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The development of a standardized monitoring of the populations of sturgeon species in Georgia is carried out in a close cooperation between WSCS experts and WWF Caucasus since 2021. In August 2022 the practical training on the implementation of different methods took place in the

Good news about Sakhalin sturgeon: by now we've got around 150 fish of the second generation in aquaculture in Aleksin ("grandchildren" of wild sturgeons caught and propagated in Tumnin river in 2008). https://youtu.be/V5IiTN4cKeg By Alexey Chernyak More details here

A two days meeting of all sturgeon farmers was organised by Faradaneh Aquatic Animals Feed Producer (Faradaneh Group) in collaboration with Iranian Fisheries Organization, on 17-18 October 2022 in Bandar-Anzali, Guilan Province, Iran. More than 250 participants were attending this meeting.  Deputy Minister and Director

On the 5th and 6th of October 2022 the first meeting of the national Focal Points to the Pan European Action Plan for sturgeons, that was adopted by the Standing Committee to the Bern Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats in

At the end of September, officers in Odessa have convicted fishermen illegally harvesting sturgeon. Moreover, The State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) discovered that the criminal activities were covered by two inspectors of the State Fisheries Agency. According to “culturemeter” the Fisheries Agency employees received 50% of

In recent days, a National Geographic team has been to Italy for a report they intend to do on sturgeons. They were accompanied to visit some important production plants, Storione Ticino, Naviglio, Agroittica Lombarda and Acipenser, as well as some public realities such as the

Announcement for the WSCS 2022 General Assembly   We cordially invite you to this year’s General Assembly and Board Meeting of the WSCS on December 8, 2022 at 15:00 h CET.  The General Assembly and Board meeting will be held online via Zoom.  A link

WSCS Board Election for the 2023-2027 Term Please find the announcement for the WSCS Board Elections below.  A short (less than 1 page) biography should be submitted by November 15, 2022 to the current Secretary General, Molly Webb, at Molly_Webb@fws.gov for inclusion on the ballot. 

In the EAS 2022 meeting in Rimini, 27-30 September, a session dedicated to sturgeons (Sturgeon Conservation and Restoretion) was held. Attendance was remarkable with over 40 people attending the eleven presentations. At the end of the session, a discussion / round table was held on

An algae bloom has killed thousands of fish in the San Francisco Bay Area in recent weeks. Among them hundred of sturgeons. www.saltwatersportsman.com/news/massive-red-tide-fish-kill-in-san-francisco-bay/ www.saltwatersportsman.com ksltv.com