Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in
Book cover

The Siberian Sturgeon (Acipenser baerii, Brandt, 1869) Volume 2 - Farming pp 481–499Cite as

Synthesis of Introduction Trials of Siberian Sturgeon in North European Part of Russia

  • Chapter
  • First Online:

Abstract

The aim of this chapter is to synthesize the documented facts of Siberian sturgeon introductions in the natural water bodies of the North European part of the USSR, carried out in 1964–1983. This chapter summarises the results of Siberian sturgeon juveniles of different origin (the Lena River, Lake Baikal) introduction and data related to its distribution and the growth and survival rates in the Gulfs of Finland and Riga of the Baltic Sea and Lake Ladoga. The carried-out introduction works “to expand the range of Siberian sturgeon” revealed the great potential of its growth under more favorable conditions and for the first time concluded about high level of its adaptive plasticity, which was the basis for this species as a promising object for wide commercial farming. The most important prerequisite for the introduction of Siberian sturgeon juveniles was a high food capacity of water bodies and a sufficiently large area, allowing fish to make food migration in the case of reduced quantity of food organisms in different areas. A mass bycatch of juveniles at the commercial fishing of other fish species and illegal poaching of adult sturgeon was also considered as a common cause of low efficiency of the introduction of both the Siberian sturgeon and other sturgeon species. To establish a self-reproducing sturgeon population, it was necessary first of all to create the conditions for natural propagation formulate- and formulate special regulations of commercial fishing in the water body—recipient. For a long time, numerous attempts of Siberian sturgeon introduction into various water bodies of the former USSR failed.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution.

References

  • Arndt GM, Gessner J, Anders E, Spratte S, Filipiak J, Debus L, Skorra K (2000) Predominance of exotic and introduced species among sturgeons captured from the Baltic and North Seas and their watersheds, 1981–1999. Bol Inst Esp Oceanogr 16:29–36

    Google Scholar 

  • Arndt GM, Gessner J, Raymakers C (2002) Trends in farming, trade and occurrence of native and exotic sturgeons in natural habitats in Central and Western Europe. J Appl Ichthyol 18:444–448. doi:10.1046/j.1439-0426.2002.00415.x

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Barannikova IA (1968) Funktsionalniye osnovy migratsii ryb. (Functional basis of fish migration). LSU Bulletin 9(2):69–73. (in Russian)

    Google Scholar 

  • Berdichevsky LS, Malyutin VS, Smolyanov II, Sokolov LI, Akimova NV, Korkayev AV (1983) Itogi rybovodno-akklimatizatsionnikh rabot s sibirskim osetrom (Results of fishery and acclimation activity with Siberian sturgeon). In Biologicheskiye resursy gidrosfery i ikh ispol’zovaniye (Biological resources of hydrosphere and their utilization). Biologicheskiye osnovy osetrovodstva (Biological bases of sturgeon farming). M, Nauka, pp 259–270 (in Russian)

    Google Scholar 

  • Berg LS (1949) Presnovodniye ryby SSSR i sopredelnykh stran (The freshwater fishes of the USSR and adjacent countries). Akademiya nauk SSSR (Academy of Sciences of the USSR). Moscow & Leningrad: 1–3: 1382 p (in Russian)

    Google Scholar 

  • Bogdanova LS (1972) Sravneniye perekhoda na aktivnoye pitaniye lichinok russkogo i sibirskogo osetrov pri raznoy temperature (Comparison of transition to active feeding between larvae of Russian and Siberian sturgeon at different temperatures). In Trudy TsNIORkH (Proceeding of TsNIORkH), M., Pishchevaya promyshlennost (Food Industry publishing). IV, pp 217–223 (in Russian)

    Google Scholar 

  • Charlon N, Williot P (1978) Elevage d’esturgeons de repeuplement et de consommation en URSS. Bull Centr Etud Rech Sci Biarritz 12(1):7–156

    Google Scholar 

  • Chebanov MS, Savelyeva EA (1999) New strategies for broodstock management of sturgeon in the sea of Azov basin in response to changes in patterns of spawning migrations. J Appl Ichthyol 15:183–190

