Poaching and illegal trade of Danube sturgeons.

IF 8.1 1区生物学 Q1 BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Current Biology Pub Date : 2023-11-20 DOI:10.1016/j.cub.2023.09.067

Arne Ludwig, Jutta Jahrl, Leonardo Congiu, Joern Gessner, Thomas Friedrich, Dietmar Lieckfeldt, Zuogang Peng, Markus Boner

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Abstract

A market study on sturgeon products in the Lower Danube countries (Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia and Ukraine) resulted in a total of 149 samples of caviar and meat, which we subjected to genetic-isotope analyses. The samples comprised 31 samples (21%) of illegal wild-caught origin, 17 samples (11.4%) sold in violation of CITES and EU regulations, and 47 cases (32%) of consumer deception. Although poaching and illegal wildlife trade are often considered a problem in developing countries, these findings bear evidence that a high ratio of poached sturgeon products originates from EU and accession candidate states. Therefore, caviar and sturgeon trade urgently needs improvement to ensure that sturgeon populations will have a future.

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多瑙河鲟鱼的偷猎和非法贸易。

在多瑙河下游国家(保加利亚、罗马尼亚、塞尔维亚和乌克兰)对鲟鱼产品进行了市场研究，共采集了149份鱼子酱和肉样品，并对其进行了遗传同位素分析。这些样本中有31个样本(21%)来自非法野生捕捞，17个样本(11.4%)来自违反CITES和欧盟法规的销售，47个样本(32%)来自欺骗消费者。尽管偷猎和非法野生动物贸易通常被认为是发展中国家的一个问题，但这些发现证明，被偷猎的鲟鱼产品有很大比例来自欧盟和加入欧盟的候选国。因此，鱼子酱和鲟鱼贸易迫切需要改善，以确保鲟鱼种群的未来。

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Current Biology 生物-生化与分子生物学

CiteScore

11.80

自引率

2.20%

发文量

869

审稿时长

46 days

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