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James Knox Sturgeon (5 November 1844 – 19 August 1899) was a private of the United States Army who was awarded the Medal of Honor for gallantry during the American Civil War. He was awarded the medal on 2 January 1895 for actions performed at the Battle of Kenesaw Mountain on 15 June 1864.
This long, lizard-like creature called the Crosswick Monster has only been spotted once in Ohio, but has left its marks permanent after attacking two boys in 1882.
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.
Globally, sturgeon fisheries are of great value, primarily as a source for caviar, but also for flesh. [42] Several species of sturgeon are harvested for their roe which is processed into caviar—a delicacy, and the reason why caviar-producing sturgeons are among the most valuable and endangered of all wildlife resources. [43]
The decision ends the Arizona-based Center of Biological Diversity's petition filed in May 2018 asking the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to list lake sturgeon as endangered or threatened.
Sturgeon were America's vanishing dinosaurs, armor-plated beasts that crowded the nation's rivers until mankind's craving for caviar pushed them to the edge of extinction. More than a century ...
"Today’s announcement shows the power of collaborative conservation and the impact it can have for species like the lake sturgeon," Will Meeks, USFWS midwest regional director, said in a statement.
In July 2016, Sturgeon Aquafarms in Bascom, Florida, became the first and only facility in the world to obtain a permit exemption for the sale of beluga sturgeon and its caviar in the U.S. [citation needed] Since 2017, the company has assisted in beluga sturgeon repopulation efforts across the world by providing over 160,000 fertilized eggs to ...