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Chebanov MS, Karnaukhov GI, Galich EV, Chmir YN (2002) Hatchery stock enhancement and conservation of sturgeon, with an emphasis on Azov Sea populations. J Appl Ichthyol 18:463–469

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Chebanov M, Rosenthal H, Gessner J, van Anrooy R, Doukakis P, Pourkazemi M, Williot P (2011) Sturgeon hatchery practices and management for release–Guidelines. FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Technical Paper 546. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, Italy, 110 p

    Google Scholar 

  • Christiernsson G, Оttеrlind G (1967) Rysk inplantering av nya störarter i Ŏstersjön. Fauna och Flora 2:119–126

    Google Scholar 

  • Dryagin PA (1954) Teoreticheskiye osnovy i plan akklimatizatsii ryb vo vnutrennikh vodoyomakh SSSR. (Theoretical basis and plan of fish acclimatization in inland water bodies of the USSR). Trudy soveshchaniya po probleme akklimatizatsii ryb vo vnutrennikh vodoyemakh SSSR. (Proceedings of meeting on problem of fish acclimatization and feeding of Invertebrates), M (in Russian)

    Google Scholar 

  • Egelsky EI (1966) Perviye rezultaty vseleniya molodi sibirskogo osetra v Ladozhskoye ozero i Finskiy zaliv. (The first results of introduction of juvenile Siberian sturgeon in Ladoga Lake and the Gulf of Finland). VI Sessiya nauchnogo soveta karelskogo otdeleniya VNIORKh. (VI Session of the Scientific Council of the Karelian branch of VNIORKh). Abstracts. Petrozavodsk (in Russian)

    Google Scholar 

  • Egelsky EI (1970) Growth of Siberian sturgeon juveniles in experimental and natural conditions. Trudy TsNIORkH, M, Pishchevaya promyshlennost, II, pp 191–196 (in Russian)

    Google Scholar 

  • Egelsky EI, Stepanova RN (1968) Analiz protsessa vseleniya osetrovykh v vodoyemy Severo-Zapada SSSR. (Analysis of the process of introduction of sturgeons into water bodies of North-West of the USSR). In “Razrabotka biologicheskikh osnov i biotekhnika razvitiya osetrovogo khozyaistva v vodoyomakh SSSR. (Coll. “Development of biological principles and biotechnics of sturgeon fishery in the water bodies of the USSR”) (based on materials of 1967). Astrahan. TsNIORkH: 126–130 (in Russian)

    Google Scholar 

  • Egelsky EI, Stepanova RN (1972) Some data on results of sturgeon juveniles introduction into the Gulf of Finland and Ladoga Lake. Trudy TsNIORkH IV:180–190 (in Russian)

    Google Scholar 

  • Egorov AG (1961) Baikalsky osyotr (Baikal sturgeon). Ulan-Ude, p 121 (in Russian)

    Google Scholar 

  • Friedrich Th (2013) Sturgeons in Austrian rivers: historic distribution, current status and potential for their restoration World Sturgeon Conservation Society, Spec Publ 5:75 p

    Google Scholar 

  • Gerbilsky NL (1954) Biologicheskiye osnovy i metodika zagotovky posadochnogo materiala dlya akklimatizatsii ryb. (Biological bases and methods of stocking material preparation for fish acclimatization). Trudy soveshchaniya po problemam akklimatizatsii ryb i kormovykh bespozvonochnykh. (Proceedings of meeting on problems of fish acclimatization and feeding base). M. Academy of Sciences of the USSR:23–27 (in Russian)

    Google Scholar 

  • Gerbilsky NL (1962) Teoriya biologicheskogo progressa vida i eyo ispolzovanie v rybnom khozyaistve (The theory ofbiological progression of species and its application in the fisheries). LSU Proceedings, p 311 (in Russian)

    Google Scholar 

  • Gerbilsky NL (1967) Elementy teorii i biotekhniki upravleniya arealom osetrovykh (The essential theoretical bases and biotechnology elements). Trudy TsNIORkH (Proceedings TsNIORkH). I, pp 11–21 (in Russian)

