Salmon in Basel

The exhibition showed why salmon was no longer sighted in the Rhine from the mid-1950s onwards. it addressed current projects for the resettlement of salmon in the Rhine. By 2020, the first salmon are to migrate back up the Rhine to Basel.

In Basel, 122 salmon were caught on average per year from 1920 – 1931. From 1932 – 1958 it was only an average 13 salmons. After 1958, no salmon was caught in Basel anymore.

The exhibition addressed the reasons why salmon were unable to find spawning grounds and why their migration to their spawning grounds in the Upper Rhine was blocked.