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SSG Regions and Members
The Specialist Groups of the Species Survival Commission are led by volunteer Chairs, appointed by the SSC Chair with recommendations from SSC' s Steering Committee. The chair of the Specialist Group invites experts representing a range of regions and specialist backgrounds to become members. The SSG is active in the following regions: Europe, Asia and North America.
Europe :
| Country |
Name member |
Institute |
| Belgium |
Ms. C. Raymakers |
TRAFFIC Europe, Brussels |
| France |
Mr. A. Petrossian |
International Caviar Importer Association (CIA), Paris |
| France |
Dr. E. Rochard |
Agricultural and Environmental Engineering Research (CEMAGREF), Cestas |
| France |
Dr. P. Williot |
Agricultural and Environmental Engineering Research (CEMAGREF), Cestas |
| Germany |
Dr. L. Debus |
AQUACULTUR Fischtechnik GMbH, Weser |
| Germany |
Dr. A . Ludwig |
Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research, Berlin |
| Germany |
Prof. Dr. R. Kinzelbach |
University of Rostock |
| Germany |
Prof. Harald Rosenthal |
President of World Sturgeon Conservation Society |
| Italy |
Dr. G. Arlati |
Lombardia Wildlife Service |
| Italy |
Dr. P. Bronzi |
CESI SpA research and engineering, Milan |
| Italy |
Prof. Dr. R. Rossi |
University of Ferrara |
| Romania |
Prof. Dr. N. Bacalbasa-Dotrovici |
University of Lower Danube, Galati |
| Romania |
Dr. R. Suciu |
Danube Delta National Institute, Tulcea |
| Slovakia |
Dr. J. Holcik |
Slovak Academy of Science, Bratislava |
| Spain |
Prof. Dr. A. Almodovar |
Agricultural Research Institute of Madrid |
| Spain |
Prof. Dr. B. Elvira |
University of Madrid |
| Switzerland |
Mr. J. Berney |
World Conservation Trust (IWMC) |
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Asia :
| Country |
Name member |
Institute |
| Azerbaijan |
Dr. R. Kasimov |
Institute of Physiology, Baku |
| China PR |
Prof. Qiwei Wei |
Yangtze River Fisheries Research Institute |
| China PR |
Dr. Ping Zhuang |
Chinese Academy of Fisheries Science, Hubei |
| Isl. Rep. of Iran |
Mr. H. Abdolhay |
Iranian Fisheries Aquaculture Department, Tehran |
| Isl. Rep. of Iran |
Dr. S. Gilkolaei |
Iranian Fisheries Research Organization |
| Isl. Rep. of Iran |
Mr. M. Hosseini |
Iranian Fisheries Organization |
| Isl. Rep. of Iran |
Dr. M. Pourkazemi |
International Sturgeon Research Institute, Chair SSG |
| Kazakhstan |
Dr. J. Kim |
Almaty Institute of Fisheries |
| Russian Federation |
Dr. E. Artyukhin |
Central Laboratory of Fish Stocks Regeneration, St Petersburg |
| Russian Federation |
Prof. Dr. M. Chebanov |
Federal Centre for Genetics in Aquaculture, Krasnodar |
| Russian Federation |
Dr. B. Goncharov |
Institute of Development Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow |
| Russian Federation |
Dr. V. Ivanov |
Kasp NIRKH Institute, Astrakhan |
| Russian Federation |
Dr. S. Nikonorov |
Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow |
| Russian Federation |
Dr. G. Ruban |
A.N.Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow |
| Russian Federation |
Dr. V. Svirsky |
Pacific Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceans, Vladivostock |
| Turkmenistan |
Dr. V. Salnikov |
National Institute of Desert Flora and Fauna, Ashgabad |
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North America :
| Country |
Name member |
Institute |
| Canada |
Dr. R. Campbell |
Co-chair COSEWIC, Freshwater fishes Specialist Sub-Committee, Ottawa, Ontario |
| Canada |
Dr. D. Lane |
Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture, Malaspina University College, BC |
| USA |
Prof. F. Chapman |
University of Florida |
| USA |
Mr. M. Engstrom |
Tsar Nicoulai Caviar Inc., San Francisco |
| USA |
Dr. R. Fain |
National Fish and Wildlife Forensic Lab, Oregon |
| USA |
Dr. B. Kynard |
USGS, Massachusetts |
| USA |
Dr. S. Mims |
Kentucky State University |
| USA |
Dr. E. Pikitch |
Wildlife Conservation Society, New York |
| USA |
Dr. D. Scarnecchia |
University of Idaho |
| USA |
Dr. R. St Pierre |
US Fish and Wildlife Service, Pennsylvania |
| USA |
Mr. J. Van Eenennaam |
Animal Science Department, University of California, Davis |
| USA |
Prof. Dr. J. Waldman |
Biology Department, Queens College, New York |
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| Atlantic sturgeon (approx. 200 pound female) being landed for research purposes in the Hudson River (1995)
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Beluga (Huso huso) being landed in the Iranian southeast coastline of the Caspian Sea (approx. 760 kg female) caught in 1988 |
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