Reintroduction of sturgeon, Acipenser oxyrinchus, in the Gulf of Riga, East-Central Baltic Sea

Atlantic sturgeon, Acipenser oxyrinchus Mitchill, inhabited and spawned in the territorial waters of Latvia from the early Neolithic. The A. oxyrinchus population in this area started to decline from the end of seventeenth century. By the twentieth century, just several sturgeon catches were documen...

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Main Authors: Purvina Santa, Medne Ruta
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2018-03-01
Series:Archives of Polish Fisheries
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Online Access:http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/aopf.2018.26.issue-1/aopf-2018-0005/aopf-2018-0005.xml?format=INT