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Illegal sturgeon fishing – and trade in sturgeon products – are often cited as significant threats to many sturgeon populations worldwide. Until now, however, substantiated data has rarely been available. The WWF report provides proof that illegal fishing and trade in wild sturgeon is happening on a regional level and on a serious scale. The methodology of the unique report combines official data on illegal fishing and the results of a large-scale market survey and forensic analysis of meat and caviar samples in Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia and Ukraine between October 2016 and July 2020. Almost a third of the samples of sturgeon products bought through the WWF’s market survey were illegal, and 214 cases of poaching-related incidents were recorded by authorities in the four countries. ....