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The World Sturgeon Conservation Society (WSCS) is requesting proposals from interested institutions to host the 10thInternational Symposium on Sturgeon (ISS10) in 2025. Letters of intent from proposers who wish to host the next ISS are due by March 15, 2023. The letter of intent should

For anyone who needs an official source to quote the latest IUCN assessment on sturgeon and paddlefish, a short note has been published in the journal Oryx by the assessment authorities. Here is the link:   https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/oryx/article/iucn-red-list-reassessment-reveals-further-decline-of-sturgeons-and-paddlefishes/96F80B956D65A5B807A3A558D0D38493

EU supports the assessment of the progress on the implementation of the Pan European Action Plan A consortium comprising the WSCS, WWF and several research institutions such as the French INRAe, the German IGB and University of Padova (Italy) are joining forces thanks to an

WSCS would like to wish you a merry Christmas and a great new year full of good things, hoping for a more peaceful and friendly world. We also hope to continue the fruitful cooperation with all of you for the protection and conservation of sturgeon

In May 2022 researchers from Michigan State University and the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) together with stakeholders and the general public gathered at the primary lake sturgeon spawning site and streamside research and hatchery facility to celebrate 20 years of research, production, outreach

It is unknown how the pandemic will affect future attendance. However, planning to guarantee success is a long-term process. We are then calling for proposals from potential host organizations or institutions for the next ISS 10 to be convened in 2025. A company cannot be

Invitation to attend the 2022 General Assembly To: All Members of the World Sturgeon Conservation Society Dear colleagues and fellow sturgeon enthusiasts, 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.

Over 40 tons of fish died this summer (2022) in the Thaya in the region of Břeclav. Among the fish carcasses were also sterlets, a protected sturgeon species, with more than 15 individuals reported. However, the total number of dead sterlets remains unknown. The sterlets

On September 2022 some young European sturgeons  A. sturio born in June in INRAE station of St Seurin sur l’Isle (south west France) were stocked in the Dordogne River, close to historical spawning grounds. They result from an assisted reproduction from adults of the French

During its Workshop for the development of a recovery plan for sturgeon on the British Isles, which took place at the Zoological Society of London (ZSL), on October 11th and 12th 2022, the UK Sturgeon Alliance (https://www.savethesturgeon.com/), a network comprising among others the ZSL, the