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Sturgeons --- Acipenser --- Caviar --- Fish culture. --- Fish culture --- taxonomy --- Biogeography --- ecology --- Population distribution --- identification. --- identification --- Acipenseridae --- Ova

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Sturgeons --- Variation. --- Conservation. --- Aquatic biology. --- Nature Conservation. --- Life sciences. --- Freshwater & Marine Ecology. --- Life Sciences, general. --- Aquatic ecology . --- Nature conservation. --- Biosciences --- Sciences, Life --- Science --- Conservation of nature --- Nature --- Nature protection --- Protection of nature --- Conservation of natural resources --- Applied ecology --- Conservation biology --- Endangered ecosystems --- Natural areas --- Aquatic biology --- Ecology --- Conservation --- Acipenseridae --- Acipenseriformes

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The book aims at synthesizing our current knowledge of Acipenser sturio and its management. This species, one of the most widespread sturgeon species all over Western Europe ranging from the Black Sea to the Baltic, is now on the verge of extinction. Major aspects of its biology and management, including mismanagement, are provided in a historic perspective. Similarly, the changes in the restoration programs (in situ and ex situ) initiated in France and Germany are presented. As the species occurred in sympatry with Acipenser oxyrinchus in Germany and Poland and very recently in France as well, a brief outlook on restoration-management programs of A. oxyrinchus are also provided for both North America and Northern European countries, namely Germany and Poland. As conservation-restoration actions go beyond scientific issues, non-governmental stakeholders and marine professional fishermen’s organizations have also been asked to contribute, and the key role of a French-German cooperation plan is underlined. A part of the book is devoted to perspectives. Illustrations of the European sturgeon, mainly in photographs, but also in stamps and paintings, are presented.

Acipenser sturio --- Sturgeons --- Atlantic sturgeon --- Sturgeon fisheries --- Sturgeon industry --- Zoology --- Health & Biological Sciences --- Vertebrates --- Zoology - General --- Conservation --- Conservation. --- Acipenseridae --- Life sciences. --- Applied ecology. --- Aquatic ecology. --- Conservation biology. --- Ecology. --- Zoology. --- Wildlife. --- Fish. --- Life Sciences. --- Fish & Wildlife Biology & Management. --- Freshwater & Marine Ecology. --- Conservation Biology/Ecology. --- Applied Ecology. --- Animal Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography. --- Acipenseriformes --- Wildlife management. --- Aquatic biology. --- Biology --- Natural history --- Animals --- Ecology --- Environmental protection --- Nature conservation --- Hydrobiology --- Water biology --- Aquatic sciences --- Animal populations --- Game management --- Management, Game --- Management, Wildlife --- Plant populations --- Wildlife resources --- Natural resources --- Wildlife conservation --- Management --- Aquatic ecology . --- Ecology . --- Animal systematics. --- Animal taxonomy. --- Aquatic biology --- Balance of nature --- Bionomics --- Ecological processes --- Ecological science --- Ecological sciences --- Environment --- Environmental biology --- Oecology --- Environmental sciences --- Population biology --- Fish --- Pisces --- Aquatic animals --- Fisheries --- Fishing --- Ichthyology --- Animal classification --- Animal systematics --- Animal taxonomy --- Classification --- Systematic zoology --- Systematics (Zoology) --- Taxonomy, Animal --- Zoological classification --- Zoological systematics --- Zoological taxonomy

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Sturgeons are considered "living fossils", sharing many morphological and biological features with ancestral fish. Furthermore, sturgeons are of the utmost interest from an economic perspective, not only for the caviar but for flesh, too. However, the wild populations of the majority of the species are at serious risk of extinction all over the world. So, it is urgent to develop strategies for both farming culture and conservation and recovery in natural habitats. This book provides a comprehensive view of the biology and sustainable development of these fish putting emphasis on the Southern Europe autochthonous species such as Acipenser nacarii and Acipenser sturio that share geographical distribution. Other relevant species (such as Huso huso, A. oxyrhinchus, A. ruthenus, A. stellatus) and areas (Germany, Russia, North America) are also considered. The contents are organised in three sections: Taxonomy and Biogeography (including the morphological and genetic analyses that clarify the taxonomy and phylogeny of sturgeons, focused on those from Southern Europe), Biology and Aquaculture (where several aspects of the developmental biology, feeding, and reproduction are considered in relation to the improvement of sturgeon farming), and Recovery and Conservation (that collates and analyses different recovery research actions, the ecology of the rivers for restoration as well as the problems related to the trade of caviar).

Fish culture. --- Fishes. --- Sturgeon fisheries. --- Sturgeons. --- Sustainable fisheries. --- Sturgeons --- Sturgeon fisheries --- Sustainable fisheries --- Fish culture --- Fishes --- Zoology --- Health & Biological Sciences --- Vertebrates --- Zoology - General --- Development --- Conservation --- Acipenseridae --- Conservation of fisheries --- Conservation of fishery resources --- Conservation of fishes --- Fish conservation --- Fisheries conservation --- Fishery conservation --- Fishery resources conservation --- Artificial propagation of fishes --- Culture, Fish --- Farming, Fish --- Fish aquaculture --- Fish farming --- Fish husbandry --- Fish rearing --- Pisciculture --- Rearing of fishes --- Fisheries productivity, Maintenance of long-term --- Fishery yields, Sustainable --- Long-term fisheries productivity, Maintenance of --- Maintenance of long-term fisheries productivity --- Sustainable fishery yields --- Development. --- Conservation. --- Culture --- Farming --- Husbandry --- Rearing --- Life sciences. --- Animal ecology. --- Conservation biology. --- Ecology. --- Zoology. --- Wildlife. --- Fish. --- Life Sciences. --- Fish & Wildlife Biology & Management. --- Conservation Biology/Ecology. --- Animal Ecology. --- Animal culture --- Aquaculture --- Fisheries --- Sustainable aquaculture --- Overfishing --- Acipenseriformes --- Wildlife management. --- Biology --- Natural history --- Animals --- Ecology --- Nature conservation --- Animal populations --- Game management --- Management, Game --- Management, Wildlife --- Plant populations --- Wildlife resources --- Natural resources --- Wildlife conservation --- Management --- Ecology . --- Balance of nature --- Bionomics --- Ecological processes --- Ecological science --- Ecological sciences --- Environment --- Environmental biology --- Oecology --- Environmental sciences --- Population biology --- Fish --- Pisces --- Aquatic animals --- Fishing --- Ichthyology