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During the EAS hosted conference Aquaculture Europe 23 in Vienna, WSCS has set up a joint workshop with WWF CEE to continue the discussion with the aquaculture sector on their involvement in conservation actions in Europe. The workshop was a continuation of the discussion started

Herman the Sturgeon | Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife He is an Oregon icon – Herman, the sturgeon, the state's most famous fish. At 10 ft. long and nearly 500 lbs., Herman is not only one of Oregon's most distinctive aquatic characters- some even consider him

Recent mortalities prompt closure of white sturgeon fishing in the mid-Columbia https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2023/jul/28/washington-halts-sturgeon-season-after-fish-found-/

Minnesota and Wisconsin work together to catch shovelnose sturgeon poachers https://bringmethenews.com/minnesota-news/six-people-convicted-for-poaching-shovelnose-sturgeon-from-mississippi-river

Learning about shovelnose to help study lake sturgeon in Iowa! https://www.thegazette.com/environment-nature/to-learn-more-about-rare-lake-sturgeon-iowa-researchers-turn-to-another-prehistoric-fish/

An interesting article that traces the history of sturgeon and caviar production in aquaculture in the USA, highlighting the fundamental role of Sergei Doroshov, father of American sturgeon farming, together with his team of researchers. It should only be noted that at the end of

WSCS has reported previously about the difficult situation of the Kherson Experimental Sturgeon Farm “Dnipro” in Ukraine which has recently suffered additional, very serious damage from the flooding caused by the destruction of the Kakhovka dam. We have now received a letter from the director

WWF launched a new report on sturgeon poaching in the Lower Danube region. 337 cases of wildlife crime compiled between 2016 to 2022 by responsible enforcement authorities include 130 cases from Bulgaria, 125 from Romania, and 82 from Ukraine. A minimum of 955 sturgeon specimens were

Dennis Scarnecchia wrote an interesting article titled "The Extinction of the Chinese Paddlefish Psephurus gladius: Transnationalism, Technology Transfer, and Timescape" Go to the paper

The "Adopt the Sturgeon" project was also launched with great enthusiasm, a pilot action of the UNESCO Po Grande MAB Reserve on the education and awareness of the coastal communities towards the river environment, through a great symbol of the Great River: the Cobice sturgeon.