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href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="return false;" - 14 Feb 2010 The News JournalShortnose and Atlantic sturgeon have become a particular concern. The big, bony-backed fish roam along the bottoms of large, deep tidal rivers. ... href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="return false;" - Feb 3, 2010 The Chesapeake Bay JournalMore than 400 years ago, Atlantic sturgeon helped to save the starving colonists at Jamestown, who discovered that the giant fish were a ... href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="return false;" - Feb 4, 2010 The Flat HatResearch conducted by VIMS has helped to restore Atlantic sturgeon to the James River. The James River Association, ... href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="return false;" - Jan 26, 2010 The Virginian-Pilot...(Mary Reid Barrow | Special to The Virginian-Pilot) By Scott Harper The Atlantic sturgeon, a prehistoric fish that can reach 14 feet and weigh as much as ... href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="return false;" - Jan 28, 2010 WHSVState regulators are hoping an artificial reef in the James River will help restore the population of the Atlantic sturgeon. On Tuesday, the Virginia Marine ... href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="return false;" - Jan 24, 2010 NJ.comUsing gill nets, they caught 63 Atlantic sturgeon and tagged 27; they caught 14 shortnose sturgeon and tagged six. Shortnose sturgeon are listed federally ... href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="return false;" - Feb 3, 2010 Bethany Beach WaveBrown said they decimated the menhaden population, as the caviar industry in the bay had done to Atlantic sturgeon decades earlier. ... href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="return false;" - Jan 21, 2010 The Free Press (press release)Shortnose sturgeon are also found in Maine, specifically in the Penobscot and Kennebec rivers, as are Atlantic sturgeon. Shortnose sturgeon are listed as an ... href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="return false;" - Jan 26, 2010 Richmond Times Dispatch...be the first artificial reef in the Chesapeake Bay watershed aimed at restoring the Atlantic sturgeon, a prehistoric fish now struggling to survive. ... href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="return false;" - Jan 29, 2010 Sussex CountianThere is also concern over the fact that the Delaware River is a breeding ground for the Atlantic sturgeon, which is listed as endangered in the Tri-State ... href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="return false;" - Jan 20, 2010 Today's Trucking NewsREXTON, NB -- Two of Atlantic Canada's most popular and respected trucking carriers have joined forces in a deal that is said to make both companies ... Businessman shares his sturgeon knowledge - Aug 3, 2009 Telegraph-JournalDuring the peak migration season for Atlantic sturgeon, the 11 nets set out are replete with the prehistoric fish - among the oldest species in the world. Sturgeon resurgence in Lake Erie - Jul 18, 2009 Pittsburgh Post GazetteAtlantic sturgeon live in the ocean from Labrador to the Gulf of Mexico, some spawn in the Delaware River. Short-nosed sturgeon live in Delaware Bay, Wayward Manatee Surfaces In Havre de Grace: Boat Cautiously 'Til ... - Jul 21, 2009 The DaggerThis wasn'ta dusky shark, like the one once caught by a fisherman off the Promenade, or an Atlantic sturgeon, like the 8-foot long specimen that once washed New strategic plan for Lake Champlain adopted - Jul 29, 2009 Vermont Public RadioAP Photo/Toby Talbot (Host) For the first time in 30 years, a new strategic plan for managing fish populations in Lake Champlain has been adopted. Below the surface: A variety of creatures call the bay their home - Feb 18, 2009 Maryland Gazette,There also are Atlantic sturgeon, which are nearly extinct. With a long snout, flat belly and armor-like “scutes� on their topsides, sturgeon have remained Our