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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.

Pallid sturgeons are an indicator of ecological problems in the Missouri River (NPR!) https://www.kosu.org/energy-environment/2023-06-14/ancient-fish-modern-problem-how-the-pallid-sturgeon-could-be-a-warning-for-the-missouri-river

Kids from Shumate Middle School (sponsored by Sturgeon of Tomorrow) raise and release lake sturgeon named Bart Swimson into Detroit River https://www.thenewsherald.com/2023/06/19/shumate-middle-school-releases-lake-sturgeon-into-detroit-river/

The biggest sturgeon governmental plant, the place with the biggest pure genetic sturgeons broodstock, is destroyed. The terrorist destruction of the Kakhovskaya HPP dam continues to cause significant damage to the fishing industry of Ukraine. The only state sturgeon farm in Ukraine "Production-experimental Dnipro Sturgeon Fish

The public consultation on the „Order approving the derogation for scientific research purposes for some fish species” published on 26 May has been reviewed by the World Sturgeon Conservation Society and with the attached file we would like to share our point of view on

Lake sturgeon are spawning for the third time in the Mississippi River! https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/metro/a-prehistoric-fish-is-endangered-in-missouri-and-illinois-but-its-spawning-again/article_44755a6e-df9f-11ed-88ef-235b3b1ca774.html#tracking-source=home-top-story  

Zeb Hogan’s new book called Chasing Giants (reviewed in the blog below) includes chapters on sturgeon! https://californiawaterblog.com/2023/05/14/monster-fish-lessons-for-sturgeon-management-in-california/  

In recent years at each breeding season the State Center for the Conservation of the Gene pool of the sturgeon "Kubanbioresursi" (WSCS member) has released mature ready-to-spawn spawners of several endangered sturgeon species (Beluga, Ship sturgeon and Sterlet) directly into Special Protection Natural Areas which