Danube Sturgeon Task Force
Budget
€0
EP Access
1
accredited persons
Staff
2
0.75 FTE
EU Grants
None
Mission & Goals
According to the DSTF Rules of Procedure from 2018, its aim is to coordinate and foster the conservation and revival of native sturgeons (Acipenseridae) in the Danube River Basin and the adjacent Black Sea by the implementation of such Plans and Strategies as the Sturgeon Action Plan adopted under the Bern Convention in 2005, the Program Sturgeon 2020 or the ICPDR Sturgeon Strategy. In order to fulfil this aim, the DSTF serves primarily the following purposes: • to foster the implementation of “Sturgeon 2020”-Strategy, as published by the DSTF in 2013, • to provide a platform for exchange of information and experience on sturgeon conservation in the Danube Basin; • to facilitate cooperation between the key sturgeon conservation stakeholder groups as science, policy level and non-governmental organisations and to foster synergies with other organizations involved in Danube sturgeon conservation; • to raise awareness of decision makers and the public as well as to build c (...)
EU Legislative Interests
Environment policy, in particular water, marine, nature protection and biodiversity. Maritime and Fisheries policy, the EU Strategy for Danube Region (EUSDR), Regional Policy, Transport Policy and Energy Policy. DSTF divulges its views through communication with Commissioners, Commission services, relevant Member State Mininisters and MEPs.
Communication Activities
DSTF organises conferences and discussions by experts and publishes position papers on sturgeon related issues relevant to its objectives, e.g. on control of the impact of legal and illegal fisheries on sturgeon stocks, re-stocking of sturgeons to support the dwindling, critically endangered populations and restoration of sturgeon habitats and migration corridors for sturgeons, monitoring of the state of sturgeon populations in the Danube and Black Sea. In 2019 the DSTF organised together with the University of Galati (RO) an international conference in Galati on sturgeon conservation in the Danube River and Black Sea basins. DSTF publishes a quarterly newsletterr which is distributed to its members and observers.
Interests Represented
Does not represent commercial interests
Member Of
The DSTF was established as a Task Force under the European Union Strategy for the Danube Region (EUSDR) Prioritiy Area 6 (PA06, Biodiversity). The DSTF is an observer to the International Commission for the Protection of the Danube River (ICPDR) The DSTF participates an observer in meetings of the Steering Groups of Priority Areas 4 (Water Quality) and 6 (Biodiversity) of the EU Strategy for the Danube Region (EUSDR). The DSTF has a Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation with the World Sturgeon Conservation Society.
Organisation Members
All members are individual members. DSTF does not have organisational membership. In addition to the above, our members are active inter alia in relation to the Council of Europe's Bern Convention (the Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats), FAO's General Fisheries Commissionl for the Mediterranean (GFCM). and a number of national authorities, organisations and networks working on sturgeon conservation.
Additional Information
none
Commissioner Meetings
No recorded meetings with EU commissioners.