lake sturgeon
acipenser fulvescens latin

The lower river is an important spawning ground for lake sturgeon.

At one time, the river was an important spawning area for lake sturgeon.

The lake sturgeon doesn't reach sexual maturity until its third decade of life.

A limited lake sturgeon ice fishing season is permitted in the winter.

The main production was caviar, taken from the eggs of lake sturgeon.

Lake sturgeon are an endangered species and must be released upon catching them.

This method is often used for lake sturgeon fishing.

Furthermore, more threatened species such as the lake sturgeon are taking priority in conservation efforts.

The spearfishing season for lake sturgeon is in February.

Lake sturgeon is a Species at Risk in the prairie provinces.

Lake sturgeon are rarely caught in the modern era, but they do play a role in the history of the park.

Lake sturgeon have always been an important resource for people living along the lower Saskatchewan River.

It contains fish like trout and lake sturgeon.

The abundance of lake sturgeon made the area around Niles famous in the mid-to late-1800s.

Consider the Lake Sturgeon as but one example.

Like most sturgeons, the lake sturgeon is rare now, and is protected in many areas.

The lake sturgeon has four purely sensory organs that dangle near its mouth.

However, several species, such as the eel and lake sturgeon, are not able to survive the turbines of the dam.

It is estimated that the extent of the lake sturgeon has dropped to about one-tenth of its population in the state since year 1800.

Lake sturgeon are huge fish-they can grow up to three meters long and exceed 190 kg in weight.

Occasionally, the lake sturgeon's dark form can be discerned in reedy shallows or near river mouths.

Lake sturgeons can grow to a relatively large size, topping six feet (two meters) long and weighing nearly 200 pounds (90 kilograms).

Among them are lake sturgeon, mud turtles, ospreys, cricket frogs and timber rattlesnakes.

The best known species of fish in this section of the Winnipeg River System is the lake sturgeon.

Other lake sturgeon protection methods include:

The lake sturgeon here (Acipenser fulvescens Rafinesque) can grow to more than eight feet in length.

Acipenser fulvescens (Lake sturgeon)

The lake sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens) is a North American temperate freshwater fish, one of about 25 species of sturgeon.

However, some species have evolved purely freshwater existences, such as the lake sturgeon ('Acipenser fulvescens') and the Baikal sturgeon ('A.

Wolf Lake is home to the endangered Lake sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens) and the threatened Banded killifish (Fundulus diaphanus).

During the winter research in Wisconsin scientists observed species of game fish, such as lake sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens), that were caught by area spear fishermen for any lampreys or scars.