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Fishing for lake sturgeon in Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan is not a threat to the ancient species, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) concluded in its decision not to list the giant fish ...
Endangered species designation could have eliminated sturgeon spearing in Wisconsin. Concerns over a possible listing led a bipartisan group of Wisconsin elected officials in December to write a ...
A group of Wisconsin congressional reps issued a statement urging lake sturgeon in the state be exempt from a potential endangered species listing. ... the agency list the lake sturgeon range-wide ...
[50] [51] [52] Some species of sturgeon are extinct, and several are on the verge of extinction, including the Chinese sturgeon, [53] the highly prized beluga sturgeon, [54] and the Alabama sturgeon. [55] Many species are classified as threatened or endangered, with noticeable declines in sturgeon populations as the demand for caviar increases.
The Gulf sturgeon was first recognized as a separate subspecies in 1955. The nominate subspecies is the Atlantic sturgeon, A. o. oxyrinchus. [5] The Gulf sturgeon is listed as threatened under the United States Endangered Species Act, having been listed in 1991.
[3] [36] Pallid sturgeon were previously considered a prized trophy game fish species, until their numbers declined and they were placed on the endangered species list. All captured pallid sturgeon must now be released back to the wild. The species was known for being very palatable and the roe from females was used as caviar. [11]
The Beluga sturgeon is an example of a critically endangered species. Their wild populations have been reduced due to overharvesting for its caviar . The current extinction crisis is witnessing extinction rates that are occurring at a faster rate than that of the natural extinction rate.
After centuries of overfishing, the sturgeon, once prized for its caviar, was classified an endangered species in 2012. The Endangered Species Act prohibits the taking of sturgeon but allows for ...