Bay: Below the surface - Feb 13, 2009 Annapolis Capital,There also are Atlantic sturgeon, which are nearly extinct. With a long snout, flat belly and armor-like "scutes" on their topsides, sturgeon have remained What price will we pay for building Jasper port? - Feb 19, 2009 Hilton Head Island Packet,Endangered species that will be affected include shortnose sturgeon, Atlantic sturgeon, manatees, four species of sea turtles (leatherbacks, loggerheads, Hudson River programs are vital to region's well-being - Feb 19, 2009 Lower Hudson Journal news,It manages programs to restore key species, such as striped bass and Atlantic sturgeon, and it's spearheading the region's approach to combating global Andro Salmon - Feb 12, 2009 MaineToday.com,On August 2, 2008, fifteen Atlantic salmon climbed the ladder and passed the dam at Brunswick, next to the Cabot Mill, and swam up the Androscoggin River. Fisheries collapse imperils developing nations - Feb 5, 2009 The West Australian,Fisheries are already suffering from over-exploitation of fish stocks with the extinction of the Atlantic sturgeon in the US's Chesapeake Bay. Discovery Center aquarium to feature sturgeon - Nov 6, 2008 Bethany Beach Wave,The featured fish will be the Atlantic sturgeon, a unique species that would have come up the Pocomoke River to spawn and was commercially fished in the How many fish in the sea? - Nov 2, 2008 Cape May County Herald,The team also tags all sharks and Atlantic sturgeon. All this information is needed for accurate stock assessment. This fall the average net catch is Students test their mettle - Nov 3, 2008 Metro Canada - Halifax,Now they’re harvesting caviar roe from wild Atlantic sturgeon and selling it to restaurants across Canada for $80 to $100 an ounce, while seeking $6 million Bling on sharks pings research data - Sep 16, 2008 The News Journal,By MOLLY MURRAY • The News Journal • September 16, 2008 The most valuable fish in Delaware Bay aren't the protected and rare, caviar-rich Atlantic sturgeon Gone Fishin' : Fishing news bouillabaisse provides column fodder - Sep 3, 2008 Martha's Vineyard Times,Shortnose and Atlantic sturgeon were once found all along the East Coast. The shortnose sturgeon is the only federally endangered freshwater fish in New 40% of Freshwater Fish Imperiled - Sep 9, 2008 Daily Green...did not mention the threats, but overfishing is also a problem for some fish, particularly diadromous fish like American shad and Atlantic sturgeon. Barges plan meets opposition - Aug 30, 2008 Richmond Times Dispatch,That part of the James also is described as spawning territory for Atlantic sturgeon. "It's contemptible that Vulcan would pursue this application," said Moored barges sought on river - Sep 1, 2008 Washington Times,The refuge includes a bald eagle nest, and the river is a breeding area for Atlantic sturgeon. "It's contemptible that Vulcan would pursue this application Sturgeon Sightings Picking Up - Aug 6, 2008 RedOrbit,As we reported on Saturday, the folks up at the University of Maine have been studying shortnose and Atlantic sturgeon for the past couple of years, Sturgeon Study Nears End of First Phase Research to Determine ... - Aug 4, 2008 RedOrbit,Shortnose sturgeon are listed as endangered, while the federal government considers Atlantic sturgeon a "species of special concern. Atlantic Sturgeon returns to the James River. - Jul 23, 2008 Village News,This was just about the same time their populations dropped dramatically in the James, according to Atlantic Sturgeon landing records. Tracing the first steps of American sturgeon pioneers in Europe - Jul 29, 2008 7thSpace Interactive (press release),A Baltic population of Atlantic sturgeon was founded ~1200 years ago by migrants from North America, but after centuries of persistence, the population was Fish species on the decline - Aug 2, 2008 Lower Hudson Journal news,Alewives and Atlantic sturgeon seem to be holding their own, the latter possibly rebounding from rock-bottom population numbers in the early 1990s. Bangor Festival to Celebrate Penobscot River - Jul 21, 2008 RedOrbit,As an example, Zydlewski recounted how she was fishing for stripers with her young son on the Penobscot recently when an enormous Atlantic sturgeon, No Real Threat: Shark Experts Seek to Calm the Public Fears - Jul 18, 2008 Martha's Vineyard Gazette,...