    Google Scholar 

  • Gerbilsky NL (1970) Problemy osetrovogo khozyaistva v vodoyomakh severo-zapadnoy chasti SSSR (Problems of sturgeon fisheries in waters of north-western part of the USSR). Trudy TsNIORkH, M, Pishchevaya promyshlennost, II, pp 180–186 (in Russian)

    Google Scholar 

  • Gessner J, Arndt GM (2006) Modification of gill nets to minimize by-catch of sturgeon. J Appl Ichthyol 22:166–171

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Gessner J, Debus L, Filipiak J, Spratte S, Skora KE, Arndt GM (1999) Development of sturgeon catches in German and adjacent waters since 1980. J Appl Ichthyol 15:136–141

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Holčik J, Klindova A, Masar J, Meszaros J (2006) Sturgeons in the Slovakian rivers of the Danube River basin: an overview of their current status and proposal for their conservation and restoration. J Appl Ichthyol 22:17–22

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • IUCN (1987) IUCN statement on translocation of living organisms. http://www.iucn.org/themes/SSC/publications/policy/transf.htm

  • IUCN (1995) Guidelines for re-introductions. http://www.iucn.org/themes/SSC/publications/policy/reintf.htm

  • Kairov EA (1975) Experiments on the introduction of sturgeons in the Riga Gulf. Fisheries (Rybnoe Khozyaistvo) 6:10–11. (in Russian)

    Google Scholar 

  • Kairov EA, Kostrichkina EM (1970) Rezultaty introduktsii osetrovykh v bassein Baltiyskogo morya (Results of sturgeon introduction in the Baltic Sea basin). Trudy VNIRO (Proceedings of VNIRO), LXXVI, pp 147–152 (in Russian)

    Google Scholar 

  • Karpevitch AF (1975) Teoriya i praktika akklimatizatsii vodnykh organizmov. (The Theory and Practice of Acclimatization of Water Organisms). Moscow, Pischepromizdat (Food Industry publishing), 431 p (in Russian)

    Google Scholar 

  • Koli L (1966) Occurrence off the Finnish coast of Siberian sturgeon introduced into the Gulf of Finland. Reprinted from Annales Zoologici, Fennici 3(4):323–326

    Google Scholar 

  • Krayushkina (Chusovitina) LS (1967) Development of euryhalinity at early stages of ontogeny in sturgeon of different species and ecological forms. Sturgeon fishes of the USSR and their reproduction. Trudy TsNIIORkH. M. Pishchevaya promyshlennost. 1, pp 181–195 (in Russian)

    Google Scholar 

  • Kuderskii LA (1983) Sturgeons in the basins of Onega and Ladoga lakes. In: Fishes of the Onega Lake and their commercial importance. Sbornik Nauchnykh Trudov GosNIORKh 205, pp 128–148 (in Russian)

    Google Scholar 

  • Kudersky LA (2001) Akklimatizatsiya ryb v vodoyomakh Rossii: sostoyaniye i puti razvitiya (Fish acclimatization in water bodies of Russia: state and course of development). Voprosy Rybolovstva (Problems of Fisheries) 2(1):6–83. (in Russian)

    Google Scholar 

  • Kudersky LA (2005) What sturgeon occurred in Pechora River? In: Ecological state of inland water bodies of the Northern territories, Spb, Nauka, pp 271–276 (in Russian)

    Google Scholar 

  • Masar J, Turansky R, Krupka I, Kautman J (2006) The first record of the Siberian sturgeon (Acipenser baerii) in Slovak-Hungarian stretch of the Danube River. Acta Rer Nat Mus Nat Slov LII, pp 50–55

    Google Scholar 

  • Maury-Brachet R, Rochard E, Durrieu G, Boudou A (2008) The ‘storm of the century’ (December 1999) and the accidental escape of Siberian sturgeons (Acipenser baerii) into the Gironde Estuary (Southwest France). Environ Sci Pollut Res 15. doi:10.1065/espr2007.12.469

