The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation announced Friday new research that estimates the population of endangered shortnose sturgeon in the Hudson River to be nearly 70,000 ...

Sturgeon are ancient fish that have been around for 201 million years, giving them the title of “modern fossils” quite easily. They usually live in freshwater, but some species feed in brackish ...

Atlantic and shortnose sturgeon may be captured using gill nets, trammel nets, or trawls, measured, weighed, tagged (PIT, Floy, T-bar), biologically sampled (tissue), and photographed/videoed. A ...