“An Atlantic sturgeon breaches and they sometimes breach off Chappaquiddick and East Beach. These big fish can be nine feet in length. Once Again, the Hudson Is at a Turning Point - Jul 18, 2008 New York Times,There is a moratorium on catching Atlantic sturgeon, whose population was so robust in the Hudson Valley around the turn of the 20th century that it was Creating a transport superhighway - Apr 19, 2008 TheChronicleHerald.ca,By TOM PETERS Business Reporter MONCTON — Peter Vigue wants trucks hauling containers from Nova Scotia ports to be on a billion-dollar east-west highway Reclaiming New York's Blighted Waters - Apr 6, 2008 Gotham Gazette,Most dramatic is New York Harbor's own Atlantic sturgeon - an armor-plated, toothless behemoth that evolved during the reign of the dinosaurs, Musick honored for lifetime opus - Feb 4, 2008 William and Mary News,Musick's studies of coastal fish have contributed to management plans for summer flounder, Atlantic sturgeon, and black sea bass. He also established a fish » Sturgeon Need Water Below Dam - Nov 1, 2007 WXIA-TV,...we were able to both manage for the local human use as well as for, in this case, Atlantic sturgeon in the Savannah River," Herrington said. Women's Club dedicated to service - Nov 11, 2007 Charlotte Observer,The first stop will be a visit to the new La Paz Group Atlantic sturgeon farm. In a 200000-gallon system of tanks about a quarter mile from the Yadkin River One in three European freshwater fish threatened - Nov 7, 2007 Practical Fishkeeping,...every 20 years on average and for which current populations are at about 5 per cent of the level in the 1970s; the Atlantic sturgeon (Acipenser sturio), Guardian of the loch - Sep 24, 2007 Edmonton Sun,Shine's favourite hypothesis for the "strange fish" sightings of the 19th century is that a giant Atlantic sturgeon made it into Loch Ness through the Horn Point Lab Open House - Oct 3, 2007 The Chesapeake Bay Journal,More than 40 activities are planned for all ages, and visitors can tour the Aquaculture and Restoration Ecology Lab; see Atlantic sturgeon that are a part How many fish in the sea? - Oct 7, 2007 The News Journal,A species Fox and his graduate students study is the Atlantic sturgeon -- once an important commercial species in the Delaware River. Blame the drought - Sep 25, 2007 News & Observer,The dam's removal opens more miles for return of shad, herring, striped bass and Atlantic sturgeon in the Neuse River basin. The natural river has been Chesapeake Bay's Habitats Threatened By Global Warming - Sep 28, 2007 Science Daily (press release)...“For anglers, increasing temperatures could mean fewer rockfish, Atlantic sturgeon, soft-shelled clams and winter flounder. For waterfowl enthusiasts Family survives night with gators - Sep 22, 2007 Augusta Chronicle (subscription),It was an Atlantic sturgeon, one of the river's 300 million-year-old residents - and a rare sight unto itself. As it nearly leaped out of the water, Experiment fails to breed sturgeon - Jul 28, 2007 Baltimore Sun,An initial effort to breed a rare Atlantic sturgeon caught in the Chesapeake Bay has fallen short, but scientists leading the effort promise not to give up. Lock yourself in for a canal cruise - Aug 10, 2007 Sydney Morning Herald,He believes if there is a big fish it may be an Atlantic sturgeon. He is keen to de-Nessie Loch Ness but he admits there is an enduring mystery: "If a Thin may be in, but fatter is the norm - Aug 7, 2007 Science Daily (press release)...full article Atlantic sturgeon -- The Atlantic sturgeon is a member of the Acipenseridae family and is among one of the oldest fish species in the world. Long-Living Sharks Full of Pollutants - Aug 3, 2007 Discovery ChannelCould one Atlantic