In Ukraine, 50 cases of illegal mining and trade in sturgeon have been identified

In 2016-2020, 214 cases of illegal sturgeon fishing and sturgeon trade were recorded: in Romania (82 cases), Bulgaria (82 cases) and Ukraine (50 cases) - countries where all fishing and trade in wild sturgeon species is prohibited. This is evidenced by data from the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), which in the framework of the LIFE project "Life of the Danube sturgeon" (2016-2020) published the results of market research "Evidence of endangered sturgeon trade in the lower Danube." There are reports of large-scale poaching and illegal trade in sturgeon meat and caviar in the lower Danube, including Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia and Ukraine. Research on the Ukrainian market has revealed that samples of sturgeon meat sold in Odesa, Kherson and Kyiv were of wild origin, and some samples of sturgeon caviar were falsified. In addition, only a small proportion of caviar was labeled in accordance with the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora ...