Michael Köck

Michael Köck is the curator of freshwater, birds, and mammals at Haus des Meeres Aqua Terra Zoo in Vienna, Austria. Today he is active as Goodeid Conservation Project Manager based in Morelia, Mexico, working in in situ-conservation of Goodeids and remotely supervising the Goodeid conservation facility in the Haus des Meeres-Aqua Terra Zoo, Vienna.

Michael has been an instrumental figure in the reintroduction of the critically endangered Zoogoneticus tequila (Tequila Splitfin fish) back into the wild and has published several articles outlining the threats faced by endangered fish species in Mexico.

He is a principal member of the Goodeid Working Group, a group dedicated to monitoring the captive reproduction and rearing of threatened freshwater fishes from the Goodeid family, and has established a successful breeding management system that is currently in place.