On the contemporary status of Russian sturgeon (Acipenser gueldenstaedti Brandt, 1833) in natural conditions and aquaculture

There is given retrospective information and contemporary data on the habitat and the condition of Rus-sian sturgeon (Acipenser gueldenstaedti Brandt, 1833). The definite advantages of a number of eco-nomically valuable signs of the species are shown. There is considered the history of cultivation and the contemporary status of Russian sturgeon in home and world aquaculture. The personal experience of forming of a repair-mother herd is described. You can find a brief description of breeding conditions.