(CITES) is an international agreement signed by 180 nations designed to ensure that international trade in animals and plants does not threaten their survival in the wild. The treaty was drafted in Washington, D.C. In 1973 and entered into force in 1975. The Kaluga is protected by APPENDIX II OF CITES Habitat Appendix II includes species that although currently not threatened with extinction, may become so without trade controls. Regulated trade is allowed provided that the exporting country issues a permit based on findings that the specimens were legally acquired, and the trade will not be detrimental to the survival of the species or its role in the ecosystem. Soviet Union Law The majority of conservation measures historically were directed to control local and national fisheries. Commercial sturgeon fishing was prohibited in the Soviet Union during the periods 1923-1930, 1958-1976 and from 1984 to the present (Vaisman and Fomenko 2007). The Kaluga Sturgeon was listed in Appendix II of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) in 1998. References Jeremy Wade's River Monsters: "Russian Killer" "Kaluga Sturgeon (Huso Dauricus) - Office of Protected Resources - NOAA Fisheries." Kaluga Sturgeon (Huso Dauricus) - Office of Protected Resources - NOAA Fisheries. N.p., 2 June 2014. Web. 23 Oct. 2014. "Descriptions and Articles about the River Beluga (Huso Dauricus)". Encyclopedia of Life. N.p., n.d. Web. 23 Oct. 2014. "Huso Dauricus." (Kaluga). N.p., n.d. Web. 23 Oct. 2014. "CITES." :: NOAA Fisheries. N.p., n.d. Web. 23 Oct. 2014. Troshin, Alexei. "Kaluga." (Huso Dauricus). N.p., n.d. Web. 23 Oct. 2014. "All Fishing Buy, Kaluga Sturgeon Fish Identification, Habitats, Fishing Methods, Fish Characteristics." N.p., n.d. Web. 23 Oct. 2014. External links Khabarovsk Krai Government site - Tourism and Recreation - Kaluga fish (with picture) Khabarovsk Regional Lore Museum (with picture) Kaluga and Amure sturgeon habitat map (from WWF) Appendix II Kaluga Kaluga Sturgeon fish identification, its habitats, characteristics, fishing methods Sturgeons Fish of Russia Fish described in 1775 Taxa named by Johann Gottlieb Georgi