Status Review for 5 species of Foreign Sturgeon : Adriatic sturgeon, European Sturgeon, Chinese Sturgeon, Sakhalin Sturgeon, Kaluga Sturgeon
This report is the status review for five species of foreign sturgeon. This report summarizes the…
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Acipenser naccarii
The Adriatic sturgeon is found in the Adriatic sea and the Po River in Italy. The Adriatic sturgeon is listed as endangered throughout its range under the Endangered Species Act.
Adriatic sturgeon used to be widespread in the Adriatic Sea and may have occurred off the Iberian Peninsula. The only remaining spawning sites are at the confluences of the Po River and its tributaries in Italy, but the last known natural spawning occurred in the early 1980s. Population size is thought to have declined by at least 80 percent over the past three generations.
Kingdom | Animalia | Phylum | Chordata | Class | Actinopterygii | Order | Acipenseriformes | Family | Acipenseridae | Genus | Acipenser | Species | naccarii |
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The Adriatic sturgeon is listed as endangered under the Endangered Species Act.
In 2012, WildEarth Guardians and Friends of Animals petitioned NOAA Fisheries to list 15 foreign sturgeon species under the Endangered Species Act. After completing a status review, we proposed to list five of the foreign sturgeon species as endangered, including the Adriatic sturgeon, and requested public comment. In 2014, we listed the Adriatic sturgeon as endangered under the Endangered Species Act.
This report is the status review for five species of foreign sturgeon. This report summarizes the…