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This Special Issue on the Open Access Journal "Diversity"  is an interesting opportunity to present case studies, research findings, and synthesis papers about several topics relevant for conservation of endangered sturgeons. WSCS members will have a special discount of 20% on publications fees. more info

According to the new EU Reg 2019/6 Receptal ® Ireland MSD (Distributor AGRIHEALTH) can be administered with a waiting time of 25-degree days (eg at 160C 36 h). The dosage is 1-5 µg/kg body weight with a priming dosage of 10% and a resolving dosage of 90%

Two updated Management Plans for the Danube River Basin have been endorsed in the ICPDR’s first online Danube Ministerial Meeting, to which the Danube Sturgeon Task Force was invited as observer. The Management Plans set out measures for the coming six years to ensure cleaner, healthier

Water clarity is the strongest predictor of lake sturgeon harvest success on the Winnebago System, however, the main factor is ice conditions. A lot of information from the DNR (Department of Natural Resource) is available for the season 2022 opening on February 12. go to

Anglers and volunteers in Abbotsford, B.C., have helped save nine sturgeon stranded at the Barrowtown Pump Station after they were displaced from the Sumas River during the floods that devastated the province. go to the site

The monitoring of the LIFE-Sterlet project located on the Upper Danube in Austria reported the first three mature sterlet males in 2021, originating from the stocking program. The fish were of the first batch incubated and reared within Danube water in the project’s container hatchery

As you probably know, the European Aquaculture Society (EAS) is organising its Aquaculture Europe 2022 event from September 27-30 in Rimini, Italy. The event, entitled  “Innovative Solutions in a Changing World”  will be mainly focused on important sustainability challenges imposed by climate change, depletion of natural resources, loss

The presentations made by the speakers at the 10th International Sturgeon Conference, held virtual last November, and partly presented also at the WSCS General Assembly, will be available at the beginning of February in English, Chinese and Russian in the reserved area of our website,