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Danube Sturgeon Task Force

Acronym: DSTF

General Information

Identification Code: 706408536761-07
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Entity Form: néant
Registration Category: Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar
Registration Date: 12/6/2019
Last Update: 11/28/2023
EP Accredited Number: 1

Mission & Interests

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 (...)
Interests Represented: Does not represent commercial interests
Interests:
  • Agriculture and rural development
  • Climate action
  • Energy
  • Environment
  • European neighbourhood policy
  • Maritime affairs and fisheries
  • Regional policy
  • Transport
Levels of Interest:
  • european
  • sub-national

Activities

Main EU Legislative Proposals: 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.
Inter-institutional or Unofficial Groupings: N/A

Head Office

Address: ℅ Peter GammeltoftAvenue de la Forêt de Soignes 204
Post Code: 1640
City: Rhode-Saint-Genèse
Country: BELGIUM
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EU Office

Address: ℅ Peter GammeltoftAvenue de la Forêt de Soignes 204
Post Code: 1640
City: Rhode-Saint-Genèse
Country: BELGIUM
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Financial Data

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Complementary Information: none

Membership Information

Members10 Percent: 0
Members25 Percent: 1
Members50 Percent: 1
Members75 Percent: 0
Members: 2
Members F T E: 0.75
Info Members: The DSTF is a multi-stakeholder platform established as a Task Force under the European Union Strategy for the Danube Region (EUSDR) aiming at the conservation of the critically endangered Danube sturgeon populations. It participates in and elaborates responses to public policy stakeholder consultations, organizes conferences and meetings and provides input to policy making. Its members all have links, professionally or otherwise, to activities relating to conservation of sturgeons in the Danube. They are scientific experts and/or have backgrounds in public administration or civil society organisations. The DSTF relies heavily on voluntary contributions from its members to the above activities and outputs. The numbers above reflect only the activities of DSTF directly in relation to the European Institutions. We estimate that the real contribution from the DSTF membership to the European policy objectives amounts to at least 3 additional full-time equivalents.

Structure

Structure Type: Structure
Is Member Of: 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.
Organisation Members: The DSTF was originally 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.