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| Taxon | Population size and geographic range | Current legal status of protection | Main threats | Information gaps | Proposed measures in situ / ex situ | Implementing authority | Operational targets | Costs |
| Gobiidae (20 species, 10 commercial, all endemic) |
20 % of reference level, NWS | Few species protected, 10 exploited | Hypoxia on bottom, destruction of breeding grounds (sand covering stony substrates for eggs) | Well studied group | More artificial reefs needed (see Full protection in breeding seasons |
Ministries of EP and Ministries of Fisheries of Ukraine and Romania | Restore endemic population by 2005, including commercial and recreational species | See section on aquaculture |
| 3.B.2.1 | Protection of endangered species | |
| 3.B.2.1.a | Loss or imminent loss of endangered species (bottom plant community) | |
| 3.B.2.1.b | Loss or imminent loss of endangered species (mollusks) | |
| 3.B.2.1.c | Loss or imminent loss of endangered species (bottom crustaceans) | |
| 3.B.2.1.e | Loss or imminent loss of endangered species (wetland communities) | |
| 3.B.2.1.f | Loss or imminent loss of endangered species (marine mammals) | |
| 2.B.2 | Loss or imminent loss of endangered species in the Black Sea and its wetlands | |
| 3.B.1 | Fisheries Issues |