sturgeon help replenish local populations of the ancient species? Jorge Ribas gets the tale. The shark samples came from 10 females that 'Living Fossil' Fish Hooked in Asia - Jul 31, 2007 Discovery ChannelCould one Atlantic sturgeon help replenish local populations of the ancient species? Jorge Ribas gets the tale. That catch astonished ichtyologists, Shark Blood Constantly Shifting - Jul 31, 2007 Discovery ChannelCould one Atlantic sturgeon help replenish local populations of the ancient species? Jorge Ribas gets the tale. The first involves water entry through the Great White 'Secret' Sex Spot Found? - Aug 6, 2007 Discovery ChannelCould one Atlantic sturgeon help replenish local populations of the ancient species? Jorge Ribas gets the tale. Weng and his team analyzed satellite Having the Shark Fin Soup? Think Twice - Aug 2, 2007 Discovery ChannelCould one Atlantic sturgeon help replenish local populations of the ancient species? Jorge Ribas gets the tale. "With fewer sharks around, the species they The Real 'Jaws' Now in 3-D - Jul 30, 2007 Discovery ChannelCould one Atlantic sturgeon help replenish local populations of the ancient species? Jorge Ribas gets the tale. Huber was quick to add, however, Officials seek $3.5M for Hawkinsville land off Ocmulgee River - Aug 5, 2007 Macon Telegraph,Atlantic sturgeon as large as 100 or 200 pounds congregate in the river near Hawkinsville because of cooler water temperatures, which could be caused by German rivers repopulated with sturgeon Oct 31, 2006 ...full story. Atlantic sturgeon -- The Atlantic sturgeon is a member of the Acipenseridae family and is among one of the oldest fish species in the world. ... - Science Daily (press release) German rivers repopulated with sturgeon Oct 31, 2006 BERLIN, Germany (UPI) -- Atlantic sturgeon from Canada are being transported to Germany for reintroduction into that nation`s rivers. ... - Monsters and Critics.com, Mystery of Florida's Giant Jumping Sturgeon Solved? Oct 30, 2006 Sulak said. A subspecies of the Atlantic sturgeon, Gulf sturgeons are found in the coastal rivers of the Gulf of Mexico. The Suwannee ... - National Geographic, Students Learn a Lot From Gowanus’ Green Water Nov 3, 2006 Right here in NY Harbor, our urban estuary is a migration route for one of the world’s oldest and rare living dinosaurs, the Atlantic Sturgeon. ... - Carroll Gardens/Cobble Hill Courier, Lynch asks DEM to put a stop to dredging plan Nov 14, 2006 ...and mercury and the potentially devastating effects of dredging on dwindling populations of winter flounder, herring, tautog, Atlantic sturgeon and other fish. ... - Providence Journal, German rivers repopulated with sturgeon Oct 31, 2006 Atlantic sturgeon from Canada are being transported to Germany for reintroduction into that nation's rivers. User rating You need ... - PhysOrg.com, German rivers repopulated with sturgeon Oct 31, 2006 Atlantic sturgeon from Canada are being transported to Germany for reintroduction into that nation's rivers. A test batch of aquarium ... - StTammany.com, World Fisheries Risk Collapse by 2048, Scientists Say (Update1) Nov 3, 2006 Examples of regional extinctions that have taken place include the loss of the bluefin tuna in the Baltic Sea, the Atlantic sturgeon in Chesapeake Bay, and of ... - Bloomberg World Fisheries Risk Collapse by 2048, Scientists Say (Update2) Nov 3, 2006 These include the bluefin tuna in the Baltic Sea, the Atlantic sturgeon in the US East Coast's Chesapeake Bay, and the gray whale, Atlantic salmon and European ... - Bloomberg Catch ’Striper Saturday’, April 8th Mar 27, 2006 The Outdoor World Aquarium is stocked with trophy-size stripers, largemouth bass and even a rare Atlantic sturgeon. Fish feeding will take place at 11:15 am. ... FishingWorld.com, There's hope to restore shad migration Feb 25, 2006 ...the Savannah River are the shortnose sturgeon, a federally endangered fish that takes seven years to reach spawning maturity; the Atlantic sturgeon, which can ... 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