Qualitative inventory of fish fauna from Danube River around Cama Dinu islets

Abstract

The purpose of fish fauna inventory was to find out scientific grounds that protected species are present and need declaration of Cama Dinu islets as protected area. The inventory was undertaken in June 2004, by fish sampling, questionnaires and fishery observation. A number of 55 out of 65 species reviewed from Romanian and Bulgarian authors have found. The Danube River has valuable ecologically fish species to justify declaration of Cama Dinu islets as protected area according with Romanian Law 462/2001: 12 species which conservation need establish of protected area - annex 3); 4 species that need a strict protection - annex 4; 9 species of European Community interest that need special management measures.

Keywords

• fish
• inventory
• gill netting
• electric fishing
• protected species
• conservation