In 2006, Romania banned sturgeon fishing in which river?
Sturgeon is also a noticeable decline in sturgeon populations as the demand for caviar increases. According to the IUCN, over 85% of sturgeon species are classified as at risk of extinction, making them more critically endangered than any other group of species. A 2013 study on the critically endangered sturgeon populations in the Danube River Basin determined that ongoing illegal fishing activity and caviar trade is threatening the future of Danube sturgeons. Jutta Jahrl, a conservation expert with the World Wildlife Federation stated that "Romania and Bulgaria are home to the only viable wild sturgeon populations left in the European Union,
Fishing industry in Turkmenistan by people living in the coastal area. Therefore, the total employment in the whole sector in 1996 was about 2,200 persons. Fish consumption has continued to decline in Turkmenistan from about 8 kg in 1991 to 1.3 kg in 1995. Annual quotas limit the catch of sturgeon and in the Turkmen waters of the Caspian Sea the fishing of sturgeon is prohibited, having been limited in 1942 and finally banned in 1946. The quota is therefore caught in Russian waters for a fee, and the products are then shipped to Turkmenistan. Fishing is however permitted in the several small lakes