site.btaPoaching Is One of Main Threats for Sturgeons in Lower Danube

Poaching is one of the main threats for sturgeons in the Lower Danube, warned Thursday a report prepared by the conservation organization WWF. The document compiles data collected from Bulgaria, Romania and Ukraine and is the only one of its kind examining the regional problem of sturgeon populations that migrate between these countries. The information in the report is particularly worrying given that, despite the threat of sturgeon extinction in Europe, illegal sturgeon fishing continues.