Box 9HH Ship sturgeonFishing for ship sturgeon, Volga Source: W Fisher, WWF
The ship sturgeon (Acipenser nudiventris) is one of several species of sturgeons found in Europe. All sturgeons have a similar life history, all are important economically (both for caviar and for their flesh) and all are severely threatened. The ship sturgeon is found in the Black, Azov and Caspian seas and formerly migrated into most of the larger, northern rivers associated with these seas. Now, due to overfishing, pollution and the construction of river barriers, its numbers and distribution are much reduced.
Source: P S Maitland, personal communication
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