Posts for tag "Sturgeon"
Satellite Tags And Great Lakes Research
Lean and siscowet trout in Lake Superior will be the first fish in the Great Lakes to feature satellite technology. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Michigan Department of Natural Resources are equipping the two...
- Posted April 25, 2022
Rearing Facility Proposed To Add Lake Sturgeon To Maumee River
In the 1800s, lake sturgeon were so plentiful in Lake Erie that they were seen as a nuisance. Commercial fishing crews wanted them gone because they were so large and strong that they could essentially destroy most...
- Posted April 8, 2016
Missouri River study finds anoxic zones behind disappearing pallid sturgeon
The pallid sturgeon is a relict of the dinosaur age, but in the upper Missouri River basin, they seem to be going the way of those terrible lizards. Juvenile sturgeon haven’t been spotted in the region since...
- Posted February 11, 2015
California study’s refundable tags motivate anglers to report sturgeon catches
If you’re targeting white sturgeon in California, chances are you’re not having much luck. According to Marty Gingras, program manager at the state’s Department of Fish and Wildlife, it takes the average angler about 50 hours of...
- Posted December 1, 2014
Michigan lake sturgeon stocking aims to restore culturally important Great Lakes fish
All bony plates and ridges, sometimes topping six feet and 200 pounds, the lake sturgeon swimming around the Great Lakes today look about the same as the ones that lived alongside the Cretacean dinosaurs more than 136...
- Posted October 28, 2014
Tagged fish to guide habitat restoration in Huron-Erie corridor
The Huron-Erie Corridor, consisting of the St. Clair River, Lake St. Clair and the Detroit River, is a regular spawning site for many fish species in the Great Lakes. But dredging operations to increase shipping navigability through...
- Posted July 15, 2014
