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Conservation and Sustainable Use of
Sturgeon in the Russian Federation
Dr Sergei Nikonorov
Deputy Chairman of the Inter Agencies Ichthyological Commission and Deputy
Chairman of the CITES Scientific Authority
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Complex impact of all these negative factors resulted in decrease in numbers
of mature fishes, worsening of their physiological state (females with different
diseases of sexual system form about 20%) and decline of natural reproduction.
Factory breeding and hatcheries, judging by its scales and life hardiness of
released young fish, is not in position to perform task on compensation for loss
in restocking of sturgeons in the Caspian Sea basin, the more so as its scales
tends to decrease.
Status of sturgeon populations in the Azov Sea basin: Russian sturgeon (Acipenser
guldenstaedti), starred sturgeon (Acipenser stellatus), great
sturgeon (Huso huso), sterlet (Acipenser ruthenus),
barbel sturgeon (Acipenser nudiventris) ranged earlier in
small quantity, but over the last five years no representatives of this species
were caught. Thus barbel sturgeon population is considered as having disappeared
completely in this basin.
The Permanently
Up-Dated Database on Sturgeon Species in the Russian Federation
The European part of Russia - Status of Sturgeon populations in the Caspian
Sea basin: Russian sturgeon (Acipenser guldenstaedti), starred
sturgeon (Acipenser stellatus), great sturgeon (Huso huso),
barbel sturgeon (Acipenser nudiventris), Persian sturgeon (Acipenser
guldenetaedti persicus) - Status of the sterlet populations (Acipenser
ruthenus) in the Volga River basin and the following water storages
(w. s.): Kuibyshev w. s. Saratov w. s. Volgocjrad w. s.
Status of sturgeon populations in the Azov Sea basin: starred sturgeon (Acipenser
stellatus), sturgeon (Acipenser goldenstaedti), great
sturgeon (Huso huso), sterlet (Acipenser ruthenus).
Status of sturgeon species and populations in the Black Sea basin.
Status of sturgeon populations in the North-West basin of the European area
of Russia.
Annual Catch of Sturgeon Fish by
Russia from the Caspian Sea And Volga River 1900-1999 |
Year |
Thousands tons |
| 1900 |
29 |
| 1905 |
27.2 |
| 1910 |
23.1 |
| 1913 |
28.5 |
| 1915 |
26.9 |
| 1917 |
8.5 |
| 1920 |
2.9 |
| 1925 |
12.1 |
| 1930 |
13.7 |
| 1935 |
19.3 |
| 1940 |
7.5 |
| 1945 |
3.6 |
| 1950 |
13.5 |
| 1955 |
10.5 |
| 1960 |
10.1 |
| 1965 |
14.9 |
| 1970 |
16.1 |
| 1975 |
23.3 |
| 1980 |
25.1 |
| 1985 |
22.2 |
| 1990 |
13.7 |
| 1995 |
2.9 |
| 1997 |
1.8 |
| 1998 |
0.980 |
| 1999 |
0.680 |
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Annual Catch of Sturgeon Fish by Russia from
the Caspian Sea
and Volga River by Species 1997-1999
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Russian sturgeon (Acipenser guldenstaedti) |
| Year |
1997 |
1998 |
1999 |
| Thousands tons |
0.759 |
0.617 |
0.300 |
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Starred sturgeon (Acipenser stellatus) |
| Year |
1997 |
1998 |
1999 |
| Thousands tons |
0.448 |
0.294 |
0.330 |
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Great sturgeon (Huso huso) |
| Year |
1997 |
1998 |
1999 |
| Thousands tons |
0.086 |
0.068 |
0.050 |
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