WWF releases more than 20,000 young Russian Sturgeons in the Danube
Belene, 11-12 June, 2019 – More than 20,000 baby Russian sturgeons (Acipenser gueldenstaedtii) swam away into the Danube this week, in an effort to support the natural populations of the critically endangered fish.
Russian sturgeon - Facts, Diet, Habitat & Pictures on ... - Animalia
The Russian sturgeon (Acipenser gueldenstaedtii), also known as the diamond sturgeon or Danube sturgeon, is a species of fish in the family Acipenseridae. It is found in Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Georgia, Iran, Kazakhstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, and Ukraine.
Rare Russian Sturgeon caught and safely released into the …
Jun 6, 2018 · On June 5, Rosen Bonov, a fisherman from the Bulgarian town of Belene on the Danube river, contacted our WWF team with the news that a young sturgeon has been caught in his nets. The species was identified as Russian Sturgeon (Acipenser gueldenstaedtii), probably hatched last year.
WWF released more than 20,000 Russian Sturgeons into the …
More than 20,000 baby Russian sturgeons were successfully released into the Danube this week in an effort to boost the wild populations of the critically endangered fish – one of the four remaining native Danube sturgeon species.
Russian sturgeon - Wikipedia
The Russian sturgeon (Acipenser gueldenstaedtii), also known as the diamond sturgeon or Danube sturgeon, is a species of fish in the family Acipenseridae. It is found in Azerbaijan , Bulgaria , Georgia , Iran , Kazakhstan , Romania , Russia , Turkey , Turkmenistan , and Ukraine .
Rare Russian Sturgeon caught and safely released into the …
The species was identified as Russian Sturgeon (Acipenser gueldenstaedtii), probably hatched last year. Our WWF Bulgarian team of sturgeon experts measured and tagged it and took a genetic sample of the fish and then the fisherman himself …
Rewilding the Danube River | Magazine Articles | WWF - World …
Of the six sturgeon species native to this stretch of the Danube River, two are extinct and four (such as the baby Russian sturgeon pictured) face high risk of extinction.
Russian Sturgeon - Tennessee Aquarium
Russian sturgeon, also known as the diamond sturgeon or the Danube sturgeon, can live up to 48 years of age and live primarily in saltwater, though they migrate into freshwater to spawn. Populations are decreasing rapidly in the wild due to illegal …
The Released Russian Sturgeons Reach Romanian Waters
Two months after the release of the Russian Sturgeons at Belene (Bulgaria) and a month after the first report on their movement, a juvenile sturgeon was caught in the Romanian part of the Danube river, reported WWF Romania on 25 th August 2019.
700 Russian Sturgeons Successfully Released into the Danube
The Russian sturgeon (Acipenser gueldenstaedtii), a native sturgeon species from the Danube, can reach 2.35 m in length and weigh over 100 kg. But the sturgeons released now barely exceed 25 cm and 150g the normal size for 6 month-old sturgeons.