal)

Waterinsecten Keersop

2026-05-23 @ 10:00 (CEST) - 2026-05-23 @ 13:00 (CEST)

Loverensedijk Valentinuskapel (bereikbaar via oostzijde)

Education or awareness (formal, informal)

Wereldvismigratiedag met activiteiten bij vispassage en boezemgemaal Spaarndam

2026-05-23 @ 10:00 (CEST) - 2026-05-23 @ 16:00 (CEST)

Pol 52, Spaarndam Gem. Haarlem

Education or awareness (formal, informal)

Something Fishy

Galway, Ireland

Education or awareness (formal, informal)

The Trout Parade

2026-05-29 @ 17:00 (EDT) - 2026-05-29 @ 19:30 (EDT)

153 Main Street, Burlington, Vermont 05401, USA

Community celebration (festival, street fair, other)

Journée Citoyenne Eau (Citizen Water Day)

2026-05-23 @ 14:00 (CEST) - 2026-05-23 @ 21:00 (CEST)

Palais des Ducs et des États de Bourgogne, 1 Rue Rameau, Dijon, Francia

Professional event (conference, webinar, gala, other)

World Fish Migration Day Webinar

2026-05-22 @ 12:00 (NZST) - 2026-05-22 @ 13:00 (NZST)

Professional event (conference, webinar, gala, other)

World Fish Migration Day – DamNation Film Screening

2026-05-28 @ 17:30 (EDT) - 2026-05-28 @ 19:30 (EDT)

ECHO, Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, 1 College St, Burlington, VT 05401, USA

Nómadas Aquáticos / Aquatic Nomads

2026-05-18 @ 10:00 (WEST) - 2026-05-24 @ 17:00 (WEST)

Fluviário de Mora, Parque Ecológico do Gameiro, Cabeção, Portugal

Education or awareness (formal, informal)

Create Colorful Rock Fish & Celebrate the Waterfall Memorial Install

2026-05-23 @ 12:30 (ADT) - 2026-05-23 @ 15:30 (ADT)

Riverbank Park, Main Street, Westbrook, ME, USA

Community celebration (festival, street fair, other)

Wereldvismigratiedag: Zegenvissen Afferdense en Deestse Waarden

2026-05-23 @ 10:00 (CEST) - 2026-05-23 @ 13:30 (CEST)

Afferdense en Deestse Waarden, Laarstraat, Afferden

Site visit (river, fishway, clean-up)

Wereldvismigratiedag: Ontdek de verborgen vissen van het Gat van den Ham

2026-05-23 @ 11:00 (CEST) - 2026-05-23 @ 15:00 (CEST)

Gat van Den Ham

Site visit (river, fishway, clean-up)

Orange River Fishway Construction Update

2026-05-23 @ 09:00 (EDT) - 2026-05-23 @ 11:00 (EDT)

160 US Rt 1 Hwy, Whiting, ME, USA

Site visit (river, fishway, clean-up)

Narraguagus River Ice Dam Removal and Nature Like Fishway Construction Update

2026-05-23 @ 13:00 (EDT) - 2026-05-23 @ 14:00 (EDT)

Cable Pool Road, Cherryfield, ME, USA

Site visit (river, fishway, clean-up)

Boardman/Ottaway River Cleanup

2026-05-22 @ 10:00 (EDT) - 2026-05-22 @ 16:00 (EDT)

203 S Union St, Traverse City, MI 49684, USA

Site visit (river, fishway, clean-up)

ESCURSIONE SUL MINGARDO

Rofrano, SA, Italia

Site visit (river, fishway, clean-up)

See the River Lemon Flow Again

2026-05-23 @ 10:00 (BST) - 2026-05-23 @ 15:00 (BST)

Bradley Manor, Newton Abbot, UK

Education or awareness (formal, informal)

He Kura Ika Waiti – The Treasured Fish of the Freshwaters

2026-05-24 @ 15:00 (NZST) - 2026-05-24 @ 16:30 (NZST)

State Cinema Motueka Old Wharf Road, Motueka, New Zealand

white-clawed crayfish. 13:56 Claude ha risposto: Opening the Doors of Our Native Crayfish Breeding Centres Opening the Doors of Our Native Crayfish Breeding Centres

2026-05-24 - 2026-05-25

Borrello (Chieti) 📍Cascate del Verde Nature Reserve; Pettorano sul Gizio (L'Aquila) 📍Industrial Archaeology Park

Site visit (river, fishway, clean-up)

Fisheries Reserves as Protection Mechanisms to Ensure Fish Migration for People and Nature

2026-05-22 @ 15:00 (EEST) - 2026-05-23

Site visit (river, fishway, clean-up)

The tributaries of the River Miño: testing solutions for diadromous fish in LIFE REVIVE.

Arbo, Pontevedra, España

Site visit (river, fishway, clean-up)

Dia Mundial de la Migració del Peixos

2026-05-22 @ 17:30 (CEST) - 2026-05-22 @ 19:00 (CEST)

Punt de trobada: Aparcament de sorra del carrer Prat d’en Galliners (proper a la rotonda), Vic (Osona, NE Catalunya)

Participatory science event

Opening of the Haddam Shad Museum

2026-05-18 @ 16:00 (GMT) - 2026-06-15 @ 09:00 (GMT)

274 Saybrook Road, Haddam, Higganum, CT, USA

Exposition (museum, gallery, other)

Getting to know the migratory fish of Megalo Rema, Rafina

2026-05-26 @ 18:00 (EEST) - 2026-05-26 @ 20:00 (EEST)

Evoikou, Rafina, Greece

Participatory science event

Celebrating the Caraș river

2026-05-23 @ 18:00 (EEST) - 2026-05-23 @ 22:00 (EEST)

Carașova, Romania

Community celebration (festival, street fair, other)

World Fish Migration Day on the River Usk

2026-05-23 @ 11:00 (BST) - 2026-05-23 @ 15:00 (BST)

Brecon weir Promenade

Community celebration (festival, street fair, other)

Dia Mundial da Migração dos Peixes: somos gente dos rios

Parque de Lazer do Areinho - Meinedo, Rua de Montemor, Lousada, Portugal

Education or awareness (formal, informal)

Launch of the new application REKOSLED

2026-05-19 - 2026-05-23

Ljubljana, Slovenija

Participatory science event

Proiezione “Ancidde” al Festival “Facciamo la Valle”

2026-05-22 @ 18:00 (CEST) - 2026-05-22

Paternò, CT, Italia

OLHA O PEIXE!

2026-05-23 @ 19:30 (-03) - 2026-05-23 @ 23:30 (-03)

Rua da Floresta, 185 - Paraty, RJ, Brasil

Art Show - We Are River People

Weir’s the dam gone…

2026-05-23 @ 11:00 (SAST) - 2026-05-23 @ 14:00 (SAST)

KwaZulu-Natal Botanical Gardens

Education or awareness (formal, informal)

Biology of the River Jagst in vicinity of the weir at Jagsthausen

2026-09-19 @ 11:00 (CEST) - 2026-09-19 @ 12:00 (CEST)

Restwasserstrecke der Jagst und Biotop

Site visit (river, fishway, clean-up)

Free Flow – Protect and Restore our Rivers for better Fish Migration

2026-05-28 @ 18:00 (CEST) - 2026-05-28 @ 20:00 (CEST)

Living Rivers Foundation (online)

Professional event (conference, webinar, gala, other)