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ISS10 – Deadline Extension We are pleased to inform you that the deadline for abstract submission for oral or poster presentation at the ISS10 has been extended to September 20. The same deadline applies to the submission of applications for the financial support made available

WSCS Student member joins LIFE-Boat4Sturgeon Team for Research Exchange   Chiara Samassa, a PhD student from the University of Padova, joined the LIFE-Boat4Sturgeon team for a three-month research exchange. With a background in genetics, she contributed to the projects multidisciplinary efforts in sturgeon conservation, which

As of Spring 2025, the floating hatchery on the Danube in Vienna is officially in operation and has successfully launched this year’s sturgeon reproduction by rearing Russian sturgeon and sterlet. To date, approximately 55,000 feeding fry and 1,400 young-of-the-year (3–5 cm) Russian sturgeons have been

WSCS Travel Grant Call – ISS10 Yichang, China (October 2025) The World Sturgeon Conservation Society (WSCS) is pleased to announce a call for applications for six travel support grants (€1000 each) for students and early-career researchers to attend the 10th International Symposium on Sturgeons (ISS10),

China has demolished 300 dams and shut down most of the small hydropower stations on a major tributary of the upper Yangtze River to safeguard fish populations as part of an effort to restore the ecology of Asia’s longest waterway. Go to the article 

below the links to the EC websites where all SCUTE deliverables have been published: Factsheet (in 18 languages): A plan to save sturgeons in Europe – link Video: Join Us to Save Sturgeons from Extinction - link Regional reports: State of implementation of the Pan-European

Norway has now published the “Scientific assessment of risk from trade to CITES-listed species of sturgeons and paddlefishes” the Scientific Opinion of the Panel on CITES and the Panel on Biodiversity of the Norwegian Scientific Committee for Food and Environment. This report presents a scientific

Abstract Submission Guideline ISS10 Abstracts are to be submitted online for the 10th International Symposium on Sturgeons 2025 in Yichang starting on May 1st 2025 using the following link https://iss10.whu.edu.cn/en/Registration_and_Submission.htm Abstracts may be submitted to the symposium themes as outlined in the dropdown menu. The

Dear Sturgeonists, Starting from May 1st, registration for ISS10 is open on the conference website (https://iss10.whu.edu.cn/index.html), and it is now possible to submit abstracts for proposed presentations. To submit an abstract, it is necessary to first register on the website (Home page → Registration →

LIFE-Boat4Sturgeon: Europe’s first floating sturgeon hatchery opens on the Danube in Vienna. On April 10th, the new LIFE-Boat4Sturgeon hatchery opened. The former sediment transporter MS Negrelli was transformed into a state-of-the-art hatchery and has 35 basins fed with Danube water. This facility provides the space