Fish of the year (Austria)

The Austrian Board of Trustees for Fisheries and Water Protection (ÖKF Fishlife), the Austrian Fisheries Association  (ÖFV), the state fisheries associations and state organizations of fisheries and the Federal Office for Water Management  (BAW, Scharfling) award the title Fish of the Year .

With this title one wants to draw attention to the endangerment of the fish fauna in Austria. The title has been awarded by the ÖKF since 2002 and together with the other organizations since 2012. Since 2014 (for 2015), nominations have been chosen by the specialist organizations through a vote of interested parties.

Previous winners

year	German name	scientific name	Illustration
2002	European grayling (1.)	Thymallus thymallus
2003	Nose (1.)	Chondrostoma nasus
2004	Aland	Leuciscus idus
2005	Arctic char (1.)	Salvelinus alpinus
2006	Koppe	Cottus gobio
2007	tench	Tinca tinca
2008	Bitterling	Rhodeus amarus
2009	eel	Anguilla anguilla
2010	Crucian carp	Carassius carassius
2011	European grayling (2.)	Thymallus thymallus
	Rutte	Lota lota
2012	Huchen	Hucho hucho
2013	Lake trout	Salmo trutta
2014	Sterlet	Acipenser ruthenus
2015	Nose (2.)	Chondrostoma nasus
2016	minnow	Phoxinus phoxinus
2017	Arctic char (2.)	Salvelinus alpinus
2018	European catfish	Silurus glanis
2019	Noble cancer	Astacus astacus
2020	Brown trout	Salmo trutta farios

See also

• Fish of the year (Germany)
• Fish of the year (Switzerland)

Web links

• fisch-des-jahres.info - website of the program (with entries from 2013).
• Fish of the year. Website of the Austrian Board of Trustees for Fishermen and Water Protection (fishlife.at) - list from 2002.
• Fish of the year. Website of the Upper Austria. Landesfischereiverband (lfvooe.at) - list from 2011, with reasons for election.

Evidence and Notes

1. ↑ ^{a b} Fish of the Year.
2. ↑ ^{a b c} The grayling was chosen by ÖKF Fishlife in 2011, the rod by the fishing association and BAW - from the following year they were elected jointly.