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Danube Sturgeons: Danube Sturgeons Citation DanStur_NMNH. https://marineinfo.org/id/dataset/6350 Contact: Stefanov, Tihomir Availability:  This dataset is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.Description Sturgeons are perhaps the most iconic species of the Danube. The remaining four sturgeon species utilize the river for spawning, and the three anadromous species perform long migrations between the Black Sea and spawning grounds far upstream. Thus connectivity along the river is a major issue for sturgeons. more Traditionally, sturgeon fisheries have provided livelihood for people as far upstream as Hungary and Slovakia. While considered a flagship species for the Danube River Basin and valuable indicators of water quality and ecosystem health, sturgeons are today on the brink of extinction due to the overexploitation, disruption of spawning migration and loss of habitats. In 2012, the Danube Sturgeon Task Force (DSTF) was established (with support by the ICPDR), and developed an action plan that can be summarized in four points: A) Basin-wide coordination of sturgeon policy and best-practice management, B) Legislation and enforcement controls for sturgeon fisheries and trade, C) Conservation of sturgeon species and populations, including their genetic integrity, and D) Protection, management and restoration of sturgeon habitats, including reopening of migration routes. Scope Themes: Fisheries, Fisheries > Fish stocks/catches/taggings Keywords: Marine/Coastal, Brackish water, Acoustic telemetry, Acoustic Telemetry, Tracking, Acipenseridae Bonaparte, 1831 Temporal coverage 2015 - 2025 Quasi continuous (< 1 min.) Taxonomic coverage Acipenseridae Bonaparte, 1831 [WoRMS] Contributors Bulgarian Academy of Sciences; National Museum of Natural History (NMNH), more, data creator Related datasets Parent dataset: European Tracking Network (ETN) data, more Dataset status: In Progress Data type: Data Data origin: Research: field survey Metadatarecord created: 2019-10-25 Information last updated: 2023-05-22 | ||||
