Status and management of eurasian sturgeon: an overview

This paper is an attempt to delineate the causes for the dramatic decline of the most part of European sturgeon species and the recovery measures taken. Overfishing, damming, pollution, poaching, water pumping, and dredging are the main quoted causes for the decline of sturgeon populations. 2 to 6 causes are cited simultaneously. There are suggestions in: trade control, ex situ conservation, fisheries' biology and/or population management, and the increasing relative weight of sturgeon fisheries.