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Alternate common names include: Pacific sturgeon, Oregon sturgeon, Columbia sturgeon, Snake River sturgeon and Sacramento sturgeon. The specific name is derived from the Latin words acipenser (sturgeon), trans (over or beyond), and montanus (mountain). [7] A white sturgeon at the Monterey Bay Aquarium, California
The size range that anglers can keep — called a slot limit — has been tightened, now at 53 to 63 inches. This year, WDFW shifted the season to the fall to ease pressure on the remaining wild fish.
The poachers had harvested 1.65 tons of caviar from nearly 2,000 white sturgeon that were poached from the Columbia River. The caviar was estimated to be worth around $2 million. WDFW busted another ring in 2003, and conducted an undercover sting operation in 2006–2007 that resulted in 17 successful attempts out of a total of 19. [49]
The Columbia River (Upper Chinook: ... White sturgeon, ... is also similar in size to the Columbia at their confluence. Compared to the Columbia River above the two ...
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This is a list of rivers in the continental United States by average discharge (streamflow) in cubic feet per second. All rivers with average discharge more than 15,000 cubic feet per second are listed.
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The largest freshwater fish in the Rocky Mountains (and North America) is also in trouble. The white sturgeon historically ranged from the mouth of the Columbia River to the Kootenai River upstream to Kootenai Falls, Montana. The Kootenai River population of the white sturgeon is unstable and declining in size; fewer than 1,000 remain, 80% are ...