21 March 2023, Rhineland-Palatinate, Lohrsdorf: Some "smolts", young salmon, swim in a tub during a press event in Lohrsdorf (Ahrweiler district). After the discovery of an adult dead salmon in January 2023 near the village of Schuld, experts and politicians are helping to reintroduce them: On Tuesday, they released about 6000 young salmon into the Ahr near Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler. Photo: Sascha Ditscher/dpa

21 March 2023, Rhineland-Palatinate, Lohrsdorf: Cornelia Weigand, District Administrator of the Ahrweiler district, holds a salmon found in the Ahr and then frozen in her hands. For the first time since the flood disaster, a male salmon was discovered again in the Ahr at the end of January 2023. Now experts and politicians are helping with the reintroduction: On Tuesday, they released around 6000 young salmon into the Ahr near Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler. Photo: Sascha Ditscher/dpa

21 March 2023, Rhineland-Palatinate, Lohrsdorf: Cornelia Weigand, District Administrator of the Ahrweiler district, holds a salmon found in the Ahr and then frozen in her hands. For the first time since the flood disaster, a male salmon was discovered again in the Ahr at the end of January 2023. Now experts and politicians are helping with the reintroduction: On Tuesday, they released around 6000 young salmon into the Ahr near Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler. Photo: Sascha Ditscher/dpa

21 March 2023, Rhineland-Palatinate, Lohrsdorf: Dietrich Holz from the Rotary Club (l-r), Erwin Manz (BŁndnis 90/GrŁne), State Secretary in the Rhineland-Palatinate Ministry for Climate Protection, Environment, Energy and Mobility, and District Administrator Cornelia Weigand release some of a total of 5,000 young salmon, known as smolts, into the River Ahr near Lohrsdorf (Ahrweiler district). After the discovery of an adult dead salmon in January 2023 near the village of Schuld, experts and politicians are helping with the reintroduction: On Tuesday, they released about 6000 young salmon into the Ahr near Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler. Photo: Sascha Ditscher/dpa

21 March 2023, Rhineland-Palatinate, Lohrsdorf: Cornelia Weigand, District Administrator of the Ahrweiler district, holds a salmon found in the Ahr and then frozen in her hands. For the first time since the flood disaster, a male salmon was discovered again in the Ahr at the end of January 2023. Now experts and politicians are helping with the reintroduction: On Tuesday, they released around 6000 young salmon into the Ahr near Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler. Photo: Sascha Ditscher/dpa

21 March 2023, Rhineland-Palatinate, Lohrsdorf: Cornelia Weigand, District Administrator of the Ahrweiler district, holds a salmon found in the Ahr and then frozen in her hands. For the first time since the flood disaster, a male salmon was discovered again in the Ahr at the end of January 2023. Now experts and politicians are helping with the reintroduction: On Tuesday, they released around 6000 young salmon into the Ahr near Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler. Photo: Sascha Ditscher/dpa