First Announcement   International Sturgeon Aquaculture Conference (the future, meat, caviar and product diversification) Rasht, Iran, 5 – 6 September 2016   The Conference intends to address these changes in an attempt to gain a better understanding on both the true potential and serious limitations this aquaculture branch may face in the near future. Therefore, a limited number of priority subject areas has been selected that could be e...

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FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT KRASNODAR 2016  INTERNATIONAL STURGEON MEETING (2016-ISM) Dear Colleagues and Friends, We are pleased to inform you that the State Regional Centre for Sturgeon Gene Pool Conservation “Kubanbioresursi” Ministry of Natural Recourses and Kuban Sturgeon Farming Institute (KIO Ltd.) supported by the World Sturgeon Conservation Society (WSCS), will organize the International Sturgeon Meeting focusing on problems of conservation an...

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WSCS 2016 Board Meeting and General Assembly The 2016 Board Meeting and the General Assembly of the WSCS will take place between the 5th and the 8th April in Bordeaux, France. The program is as follow: Monday April 4th: Arrival   Tuesday 5th April: Board Meeting All day Room “Atelier“ Irstea Gazinet Cestas   Wednesday 6th April: Workshop and GA meeting Room reserved in Bordeaux for about 50 people 9 am to 4 pm Workshop “Post-Release Mon...

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Fish Passage 2015 – International Conference on River Connectivity Groningen NL, June 22-24, 2015       Special Session “Sturgeon fish passages on large rivers” June 23, afternoon: Sessions E5 and E6 according to the Conference Program   Moderators: Jürg Bloesch & Boyd Kynard     Keynote presentations Jürg Bloesch: The Iron Gate dams in the Danube River and their importance for endangered sturgeons   Wilco De Bruijne: Fish migra...

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Riverine LIFE Platform Meeting: Strengthening populations of   fish and other species through re-introduction, removal of barriers and habitats conservation 10th - 12th September 2014, Tartu, Estonia This is one of a series of platform meetings intended to promote the exchange of experience and networking amongst LIFE beneficiaries, with other key stakeholders also invited. The purpose of this meeting is to bring together LIFE project benefici...

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7th International Sturgeon Conference   The 7th International Sturgeon Conference will be held in Warsaw, Poland, on 26th November 2014. Read more....

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"Best practice in ex situ and in situ measures as tools for conservation management". Along with the WSCS General Assembly, we are planning a workshop on "Best practice in ex situ and in situ measures as tools for conservation management". The workshop carried out on May 15th will collect information on best practice examples worldwide to facilitate exchange and identify new research in this field.    Invitation Program

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The AQUALIRES Conference taking place on January 17 and 18th 2014 in Bucharest, Romania aims at bringing together researchers, academics, engineers, local and governmental authorities, economists and NGOs in order to address and discuss emerging environmental issues, scientific achievements, research challenges and international collaboration for preserving water living resources (with special focus on Danube River, Danube Delta and the Black Sea...

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As announced during ISS7 in Nanaimo, Canada the 8th ISS is to take place in Vienna, Europe in September 2017 at the BOKU, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences. The conference is planned by the hosting organizations BOKU and IGb as a joint European team effort under the thematic umbrella “150 years of decline – how to turn the trend?” Vienna is located in the heart of Europe and is regarded one of the most beautiful historic capital ...

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DIVERSIFICATION IN INLAND FINFISH AQUACULTURE II (DIFA II)  The workshop is organised on the occasion of opening the new facilities of the Faculty of Fisheries and Protection of Waters (FFPW) - "South Bohemian Research Center of Aquaculture and Biodiversity of Hydrocenoses" (CENAKVA). The DIFA II workshop follows the previous successful DIFA workshop in May 2011 in Písek, Czech Republic on the occasion of launching the CENAKVA project with celeb...

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Russian Academy of Sciences, Biological Sciences, A.N.Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution (IPEE RAS) Ministry of Natural Resources of the Krasnodar region "Kubanbioresursy" - International Workshop:   - Biological and hydraulic basis of fish free passage in regulated rivers: achievements and failures.   - 2013 September 16-21 Moscow – Krasnodar, Russia      - During the Workshop, experts and specialists on fish passage and protect...

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21.07 - 25.07July 23rd the updated and expanded second announcement for the International Sturgeon Symposium to be held in Nanaimo, Canada July 21-25, 2013 has been presented by Vancouver Island University and WSCS with their partners. The program is presented in detail and registration, abstract submission, workshops, Discussion Forums, side events, as well as the hosting city and its premises are introduced. Submission deadline for abstracts i...

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