The sturgeon is an ancient and iconic species of fish. Long and bony, with a body covered in armored plates known as scutes, the sturgeon has been called a “living fossil” with evolutionary roots ...
Killed by algae blooms and dwindling from dams and droughts, the largest freshwater fish in North America is at risk in California. Now, wildlife officials have taken the first major step toward ...
The Kootenai Tribe of Idaho raises juvenile white sturgeon at their hatchery near Bonners Ferry, Idaho. (Kate Heston/Daily Inter Lake) Ecologists describe the sturgeon as a living dinosaur. The large ...
On July 9, 1983, Joey Pallotta of Crockett, California caught the world record white sturgeon weighing 468 pounds while fishing from his boat in San Pablo Bay in Contra Costa County. His epic catch ...
If you liked this story, share it with other people. California’s green sturgeon and white sturgeon face numerous threats from dams, harmful algal blooms and overfishing. White sturgeon are highly ...
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