Jürg BloeschDr. Jürg Bloesch is a retired Senior Scientist and an Honorary Member of the International Association for Danube Research (IAD), for which he served as the National Representative (1995e1998), President (1998e2004), Editor of
Danube News (2006e12, and Mandatary for sturgeon conservation, hydropower, and navigation in the Danube River.
Born in Switzerland and educated as a limnologist (hydrobiologist) at ETH Zürich, he worked at Eawag, Dübendorf (the
Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology), from 1970 till 2005 as a Research Scientist and Consultant
(e.g., projects in Estonia, North Macedonia, Romania, and Paraguay). He experienced sabbaticals in Canada (CCIW
Burlington, 1978/79) and New Zealand (Hamilton, 1987). Key activities focused on lakes (sedimentation, sediment traps,
eutrophication, and the pelagic food web), rivers (benthos, fish), river restoration (hydromorphology), and river basin
management. He published some 140 scientific papers and reports. As an active member of nine national and international
professional associations and NGOs, he was and still is dedicated to environmental protection and nature conservation by
bridging the gap between basic and applied science. Read More Read Less