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The lake sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens), also known as the rock sturgeon, [7] is a North American temperate freshwater fish, one of about 25 species of sturgeon. Like other sturgeons, this species is a bottom feeder and has a partly cartilaginous skeleton, an overall streamlined shape, and skin bearing rows of bony plates on the sides and back.
White sturgeon (Acipenser ... and Lake Shasta in California, ... while the maximum length recorded of any age class is 6.1 m (20 ft), with common lengths around 2.1 m ...
A Maastrichtian-age fossil found in Morocco shows that ... in length. The largest sturgeon on record was a beluga female ... such as the lake sturgeon (Acipenser ...
Anglers flocked to the lake, catching thousands of sturgeon. Since 2017, anglers have taken home roughly 5,000 sturgeon. It also brought them to the small towns near the lake, like Kettle Falls ...
The agency is conducting a status review of lake sturgeon in the U.S. to determine if listing is warranted; it is scheduled to release its findings by June 30, 2024.
Jul. 17—A milestone in the restoration of the Genesee River has been reached following the collection of a spawning female lake sturgeon in the lower Genesee River for the first time in more ...
The sturgeon which spawn annually in the springtime in the Wolf River and its parent, the Fox River, between approximately April 15 and May 5, as they swim upstream from Lake Winnebago. It is estimated that the extent of the Lake Sturgeon has dropped to about one-tenth of its population in the state since year 1800.
A donation of $15 for each sturgeon released helps support the Riveredge sturgeon-rearing program. Since 2006 about 22,000 young sturgeon have been stocked in the Milwaukee harbor or river ...