Shortnose sturgeon were once numerous in the Connecticut River watershed, before widespread habitat loss and the construction of large dams. (Cody Meshes, U.S. Fish And Wildlife Service via ...

Atlantic and shortnose sturgeon supported a "thriving and profitable fishery for caviar, smoked meat, and oil" in the mid-1800s, according to the NOAA. Towards the end of the century, sturgeons ...

GREENFIELD — For decades, it was assumed the federally endangered shortnose sturgeon did not live upstream of the Turners Falls dam on the Connecticut River, although two confirmed sightings in ...

Revival of a River Dance. Endangered Shortnose Sturgeon Rebounds in N.Y.'s Hudson. October 1, 2000. By Cheryl Lyn Dybas Cheryl Lyn Dybas ...

The Connecticut River is home to an ancient denizen of the deep, the shortnose sturgeon. The fish is a kind of living fossil, perhaps one of the oldest animals. Some scientists think sturgeon date ...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, a division of the U.S Department of Commerce, published “Recovery Plan for the Shortnose Sturgeon” in December 1998.

His decades as principal investigator for Connecticut River shortnose sturgeon research at Conte Lab ultimately led to his lead authorship of “Life History and Behaviour of the Connecticut River ...

The shortnose sturgeon has been considered endangered since 1967 and was previously thought to live only as far north in the Connecticut River as Turners Falls, Mass. Search Query Show Search.

There are two species of sturgeon that live in Maine: The Atlantic sturgeon and the shortnose sturgeon. Atlantic sturgeon are larger, sometimes reaching a weight of 800 pounds and measuring up to ...

The shortnose sturgeon still exists 75 years after the dam created “adverse” environmental issues, the report states, and conditions should improve with proposed changes.