Chapter 26
Conservation Status of the Fish Fauna
in the Danube Delta Marine Zone
Carmen Georgeta Nicolae, Magda Ioana Nenciu, Valodia Maximov,
Dana Popa, Monica Marin, and Mihaela Ivancia
Abstract Establishing the necessary measures for the conservation of habitats and
species of the Marine Zone of the Danube Delta (ROSCI 0066) is based on the
assessment of their current conservation status. Conservation measures instituted
aimed at maintaining or restoring the species and habitats for which the site was
designated, at an appropriate stage of conservation. The marine protected area
ROSCI 0066 (overlapping the Danube Delta – marine zone) is a national protected
area within the Natura 2000 European ecological network (Habitats Directive
92/43/EEC, Romanian Government Emergency Ordinance 57/2007, Minister’s of
Environment, Water and Forests Order no. 46/2016), and also has the status of
Ramsar and UNESCO site. The overall assessment of the conservation status of
marine species and habitats derived from Annex E (V) matrix of the EC official
reporting format. It was performed for marine fish species of Community interest,
whose presence is certain and confirmed by research in the marine protected area’s
perimeter. According to the results, Alosa immaculata Bennet, 1835 (Pontic shad)
and Alosa tanaica Grimm, 1901 (Black Sea shad) have a favorable conservation
status; Huso huso Linnaeus, 1758 (Beluga) and Acipenser stellatus Pallas, 1771
(Starry sturgeon) have an unfavorable conservation status – inadequate U1, while
Acipenser gueldenstaedtii Brandt and Ratzeburg 1833 (Danube sturgeon) – unfavorable conservation status – bad U2. Assessing the conservation status of marine
fish species contributes to the development of good management measures for
biodiversity conservation in the marine protected area (MPA).
C.G. Nicolae • D. Popa • M. Marin
University of Agronomic Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Bucharest, 59 Marasti Blvd,
District 1, Bucharest 011464, Romania
e-mail: carmennicolae19@yahoo.com
M.I. Nenciu (*) • V. Maximov
National Institute for Marine Research and Development “Grigore Antipa” Constanta, 300
Mamaia Blvd, Constanta 3 RO 900581, Romania
e-mail: magdalena.nenciu@gmail.com
M. Ivancia
“Ion Ionescu de la Brad” University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Iasi,
3 Mihail Sadoveanu Alley, Iasi 700490, Romania
© Springer International Publishing AG 2018
C.W. Finkl, C. Makowski (eds.), Diversity in Coastal Marine Sciences, Coastal
Research Library 23, DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-57577-3_26
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Conservation Status of the Fish Fauna
in the Danube Delta Marine Zone
Carmen Georgeta Nicolae, Magda Ioana Nenciu, Valodia Maximov,
Dana Popa, Monica Marin, and Mihaela Ivancia
Abstract Establishing the necessary measures for the conservation of habitats and
species of the Marine Zone of the Danube Delta (ROSCI 0066) is based on the
assessment of their current conservation status. Conservation measures instituted
aimed at maintaining or restoring the species and habitats for which the site was
designated, at an appropriate stage of conservation. The marine protected area
ROSCI 0066 (overlapping the Danube Delta – marine zone) is a national protected
area within the Natura 2000 European ecological network (Habitats Directive
92/43/EEC, Romanian Government Emergency Ordinance 57/2007, Minister’s of
Environment, Water and Forests Order no. 46/2016), and also has the status of
Ramsar and UNESCO site. The overall assessment of the conservation status of
marine species and habitats derived from Annex E (V) matrix of the EC official
reporting format. It was performed for marine fish species of Community interest,
whose presence is certain and confirmed by research in the marine protected area’s
perimeter. According to the results, Alosa immaculata Bennet, 1835 (Pontic shad)
and Alosa tanaica Grimm, 1901 (Black Sea shad) have a favorable conservation
status; Huso huso Linnaeus, 1758 (Beluga) and Acipenser stellatus Pallas, 1771
(Starry sturgeon) have an unfavorable conservation status – inadequate U1, while
Acipenser gueldenstaedtii Brandt and Ratzeburg 1833 (Danube sturgeon) – unfavorable conservation status – bad U2. Assessing the conservation status of marine
fish species contributes to the development of good management measures for
biodiversity conservation in the marine protected area (MPA).
C.G. Nicolae • D. Popa • M. Marin
University of Agronomic Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Bucharest, 59 Marasti Blvd,
District 1, Bucharest 011464, Romania
e-mail: carmennicolae19@yahoo.com
M.I. Nenciu (*) • V. Maximov
National Institute for Marine Research and Development “Grigore Antipa” Constanta, 300
Mamaia Blvd, Constanta 3 RO 900581, Romania
e-mail: magdalena.nenciu@gmail.com
M. Ivancia
“Ion Ionescu de la Brad” University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Iasi,
3 Mihail Sadoveanu Alley, Iasi 700490, Romania
© Springer International Publishing AG 2018
C.W. Finkl, C. Makowski (eds.), Diversity in Coastal Marine Sciences, Coastal
Research Library 23, DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-57577-3_26
443