Stock estimates for pike-perch from Russia are being conducted, but unfortunately are not readily available to the public. It seems that overfishing is happening. Illegal IUUIUU:
Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated fishing. fishing also plays a role in this fishery, although the extent of this is not known.
Fishing with [beach seines], paired seines and gill nets produces little by-catch of endangered species or unwanted fish species. However, actual catch data are not known. However, relatively many undersized pike-perch are caught in this fishery, despite the minimum landing size that has been set.