On Friday, May 3, 2024, the dean of FFWP USB, Prof. Tomáš Policar, met in České Budějovice with Assoc. Prof. Petr Hartvich and additionally congratulated him on a significant life 80th birthday anniversary. The meeting was not only reminiscing about the past but also included an expert debate on fish passages, the operation of hydroelectric power plants on rivers in the Czech Republic, and the need to keep minimum water flows constantly and actively in the rivers with the aim to effectively protect our ichthyofauna, native crayfish and clam species.
Assoc. prof. Petr Hartvich founded and long-term led the Fishery specialization and then the Fishery department at the Agriculture Faculty (AF) of the University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice (USB) in 1994–2009. In 2009, the Research Institute Fish Culture and Hydrobiology in Vodňany USB and the mentioned Fishery Department of AF USB contributed to establishing the Faculty of Fisheries and Water Protection (FFWP) USB. Colleague Petr Hartvich is still professionally active in various consultations with colleagues at FFWP USB in České Budějovice, the staff of the Fish Hatchery of the National Park Bohemia Forest in Borová Lada, and also as an active member of the Expert Group - Commission for Fish Passages under the Agency for Nature and Landscape Protection of the Czech Republic.
We hereby once again wish our colleague Peter Hartvich all the best, good health, happiness, and well-being in the coming years, and we are looking forward to another personal meeting, for example, in Vodňany at the planned faculty meeting on June 20 of this year.
