Dear all,

We have the pleasure of inviting you to take part in various events this week in our amphitheater of Gazinet to discuss different aspects of sturgeon conservation.

(c) M.L. Acolas, INRAE

The members of the IUCN sturgeon specialist group will present the evolution of the population status on Tuesday 3rd September

The International Sturgeon Conservation Society (WSCS) will be holding its general meeting on the evening.

A workshop on the situation of accidental sturgeon catches and the measures envisaged to restrict them will be held on Wednesday 4 and Thursday 5th September

A visit to the INRAE experimentation station, will enable to discover the ex situ stock and research in progress on Friday 6th September.

An optional visit to St Emilion and a wine tasting will round off the week, please contact us if you are interested.

The conference site is located at 50 avenue de Verdun in Cestas. It is easily accessible by train from Bordeaux (Bordeaux-Arcachon line, "Gazinet-Cestas" stop), 400 m from the station.

https://eng-eabx.bordeaux-aquitaine.hub.inrae.fr/about-us/contacts-access/cestas-gazinet-site 

On-site parking available.

For those who arrive on Monday, we are offering to share a convivial moment in a city centre wine bar.

 Meeting point from 7.30pm at the bar Le SOBRE, 24 quai des Chartrons 33000 Bordeaux

https://lesobrechartrons-bordeaux.fr/en 

Eric ROCHARD, INRAE Bordeaux

Arne LUDWIG, IZW Berlin

Jörn GESSNER, IGB Berlin

Hannah MC CORMICK, ZSL London

Presentations by the members of the IUCN Sturgeon specialist Group (Chair Arne Ludwig)

30th Ann. IUCN SSG 30th Ann. IUCN SSG

- 30 Years of IUCN Sturgeon Specialist Group (Arne Ludwig, Pheadra Doukakis, Mohammad Pourkazemi, Vadim Birstein)

- 30 years of sturgeon conservation in China (Wei Qiwei et al.)

- 30 years of sturgeon conservation in Usbekiztan (Akbarjon Rozimov et al.)

- 30 years of sturgeon conservation in Russia (Mikhail Chebanov et al.)

- 30 years of sturgeon conservation in Iran and Southern caspian Sea (Mohammad Pourkazemi)

- 30 years of sturgeon conservation in East Europe (Thomas Friedrich et al.)

- 30 years of sturgeon conservation in West Europe (Jörn Gessner et al.)

- 30 years of sturgeon conservation in North America (James Crossman et al.)

- Summarizing 30 years of sturgeon conservation (Leonardo Congiu et al.)

- IUCN project Rioni (Tamar Beridze et al.)

- IUCN project I Danube (Thomas Friedrich)

- IUCN project II Danube, (Cristina Munteanu, Beate Striebel)

https://www.iucn.org/our-union/commissions/group/iucn-ssc-sturgeon-specialist-group

An opportunity to present recent, current or planned work and to discuss it over cocktails on Tuesday evening. 

• Assessment of Acipenser sturio and Acipenser oxyrinchus sympatry in Europe (Guillaume Dupont et al.)
• Effects of the insecticide imidacloprid present in environmental doses on the embryo-larval stages of the sterlet sturgeon, Acipenser ruthenus (Nathanaël Croc et al.)
• Sturio at the sturgeon week! (Alan Anras)
• Using hydrodynamic models to evaluate potentially suitable estuarine habitats of the European sturgeon (Acipenser sturio) (Marie Lamour)

https://www.wscs.info/ 

Sturgeon bycatch constitutes a key issue for the conservation of these species. This workshop organised by Hannah Mc Cormick and Jörn Gessner will present the situation in different context and the solutions to decrease bycatch and their effects.

Join us for a 1.5-day workshop in Bordeaux with sturgeon researchers, fisheries officials,
fishers, and bycatch researchers. The workshop aims to:
1. Learn about global sturgeon bycatch mitigation efforts.
2. Share experiences and resources for awareness campaigns, tracking, and reporting.
3. Identify collaboration opportunities with bycatch mitigation for other protected
species

Online registration form (recommended) at the following address https://form.jotform.com/241611978302354 

Departure by bus on Friday 6 September at 8:30 from the INRAE Centre car park in Gazinet 50 avenue de Verdun.

Arrival on site around 10:00

Visit to the INRAE experimental facilities and the French captive stock of European sturgeon managed by MIGADO. Discussions with technical staff

Picnic on site

Return by bus to Gazinet from 13:30 (arrival expected around 15:00)

https://eabx.bordeaux-aquitaine.hub.inrae.fr/nos-infrastructures/infrastructure-scientifique-collective-xpo/station-d-experimentation-de-saint-seurin

(c) INRAE, Bertrand Nicolas

Departure from the experimental station at St Seurin sur l'Isle on Friday 6 February at 13:30 by minibus or car.

Arrival in St Emilion, free visit of the town and its monuments

https://www.saint-emilion-tourisme.com/en/explorer/les-incontournables/les-12-monuments 

 Wine tasting at Clos des Cordeliers https://www.lescordeliers.com/en/content/14-visits 15€/pers

 Return to Bordeaux  from 17:00.

If interested, please contact me at your arrival.eric.rochard@inrae.fr