The present report aims on providing an overview on the background, achievements and perspectives of the LIFE Allis shad project. Special emphasis is given to shad rearing, marking and stocking techniques, which were developed and further improved within the LIFE project, the experiences with shad re-establishing project in the US and comparisons to the LIFE project as the first project dealing with Allis shad, and finally how the measures will be conducted after the projects termination, how the projects progress will be monitored and which criteria are set to re-evaluate, to alter or to stop the schemes.