Norway and Romania help Beluga

 

 

Romania banned commercial sturgeon fishing in the Danube River basin some time back.  Now, both nations are heading even further and started to finance a project in the Danube River which aims at multiple dimensions.

One of the main goals for this project is trying to understand the trails and routes of the Beluga (Huso Huso). Because of the fact, that the river was heavily dredged in order to clear space for the big cargo vessels and on the shores were built many hydroelectric power plants, the sturgeon populations lost half of their spawning grounds. So, obviously one wonders how they behave and maybe even adapt to the more difficult living conditions. Besides their remaining spawning grounds, especially the question of how they migrate to and from the Black Sea is of big interest.

Furthermore the scientists behind Carolyn Knight and Trond Rosten aim to analyse the regional socialeconomical impact regarding the fishing ban of sturgeons. Fishermen and local societies are under stress aswell. One might forget that easely when trying to safe sturgeons from extinction…

And last but not least, the project looks for ways to build a sustainable tourism based on informing the public about the living conditions of sturgeons,  and their right to live.  One way of doing so could be an aquaculture farm. Fishfarming is the best alternative their is for not overfishing the seas and rivers of this planet we call earth.

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