Sterlet Milestone Reached Ahead of Schedule – And the Work Continues

(c) Julia Altpfart

The LIFE-Boat4Sturgeon project has achieved its 2030 stocking target years earlier than planned, marking a major step forward for sterlet recovery in the Upper Danube.

The propagation of the sterlet has also been highly successful. When combined with the stocking numbers from previous years, the project has already reached its original 2030 target of releasing 300,000 sterlets into the Upper Danube. Despite this achievement, the LIFE-Boat4Sturgeon team will continue breeding efforts. As a result, the total number of sterlets released by the end of the project will exceed the initial target.