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Lake Sturgeon in Great Lakes: Exploring the ancient fish that resides in Michigan

When thinking of the lake sturgeon, some liken the fish to a living fossil. It grows scales, can live over a hundred years, ...
Post-Bulletin

Weiss: A state record for an ancient fish

Sturgeon, and sturgeon fishing, is having a resurgence in southern Minnesota. That includes what should be a state catch-and-release record shovelnose sturgeon, caught on Oct. 24. Trish Johnson of ...
WSMV

Wildlife and utility agencies continue efforts to restore ancient fish in Tennessee waterways

GALLATIN, Tenn. (WSMV) - A multi-agency operation to bolster the sturgeon population in Tennessee’s waterways continued this month with a survey in Sumner County. The Tennessee Valley Authority and ...
Capital Public Radio

A ‘living fossil’ at risk: California’s white sturgeon population continues to decline

The sturgeon is an ancient and iconic species of fish. Long and bony, with a body covered in armored plates known as scutes, the sturgeon has been called a “living fossil” with evolutionary roots ...
Detroit Free Press

Michigan DNR proposes new season to catch Great Lakes region's largest fish, lake sturgeon

Michigan wildlife managers, along with their counterparts in Wisconsin, are proposing to add a catch and immediate release season for lake sturgeon on the Menominee River. The Michigan DNR is also ...
The State

Rare prehistoric, endangered fish washes ashore on SC coast. Here’s where, what we know

A prehistoric visitor, a sturgeon fish, washed ashore on Hilton Head on Nov. 19, baffling beach goers around Islanders Beach Club. Photographed by John Billings, vacationer from Tennessee. Courtesy of ...