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WSCS sent a letter with their comments regarding the ongoing procedure to exclude Ponto Caspian species from import into the US. The text of the letter can be found, with 96 other comments, on the site: Go to the site

In the picture one of the two Young of the Year Acipenser gueldenstaedtii / Russian sturgeon captured by Marian & Co. at the nursery and monitoring  site (Danube R Km 123). It is the first YoY from natural recruitment in the Lower Danube River in

The latest global assessment conducted by the IUCN (International Union for the Conservation of Nature, Sturgeon Specialist Group), dating back to 2010, classified all 27 species that compose the order of Acipenseriformes as Critically Endangered, with varying degrees of criticality. On 21 July 2022, the

"Esetrite – Vetren" is the first protected territory aimed at the conservation of sturgeons in Bulgaria. Following a proposal by WWF, late last week, the Bulgarian Ministry of Environment and Water (MEW) declared a new protected area along the Danube River, Esetrite – Vetren. The

A study resulting from the collaboration between China and Italy and based on genetic and microchemical investigations will be published shortly on the journal "Science of the total environment", highlighting once more the very serious state of danger of the Chinese sturgeon due to the

A group of organizations, including the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Indigenous groups and the USFWS, came together to implement a sturgeon reintroduction program in 1997. https://www.cnet.com/science/biology/spawning-sturgeon-fish-the-feel-good-story-you-didnt-know-you-needed/

And extremely good news, 11 of July I caught the first wild Beluga YOY of this year, 14 grams in the Danube, Romania. There is hope, says Tudor Ionescu

On May 21, 2022, on the occasion of World Fish Migratory Day, a seminar on Chinese sturgeon protection and the inauguration ceremony of Conservation Center for Chinese Sturgeon (CCCS), Wuhan was held at Hankou Jiangtan Barging Base of Yangtze River Institute. more details

California Department of Fish and Wildlife broke up a sturgeon poaching ring that led to other charges relating to drug possession, illegal weapons, and counterfeit money. https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/sacremento-sturgeon-poaching-bust-1341719/