Two books on Acipenser baerii are now available: The Siberian Sturgeon (Acipenser baerii, Brandt, 1869) Volume 1 - Biology. Editors: Williot, P., Nonnotte, G., Vizziano-Cantonnet, D., Chebanov, M. (Eds.) The Siberian Sturgeon (Acipenser baerii, Brandt, 1869) Volume 2 - Farming Editors: Williot, Patrick; Nonnotte, Guy; Chebanov, Mikhail (Eds.) Provides a comprehensive synthesis of the sturgeon’s biology, including: Biology and Ecology, Physiolo...

Read More

Ship sturgeon (Acipenser nudiventris) have been released into the Krasnodar water reservoir. This event was solemnized with participation of authorities, students and stakeholders, with extensive coverage in mass media and tv. See 1 See 2 See 3

Read More

The recovery of Adriatic sturgeon (Acipenser naccarii)   One presentation and some video summarize the events that led to the success in the fairly good recovery of the Adriatic sturgeon (Acipenser naccarii) in Italy in the last 30 years.   presentation video

Read More

The public education campaigns and fish releasing activities on World Fish Migration Day were first launched in China      The third World Fish Migration Day (WFMD) was organized in China on April 21, 2018, with the aim to enhance public awareness of migratory fish, for example, the Chinese sturgeons. The WFMD education and communication activities were organized by the Chinese Sturgeon Conservation and Rescue Alliance, the World Natural Fund, ...

Read More

The NASPS is celebrating World Fish Migration Day.  World Fish Migration Day, which is Saturday April 21, is a one-day event focused on creating awareness on the importance of open rivers and migratory fish.     Lisa Izzo, a NASPS Student Subunit Governing Board Member, led the charge for the Student Subunit in creating the following video to recognize the importance of open rivers for migratory sturgeons and paddlefish.   The video is availa...

Read More

The WSCS published the RAMSAR DECLARATION ON GLOBAL STURGEON CONSERVATION in 2005 outlining the guiding principles for measures urgently needed to ensure the future of sturgeons. To meet the persisting and emerging challenges in sturgeon conservation, the 8th International Symposium on Sturgeons (ISS 8) held from September 10th to 16th, 2017 in Vienna with a participation of about 300 sturgeon specialists from 32 countries, felt the need to re-it...

Read More

Overview on the actions within the LIFE-Sterlet Project in 2016. Contact: life-sterlet.boku.ac.at   See the video

Read More

Azerbaijan is upgrading and expanding the Gizilaghaj State Reserve to become a National Park and will include the first Marine Protected Area (MPA) in the Caspian Sea, the largest inland body of water on the planet. The new MPA will seek to protect six significant marine species on the brink of extinction, including the Beluga sturgeon and the Caspian salmon.   Read more

Read More

Between December the 10th and January the 20th, the French environmental enforcement of the Occitanie region and French Guyana led 32 inspections aiming to control trade in caviar from sturgeon species Acipenseriformes spp.).   Read more

Read More

Ryszard Kolman, Professor of Fisheries at Inland Fisheries Institute in Olsztyn, Poland, has passed away at the age of 70 years after a period of illness.  Ryszard Kolman was born on August 11, 1947 in Olsztyn, Poland. He graduated from the Commercial Fishery Faculty of the Kaliningrad State Technical University in 1971. After which graduation, his main interest was in the field of the artificially reproduction of coregonids. He obtained his PhD...

Read More

Masters project description - Factors affecting larval drift initiation by White Sturgeon – University of British Columbia, Canada   We have a funded opportunity for a Masters level graduate student to investigate the effects of benthic substrate condition on early rearing and drift by larval White Sturgeon, and other aspects of its ecology.  Altered substrate conditions in spawning and early rearing habitats contributes to the recruitment fail...

Read More

Dear colleague,   Hereby I invite you to join the next World Fish Migration Day on April 21, 2018.  We hope that you like our new Happy Fish cartoon and that it will inspire you to host an unique event to connect fish, rivers and people. Over 2000 organizations, from New Zealand to Hawaii, will be involved in this third edition of WFMD. We hope to create big impact on the wellbeing of migratory fish from local to global. We are looking forward ...

Read More

Attention Sturgeon Enthusiasts:   The DNR’s Sturgeon Team is starting a process to update Wisconsin’s Sturgeon Management Plan.  The current plan was completed in 2000 and has guided much of the statewide management and recovery efforts for lake sturgeon in Wisconsin.  Many of the recommendations outlined in the current plan have been addressed and the plan is in need of updating.  Additionally, the 2000 plan was specific to lake sturgeon only,...

Read More

Berlin, January 14th, 2018 The Leibniz Institute for Freshwater Ecology and Inlanmd Fisheries (IGB) in Berlin announces a vacant position with a focus on functional genetics in the frame of the ongoing EU Marie Sklodowska-Curie Initial Training Network IMPRESS for up to 10.5 months. The applicats should have a completed university degree (Master) in Life Science (biology, fisheries sciences, ecology, etc.) and must not have spent more that 12 mo...

Read More

The IMPRESS network is pleased to announce an international conference devoted to the topic of fish cultivation for conservation and sustainable use of wild diadromous species. The conference will take place in the city of Arendal on the Southern coast of Norway, 17-19 June, 2018.   Read more

Read More

Inaugural Meeting of International Sturgeon Producers at ISS8 During ISS8, a meeting of sturgeon producers was proposed and held to discuss the possibility of creating an international association. Approximately 40 people attended the meeting. It was generally agreed that an association should be created. It was agreed that the association should only include producers of farmed sturgeon. It should not include producers of caviar from wild fish...

Read More

IUU Fishing in the Caspian Sea threatens the sturgeon populations During the Panel Discussion the 8th International Symposium on Sturgeons (ISS 8) held in Vienna  (Austria) in September 2017, various critical conservation issues on the highly endangered sturgeons have been discussed. During the Panel Discussion in Vienna participants from the Caspian range states have raised the issue of the ineffectiveness of the measures taken to combat illega...

Read More

Giovanni Arlati passed away after a few days of sufferance at the age of 67. Veterinary, as manager at the Regione Lombardia he was among the first who, in the eighties, understood the importance of the Acipenser naccarii sturgeon stock maintained at the Giovannini's fish farm and was one of the main actors who supported the project ended with the successful controlled reproduction of this species without the sacrifice of the parents in 1988. Sin...

Read More

ISS8 Overview The International Symposium on Sturgeon 8 took place from September 10th to 16th, 2017 in Vienna, hosted by the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna. The conference was jointly organized by the university’s` Institute of Hydrobiology and Aquatic Ecosystem Management together with the Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries Berlin and the World Sturgeon Conservation Society. Principal Sponsors of th...

Read More

We would like to share sad news with the WSCS members. Our friend, Francesco Fontana, passed away a few days ago after a long fight with a terrible disease. Francesco was one of the pioneers of sturgeon cytogenetics. He worked on several species and hybrids and opened the way to sturgeon genetic studies in Italy. He was not only a colleague and a guide for those of us who had the honour and the luck to work with him but was also a good and genero...

Read More