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As announced during the General Assembly in December 2022, the election for the WSCS Board of Directors was carried out through a Survey Monkey ballot system until February 8, 2023. During the election process, we witnessed some challenges in accessing the email ballot distributed in some

A broad coalition of civil society organisations active in the climate and biodiversity fields, united to request from the European Union to revise its Renewable Energy Directive with the aim of truly catalysing renewable energy development in Europe while at the same time supporting the

In consideration of some requests for an extension of the deadline for the submission of proposals for the organization of the next ISS10, 2025, the WSCS Board has decided to extend the deadline for the submission of proposals until April 1st. The terms for submitting

Sturgeon numbers sinking in Columbia River. Go to the news 

We cordially invite you to this year’s General Assembly and celebration of the 20th anniversary of the WSCS taking place on April 15-16, 2023. The celebration, Mini Symposium and General Assembly will be held in the city hall in Neu Wulmstorf, Germany. go to the

Conservation News section of the Oryx – brief articles on Oder River mass mortality event and the recent re-classification of sturgeon and paddlefish species by IUCN https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/96F80B956D65A5B807A3A558D0D38493/S0030605322001260a.pdf/iucn-red-list-reassessment-reveals-further-decline-of-sturgeons-and-paddlefishes.pdf

The World Sturgeon Conservation Society (WSCS) is requesting proposals from interested institutions to host the 10thInternational Symposium on Sturgeon (ISS10) in 2025. Letters of intent from proposers who wish to host the next ISS are due by March 15, 2023. The letter of intent should

For anyone who needs an official source to quote the latest IUCN assessment on sturgeon and paddlefish, a short note has been published in the journal Oryx by the assessment authorities. Here is the link:   https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/oryx/article/iucn-red-list-reassessment-reveals-further-decline-of-sturgeons-and-paddlefishes/96F80B956D65A5B807A3A558D0D38493

EU supports the assessment of the progress on the implementation of the Pan European Action Plan A consortium comprising the WSCS, WWF and several research institutions such as the French INRAe, the German IGB and University of Padova (Italy) are joining forces thanks to an

WSCS would like to wish you a merry Christmas and a great new year full of good things, hoping for a more peaceful and friendly world. We also hope to continue the fruitful cooperation with all of you for the protection and conservation of sturgeon