Acceptability and prerequisites for the successful introduction of sturgeon species

Abstract

International audienceThis study aims to synthesise the documented examples of sturgeon introductions worldwide, to pinpoint the prerequisites for success. Introductions lation and re-introduction are of concern. Our analysis enables us to classify the prerequisites for successful introduction according to the following five criteria: (1) geography, (2) habitat, (3) species-specific, (4) restocking, and (5) management. Co-managing and monitoring programmes applied to the introduction of a small number of tagged juveniles into suitable habitats of a small water system of a single country are promising conditions for success. In any case, introductions are multidisciplinary actions, which need to be mobilised in a coordinated fashion to set up clear objectives and hypotheses and take all the measures needed to verify each step of the introduction programmes