2012. Review of Significant Trade - Cites

Huso huso
for Fisheries and Aquaculture indicated that trade in captive-bred H. huso appeared to
increase in 2010 as did the wild catch of the species (Table 11). No data on illegal trade were
available. (T. Slaveykova in litt. to UNEP-WCMC, 2011). Data from the National Agency for
Fisheries and Aquaculture showed that during the period 2006-2010, legal H. huso catches
were 1.94 tonnes, and the average annual catch 1995-2001 was 21.2 tonnes
(A. Tsekov in litt. to UNEP-WCMC, 2011).
Table 9. Direct exports of Huso huso caviar from Bulgaria as recorded in the Caviar Database, 2005-
2011. (No trade was reported in 2005, 2007 or 2008).
Source 2006 2009 2010 2011 Total
W 565.8 565.8
C 300.0 2.0 14.3 6.6 323.0
Source: Caviar Database, UNEP-World Conservation Monitoring Centre, Cambridge, UK
Table 10. FAO statistics for H. huso capture and aquaculture production in Bulgaria 1995-2009.
(Source: FAO, 2011b).
Year 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Black Sea capture
production
4 5 11 12 10 1 00 4 1 3 1 - - - -
(tonnes)
Inland waters
capture production 21 24 31 31 27 18 7 10 8 10 13 6 0 0 0
(tonnes)
Aquaculture –
inland waters
(tonnes)
- - - - - - 0 0 0 0 7 28 46 - 0.2
Table 11. Trade statistics for H. huso in Bulgaria, as provided by the Executive Agency for Fisheries
and Aquaculture. All quantities are given in kg. (Source: T. Slaveykova in litt. to UNEP-WCMC,
2011).
Trade term/Year 2008 2009 2010
Meat (aquaculture) 0 1 115
Caviar (aquaculture) 487 353 600
Total catch of caviar in
260
Danube River
230 790
Seizures of 27.5 kg caviar originating in or transiting through Bulgaria 2000-2009 were
reported by Kecse-Nagy (2011), including 8 kg Huso huso in 2009.
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