Перший крок до оцінки стану популяцій осетрових видів риб в Україні: аналіз поширення

Analysis was conducted in the framework of Freshwater Programme of DCP
WWF in Ukraine. During 2009–2018 sturgeons findings were registered in 122
different localities in Ukraine. Acipenser ruthenus was found most frequently –
in 177 cases mainly in middle Dniester and Danube delta. Huso huso was
catched in 65 cases, including 2 cases of poaching when adult individuals were
taken from poachers near Vilkovo, Odesa oblast. Despite the ongoing State
Programme of Acipencer gueldenstaedtii reproduction in Ukraine this specie is
met not so often – only 116 cases of catches were registered from
2009. Acipenser stellatus is met more rarely – 148 times only. Acipenser
sturio and Acipenser nudiventris were not registered during the whole research
period in water bodies of Ukraine.
The main problems in sturgeon populations assessment in Ukraine are (1)
difficulties in obtaining official research permission, which puts the legality of
this kind of scientific investigations under the question; (2) absence of available
national and international funding. Additionally, there is a clear need to
introduce standard research methods implemented by EU
commission 2014/101/EU on 30 October 2014.