Danube Sturgeons

Danube sturgeons

have declined drastically because of demand for their caviar

Poaching of Danube sturgeons

is still a problem, despite fishing bans in Bulgaria and Romania

Long life cycles and late maturity

make Danube sturgeons especially vulnerable to overfishing

Fishing pressure must be greatly reduced

if sturgeons are to survive in the Danube

WWF’s priority species for protection

include all Danube sturgeon species

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News

Life for Danube Sturgeons Brings New Hope for Survival of These Unique Fish

25 November 2016

Sturgeons are the most endangered fish worldwide, with few natural habitats left for them to call home. To enable the conservation of these precious fish in the Lower Danube and North-Western Black Sea, a new project has just been started with financial support by LIFE, the EU’s funding instrument for the environment.

The Royal Fish: a story of sturgeons from the Volga

24 June 2016

By Alexander Moiseev, Marine Programme Project Coordinator at WWF-Russia

The Volga is the largest river in Europe. Its basin was a place where nations, states and civilisations were born. In the middle of the 16th century, up to 30,000 pieces of beluga and stellate sturgeon were caught annually in its lower reaches and the biggest fish were sent to the royal court.

EU states commit to ending wildlife crime, but critical measures missing

20 June 2016

On June 20 EU Environment Ministers endorsed an ambitious EU Action Plan to boost the region’s collective efforts to end wildlife trafficking, but the absence of some key commitments on financial resources, national legislative amendments and reporting could weaken its overall impact and effectiveness. All of these are missing from the final conclusions.