Brook lamprey or brown trout soon to be back in our rivers? Then we’ll need to make a bit of an effort

The chance of us finding brook lamprey or brown trout in our brooks and rivers again in a few years is particularly small. An international study led by KU Leuven shows that we are only taking baby steps with the policy currently in force. More radical measures will be needed for diverse, and therefore healthy, fish stocks. The chance of us finding brook lamprey or brown trout in our brooks and rivers again in a few years is particularly small. An international study led by KU Leuven shows that we are only taking baby steps with the policy currently in force. More radical measures will be needed for diverse, and therefore healthy, fish stocks. In 2000, Flanders (as part of Belgium) endorsed the European Water Framework Directive.