3.B.2.1.d Loss or imminent loss of endangered species (fishes)
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  3.B.3)

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

See also

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