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Melnikova MN (1982) Metodicheskiye ukazaniya po mecheniyu ryb aktivnymi dikhlortriazianovymi (protsionovymi) krasitelyami (Guidelines for fish marking with active dichlorotriazine (procion) dyes. Instructions and guidelines for the breeding of valuable commercial fish. L.: GosNIORKh, pp 165–171 (in Russian)

    Google Scholar 

  • Melnikova MN, Savostyanova GG (1968) Primeneniye aktivnykh dikhlortria-zinovykh (M-protsionovykh) krasiteley dlya mecheniya ryb. (Application of active dichlorotriazine (M-procion) dyes for fish marking). VII sessiya Uchenogo soveta po probleme “Biologicheskiye resursy Belogo morya i vnutrennikh vodoyomov Karelii” (7-th session of the Academic Council on the problem of “Biological Resources of the White Sea and inland water bodies of Karelia”) Abstracts. Petrozavodsk, pp 118–119 (in Russian)

    Google Scholar 

  • Muraveiko AV (2014) O vozmozhnoy introduktsii baikal’skogo osetra (Acipenser baerii baicalensis) vo vnutrenniye vodoyomy Kol’skogo poluostrova (On possible introduction of Baikal sturgeon (Acipenser baerii baicalensis) into inland water bodies of Kola peninsula. Rybn Khoz 2:68-73 (in Russian)

    Google Scholar 

  • Otterlind G (1970) Swedish records of sturgeons (Acipenser gueldenstaedti and Acipenser baeri) introduced into the Baltic by the USSR. ICES CM 1970/E. 13 p

    Google Scholar 

  • Paaver T (1999) Historic and recent records of native and exotic sturgeon species in Estonia. J Appl Ichthyol 15:129–132. doi:10.1111/j.1439-0426.1999.tb00221.x

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Podushka SB (2008) Vozmozhna li akklimatizatsiya osetrovykh putyom vypuska zavodskoy molodi? (If acclimatization of sturgeon is possible through release of the hatchery reared juveniles?). In: Kolman R, Kapusta A (eds) Actual status and active protection of sturgeon fish populations endangered by extinction. Widawnictwo IRS, Olsztyn, pp 127–132

    Google Scholar 

  • Pravdin IF (1948) Osetroviye ryby v Ladozhskom i Onezhskom ozyorakh (Sturgeon fishes in Ladoga and Onega lakes). Izvestiya Karelo-Finsk. Nauchno-issled bazy AN SSSR (Proceeding of Karelo-Finnish research branch of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR), 4 (in Russian)

    Google Scholar 

  • Pravdin IF (1956) Vidovoy sostav ikhtiofauny Ladozhskogo ozera i Priladozhiya (Species composition of ichthyofauna of Ladoga lake and Ladoga region). Izvestiya VNIORkH (Proceedings of VNIORkH), p 38 (in Russian)

    Google Scholar 

  • Pushkarev N (1927) Rybolovstvo v Severo-zapadnoy oblasti (Fisheries in the north-eastern region). Khozyaistvo Severa (Husbandary of the North), pp 6–7 (in Russian)

    Google Scholar 

  • Rass TS (ed) (1971) Acipenseriformes. In: Zhizn zhivotnykh (Life of Animals), M, Prosveshchenie 4(1), pp 101–109 (in Russian)

    Google Scholar 

  • Rochard E, Lepage M, Williot P, Mayer N, Brosse L, Sertier M, Gonthier P, Rouault T, Gazeau C, Jatteau P (2002) Incidental escapement of farmed Siberian sturgeon Acipenser baerii Brandt 1869 in last watershed of the endangered European sturgeon Acipenser sturio L. 1746. In: Fourth International Symposium on Sturgeon, Oshkosh, USA, 8–13 July 2001

    Google Scholar 

  • Skóra ME (2012) First report on the Siberian sturgeon Acipenser baerii Brandt, in the Reda River (Baltic Sea basin). Arch Pol Fish 20:307–309

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Smolyanov II (1979) Siberian sturgeon in the tanks at Konakovsky fish farm. In: Sturgeon fisheries of inland waters of the USSR. Abstr. and Ref. II All-Union Conference, Astrakhan, pp 238–239 (in Russian)

