According to the DSTF Rules of Procedure from 2018, its aim is to coordinate and foster the conservation and revival of native sturgeons (Acipenseridae) in the Danube River Basin and the adjacent Black Sea by the implementation of such Plans and Strategies as the Sturgeon Action Plan adopted under the Bern Convention in 2005, the Program Sturgeon 2020 or the ICPDR Sturgeon Strategy.