Working on the IUCN Red List re-assessment of the Eurasian sturgeon species in Shanghai. Unfortunately the situation has gotten worse: of 19 species in Europe and Asia one species became extinct since the last assessment and five more are on the very brink of being extinct in the wild. Without concerted action now, including a stop of poaching, restoration of habitat and supportive releases it is clear that the next assessment in ten years will be way worse than today.