Fish of the year (Germany)
The fish of the year has been chosen since 1984. From 1984 to 1990, the type of which was Petri Foundation named, since 1991 the fish by the Association of German sport fishing e. V. (VDSF), since 2013 the German Angling Association (DAFV). The selection is made according to the risk due to the harmful effects of humans on the fish's habitat . Bitterling , brown trout , bullhead , European eel , grayling , lamprey and nose have already been voted Fish of the Year twice. Atlantic salmon was voted three times.
Fish of the year
year | German name | scientific name | Illustration |
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1984 | Brook loach | Barbatula barbatula | |
1985 | Bitterling | Rhodeus amarus | |
1986 | cutter | Alburnoides bipunctatus | |
1987 | European mud whip | Misgurnus fossilis | |
1988 |
Brook lamprey and river lamprey |
Lampetra planeri and Lampetra fluviatilis |
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1989 | Bullhead | Cottus gobio | |
1990 | Brown trout | Salmo trutta f. fario | |
1991 | minnow | Phoxinus phoxinus | |
1992 | Atlantic salmon | Salmo salar | |
1993 | cod | Gadus morhua | |
1994 | nose | Chondrostoma nasus | |
1995 | European eel | Anguilla anguilla | |
1996 | Sea trout | Salmo trutta trutta | |
1997 | European grayling | Thymallus thymallus | |
1998 | Strömer | Leuciscus souffia | |
1999 | North Sea Bill † | Coregonus oxyrhynchus | |
2000 | Atlantic salmon | Salmo salar | |
2001 | European sturgeon | Acipenser sturio | |
2002 | burbot | Lota lota | |
2003 | Barbel | Barbus barbus | |
2004 | Allis shad | Alosa alosa | |
2005 | Brown trout | Salmo trutta f. fario | |
2006 | Bullhead | Cottus gobio | |
2007 | tench | Tinca tinca | |
2008 | Bitterling | Rhodeus amarus | |
2009 | European eel | Anguilla anguilla | |
2010 | Crucian carp | Carassius carassius | |
2011 | Grayling | Thymallus thymallus | |
2012 | Lampreys | Petromyzontidae | |
2013 | Trout | Salmo trutta | |
2014 | European sturgeon | Acipenser sturio | |
2015 | Huchen | Hucho hucho | |
2016 | pike | Esox Lucius | |
2017 | flounder | Platichthys flesus | |
2018 | Three-spined stickleback | Gasterosteus aculeatus | |
2019 | Atlantic salmon | Salmo salar | |
2020 | nose | Chondrostoma nasus |
(† = extinct)