Baltic Sturgeon (Atlantic Sturgeon)
Acipenser oxyrinchus
DE: Ostsee-Stör (Baltischer Stör)
- Maximum Size
- 300 cm
- Waters
- 0
Distinguishing Features
Five rows of bony scutes, pointed snout with four barbels, shark-like tail; hardly separable from the European sturgeon externally but clearly distinct genetically.
Habitat
Anadromous migrant of the Baltic Sea and its tributaries; once spawned in the Oder and Vistula. Went extinct in Germany in the 1960s; an Oder reintroduction programme (Brandenburg) has been running since 2007.
Red List Germany
0 · Extinct or missingNo longer occurs in the wild in Germany, or has not been found for a long time.
- Red List of freshwater fish:
- Freyhof et al. 2023 · Rote-Liste-Zentrum
- IUCN global:
- VU · Vulnerable
Fishing rules by federal state
Can I keep it?| Federal state | Minimum size | Closed season | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brandenburg | Protected year-round | ||
Not yet researched here — see the ordinance of: Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, Berlin, Bremen, Hamburg, Hesse, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Lower Saxony, North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, Schleswig-Holstein, Thuringia
Statewide rules for anglers as of 24 Oct 2026, without guarantee. Clubs and waters can set stricter rules; the ordinance text is binding.
Waters
Map: Natural Earth (public domain); © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
Historically present (extinct)
Expected in these federal states
Expected occurrence, modelled from each water's fish zones, habitat type and the federal states the species lives in, and checked against GBIF records — not a record of observations.