black sea red data book - Department of Biology

Population trends. At the end of the 19th century, this was still a mass species.
Significant catch-reduction since the 1950s.
Threats. Degradation of habitats and spawning areas as a result of changes in the
hydrological regime and the hydrochemical composition of runoff and pollution,
hydrotechnical construction and overfishing.
Conservation measures taken. Included in the Red Data Book of Ukraine, 1994,
Bulgaria and the Black Sea. Aquacultured in Krasnovodsk (Turkmenistan).
Conservation measures proposed. Reduce Black Sea coastal zone pollution,
especially in the Dnieper-Bug estuary (main breeding and feeding area). Artificial
reproduction of the species.
References
Berg, L. S., A. S. Bogdanov, N. I. Kozhyn & T. S. Rass (Eds), 1949. Promislovie
riby SSSR (Commercial fishes of the USSR) Moscow, Pishepromizdat Publ.: 787 pp
Fauna Ukraini (Fauna of Ukraine). Kiev, Naukova Dumka 8 (5): 320 pp. (in
Russian).
Scherbukha, A., 1994. Lucioperca marina. Chervona Knyga Ukrayiny (Red Data
Book of Ukraine). Kijiv, Ukrajinska Encyclopediya: 272 pp (in Ukrainian).
Svetovidov A. N., 1964. Ryby Chernogo morya (Fishes of the Black Sea).
Moskow-Leningrad, Nauka: 551 pp. (in Russian).
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