Water habitat Section

This section

• is responsible for the inventory of floodplains of national importance and supports the cantons in the preservation and promotion of the floodplains
• ensures the promotion of aquatic fauna and the protection and restoration of its habitat (enforcement of the Fishing Act)
• develops action plans and implementation guides for aquatic fauna
• ensures sustainable fishing
• represents Switzerland in international boundary waters commissions
• creates statistics on fishing in Switzerland
• organises professional development courses for fishery overseers

Section topics:

Topic Biodiversity

Topic Landscape

Personnel

Andreas Knutti
Position: head of section, Head of Fisheries Sector
Responsibilities: Management of the section, policies and strategies for water and fisheries habitat, handling of international affairs
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Markus Thommen
Position: deputy head of section
Responsibilities: Quality assurance of hydraulic engineering and hydropower
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Alvaro Baumann y Carmona
Responsibilities: Restoration of fish migration routes, fisheries management
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Diego Dagani
Responsibilities: Fishery statistics, boundary waters, fish management, research
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Daniel Hefti
Responsibilities: Fish and crustacean management, fish mobility, boundary waters
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Martin Huber Gysi
Responsibilities: Fish mobility, boundary waters
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Stephan Lussi
Responsibilities: Floodplains, water revitalisation, research
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Last modification 01.05.2020