    Google Scholar 

  • Sokolov LI (1965) O roste sibirskogo osetra reki Leny (On growth of Siberian sturgeon of Lena river). Vestnik MGU (MSU Bulletin). VI(1), pp 3–12 (in Russian)

    Google Scholar 

  • Sytina LA (1971) Nekotoriye osobennosti tempa rosta razvitiya lichinok raznykh vidov osetrovykh v ranniy postembrionalniy period (Some peculiarities of growth rate in sturgeon larvae of different species during postembrional period). Trudy TsNIORkH (in Sturgeon fishes and their reproduction: Proceedings of the Central Scientific Research Institute of sturgeon fishery) 3, pp 282–297 (in Russian)

    Google Scholar 

  • Vinogradov AV (2005) Introduktsiya-sotsial’no-ekologicheskoye prestupleniye (The introduction is a social and ecological crime). Okhrana Dikoy Prirody (Protection of Nature) 2(32):4–8. (in Russian)

    Google Scholar 

  • Williot P (1984) L’expérience soviétique en matiére d’exploitation des stocks d’esturgeons en mer d’Azov et mer Caspienne. Cemagref, Etude 20 Serie Esturgeon 3, 50 p

    Google Scholar 

  • Williot P, Arlati G, Chebanov M, Gulyas T, Kasimov R, Kirschbaum F, Patriche N, Pavlovskaya L, Poliakova L, Pourkazemi M, Yu K, Zhuang P, Zholdasova IM (2002) Status and management of Eurasian sturgeon: an overview. Int Rev Hydrobiol 87:483–506

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Williot P, Rochard E, Kirschbaum F (2009) Acceptability and prerequisites for the successful introduction of sturgeon species. In: Carmona R, Domezain A, Garcia Gallego M, Hernando-Casal J, Rodriguez M (eds) Biology, conservation and sustainable development of sturgeons, Fish and fisheries series. Springer, New York, pp 369, 467 p–384

    Chapter  Google Scholar 

  • Williot P, Rouault T (1982) Compte rendu d’une première reproduction en France de l’esturgeon sibérien Acipenser baerii. Bull Franç Piscic 286:255–261

    Google Scholar 

  • Williot P, Bronzi P, Arlati G (1993) A very brief survey of status and prospects of freshwater sturgeon farming in Europe (EEC). In: Kestemont P, Billard R (eds.), Aquaculture of Freshwater Species (except salmonids). Eur Aquac Soc 20:32–36

    Google Scholar 

  • Zakharov AB, Tumanov MD, Shalayev SN (2007) Sibirskiy osyotr Acipenser baerii v reke Pechora (Siberian sturgeon Acipenser baerii in Pechora river). J Ichthyol (Voprosy Ikhtiologii) 47(2):196–201. (in Russian)

    Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. State Regional Centre for Sturgeon Gene Pool Conservation, “Kubanbioresursi”, 275/1 Severnaya Street, Office 201, Krasnodar, 350020, Russian Federation

    Mikhail Chebanov

  2. Department of Aquatic Biological Resources and Aquaculture, Kuban State University, 149, Stavropolskaya Street, Krasnodar, 350040, Russian Federation

    Mikhail Chebanov

  3. 4, Rue du pas de Madame, 33980, Audenge, France

    Patrick Williot (Sturgeon Consultant)

Authors
  1. Mikhail Chebanov
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Patrick Williot
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Mikhail Chebanov .

Editor information

Editors and Affiliations

  1. Audenge, France

    Patrick Williot

  2. La Teste de Buch, France

    Guy Nonnotte

  3. State Center for Sturgeon Gene Pool Conservation “Kubanbioresursi”, Kuban State University, Krasnodar, Russia

    Mikhail Chebanov

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

Copyright information

© 2018 Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature

About this chapter

Cite this chapter

Chebanov, M., Williot, P. (2018). Synthesis of Introduction Trials of Siberian Sturgeon in North European Part of Russia. In: Williot, P., Nonnotte, G., Chebanov, M. (eds) The Siberian Sturgeon (Acipenser baerii, Brandt, 1869) Volume 2 - Farming. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-61676-6_21

Download citation

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Search

Navigation