Danube Sturgeons ● WWF

The EU heroes who work on saving the Danube sturgeons

University of Galati hosted the biggest discussion in the past 30 years of sturgeon conservation in the Danube Basin and the Black Sea

At least 10 tons of fish is being stolen every day in Serbia

Conservation of Danube Sturgeons – a challenge or a burden?

Galati, Romania - 28/29/30 October 2019

Collaborating with fishermen gets crucial to the Danube sturgeons survival

The project “Sustainable protection of lower Danube sturgeons by preventing and counteracting poaching and illegal wildlife trade” is coordinated by WWF Austria and implemented by WWF in Austria, Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia and Ukraine, together with Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve Authority in Romania and IZW Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research in Germany. It started in October 2016 and will continue until the end of 2020.

LIFE FOR DANUBE STURGEONS | A project of DDBRA, IZW and WWF. WWF Danube Carpathian Programme.
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