News Archives | Page 15 of 24

Paddlefish and Sturgeon Bones Suggest Asteroid Hit Earth in the Spring

3 March 2022

Ancient paddlefish and sturgeon bones were collected at a site North Dakota, USA and provide interesting information about the potential time of year when the asteroid hit earth 66 million years ago. Click the following link to read more https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2022-02-24/dinosaur-asteroid-fish-fossils-tanis-site-suggest-spring-death/100843598

A gulf sturgeon was detected 200 miles up the Pearl River for the first time since 1996!

13 February 2022

Threatened Gulf Sturgeon Spotted for the First Time in 25 Years Near Jackson, Mississippi The 17-year-old Gulf sturgeon was discovered 200 miles upstream from the Gulf of Mexico go to the website

The protection of the environment, biodiversity and ecosystem included in the Italian Costitution

13 February 2022

The Italian Parliament has amended Constitution, articles 9 and 41. This is an important fact also for the protection of sturgeons. Article 9, in fact, is part of the "fundamental" articles of the Constitution. It already contained the protection of the landscape heritage and the historical

Special Issue “Conservation Genetics of Sturgeons”

11 February 2022

This Special Issue on the Open Access Journal "Diversity" is an interesting opportunity to present case studies, research findings, and synthesis papers about several topics relevant for conservation of endangered sturgeons. WSCS members will have a special discount of 20% on publications fees. more info

Receptal Ireland MSD (AGRIHEALTH) can be administered to sturgeons

10 February 2022

According to the new EU Reg 2019/6 Receptal ® Ireland MSD (Distributor AGRIHEALTH) can be administered with a waiting time of 25-degree days (eg at 160C 36 h). The dosage is 1-5 µg/kg body weight with a priming dosage of 10% and a resolving dosage of 90%

10°ISC presentations, now AVAILABLE

10 February 2022

AVAILABLE The presentations made by the speakers at the 10th International Sturgeon Conference, held virtual last November, and partly presented also at the WSCS General Assembly, are available in English, Chinese and Russian in the reserved area of our website, then only for members

Two updated Management Plans for the Danube River Basin

10 February 2022

Two updated Management Plans for the Danube River Basin have been endorsed in the ICPDR’s first online Danube Ministerial Meeting, to which the Danube Sturgeon Task Force was invited as observer. The Management Plans set out measures for the coming six years to ensure cleaner, healthier

2022 Sturgeon spearing on the Winnebago System

7 February 2022

Water clarity is the strongest predictor of lake sturgeon harvest success on the Winnebago System, however, the main factor is ice conditions. A lot of information from the DNR (Department of Natural Resource) is available for the season 2022 opening on February 12. go to

‘Warrior’ sturgeon displaced by B.C. floods rescued from pump station

27 January 2022

Anglers and volunteers in Abbotsford, B.C., have helped save nine sturgeon stranded at the Barrowtown Pump Station after they were displaced from the Sumas River during the floods that devastated the province. go to the site

LIFE-Sterlet reports first mature recaptures from the release program

27 January 2022

The monitoring of the LIFE-Sterlet project located on the Upper Danube in Austria reported the first three mature sterlet males in 2021, originating from the stocking program. The fish were of the first batch incubated and reared within Danube water in the project’s container hatchery

News

Paddlefish and Sturgeon Bones Suggest Asteroid Hit Earth in the Spring

A gulf sturgeon was detected 200 miles up the Pearl River for the first time since 1996!

The protection of the environment, biodiversity and ecosystem included in the Italian Costitution

Special Issue “Conservation Genetics of Sturgeons”

Receptal Ireland MSD (AGRIHEALTH) can be administered to sturgeons

10°ISC presentations, now AVAILABLE

Two updated Management Plans for the Danube River Basin

2022 Sturgeon spearing on the Winnebago System

‘Warrior’ sturgeon displaced by B.C. floods rescued from pump station

LIFE-Sterlet reports first mature recaptures from the release program

CONTACT US

AFFILIATED

ASSOCIATED