Article Comparison - Convention concerning Fishing in the Waters of the Danube - Annex: Regulations for Fishing in the River Danube and in the Waters referred to in Article 3 of the Convention

Part IV
SIZE OF FISH, CRAYFISH AND MOLLUSCS

Article 9

It shall be unlawful to take, receive, sell, process or preserve fish of less than the following industrial size (in centimeters) in fresh condition:

Beluga (Huso huso)...............................................140

Russian sturgeon (Acipenser guldenstaedti).....80

Sevryuga (Acipenser stellatus)...............................75

Sterlet (Acipenser ruthenus)...................................33

Carp (Cyprinus carpio).............................................25

Pike-perch (Lucioperca sandra).............................30

Bream (Abramis brama)..........................................20

Herring (Caspialosa pontica).................................16

Crayfish (Astacus leptodactylus)..............................9

Mussel (Unio pictorum)..............................................8

Measurements to determine the industrial size of fish must be made from the tip of the snout to the base of the tail fin.

The taking of fish under the prescribed industrial size shall be permissible in a proportion not exceeding 10 per cent by number of the total catch.

The taking of Acipenser nudiventris shall be prohibited for five years from the date of entry into force of the Convention.