Review article
PRESENCE OF THE MOST ECONOMICALLY IMPORTANT FISH SPECIES IN THE RIVER DANUBE AND ITS FLOOD ZONES IN SERBIA
Jelena Lujić
; University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Sciences, Department of Biology and Ecology, Dositeja Obradovića Square No. 2, Novi Sad, Serbia
Desanka Kostić
; University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Sciences, Department of Biology and Ecology, Dositeja Obradovića Square No. 2, Novi Sad, Serbia
Ester Popović
; University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Sciences, Department of Biology and Ecology, Dositeja Obradovića Square No. 2, Novi Sad, Serbia
Miroslav Ćirković
; University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Animal Husbandry, Dositeja Obradovića Square No. 8, Novi Sad, Serbia
Dragana Ljubojević
; University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Animal Husbandry, Dositeja Obradovića Square No. 8, Novi Sad, Serbia
Nikolina Novakov
; University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Animal Husbandry, Dositeja Obradovića Square No. 8, Novi Sad, Serbia
Zoran Marinović
; University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Sciences, Department of Biology and Ecology, Dositeja Obradovića Square No. 2, Novi Sad, Serbia
Abstract
On the basis of the data published between 1983 and 2008, this paper shows presence of tench (Tinca tinca), carp (Cyprinus carpio), pike (Esox lucius), catfish (Silurus glanis), zander (Sander lucioperca) and sterlet (Acipenser ruthenus) in the Gornje Podunavlje and Koviljsko-Petrovaradinski Rit Special Nature Reserves and the Begečka Jama Nature Park, as well as in the part of the Danube’s bed between river kilometre 1249- and 1255.
The number of these fish species in the River Danube and its flood zones in this part of the Pannonian Basin is decreasing due to the use of inappropriate “tools”, electric current, uncontrolled agricultural and industrial waste dumps, degradation of the habitat.
The above mentioned species deserve attention because, according to the Rulebook on declaration and protection of protected and strictly protected wild species of plants, animals and fungi of 2010, in Serbia, T. tinca is a strictly protected species, while C. carpio, E. lucius, S. glanis, S. lucioperca and A. ruthenus are listed as protected.
On the basis of the 2009 Fisheries Law in Serbia, permanently closed fishing season was introduced for tench, and closed season in certain periods and fishing ban for individuals under the prescribed size for the rest of the above mentioned species.
A. ruthenus is subject to the Law on Ratification of Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), ANNEX II and is listed in the category of species that may be in danger of extinction. Furthermore, it can be found on the IUCN Red List of Endangered Species of the International Union for Conservation of Nature – VU, which means that it is marked as vulnerable.
Keywords
economically important fish species; the River Danube; flood zones; threatened fish species
Hrčak ID:
97753
URI
Publication date:
31.1.2012.
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