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The fish, tagged and released by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service crew, was about 7 feet long, one of the largest lake sturgeon caught in United States.
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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.
Any of these fish caught, must be photographed, then returned to the water immediately. Note 2 - Siberian Sturgeon (Acipenser baerii) and Huchen (Danube salmon) (Hucho hucho)are listed as Endangered species (IUCN) status by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). Any of these fish caught, must be photographed, then returned ...
Sturgeon spearing is a Wisconsin tradition since 1932, but 1969 and 1973 are tied for the worst harvests, with eight fish each. ... The largest sturgeon caught that year didn't crack 100 pounds ...
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] During the 19th century, the US was the global leader in caviar production, having cornered 90% of the world's caviar trade ...
In June 2022, it was reported that a specimen caught in the Mekong river had broken the record for the largest strict freshwater fish ever documented (the largest sturgeon species can far exceed this size, but they are anadromous). The individual weighed 661 lb (300 kg), and was measured at 3.98 m (13.1 ft) long and 2.2 m (7.2 ft) wide.
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