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Farmed White Sturgeon May Save Endangered Species  -  Mar 24, 2006
FOXNewsBOISE, Idaho — Each year, endangered white sturgeon lay millions of fertilized eggs on the silty bed of the Kootenai River in the Idaho Panhandle. ...

Caviar From Idaho Is Now on the Menu; Farm-Raised Sturgeon Ready to …  -  Nov 27, 2005
Pay-Per-View - Washington Post - ProQuest ArchiverThe caviar from the farmed white sturgeon of Idaho and central California ... [Betsy Sherrow] said white sturgeon caviar from Idaho and California farms is ...

Spearers catch rare white sturgeon on the same day  -  Feb 19, 2009
FOXNewsFOND DU LAC, Wis. — Two lucky spearers have defied the odds and caught rare white sturgeon on the same day. Department of Natural Resources biologist Ron ...

Curing sturgeon fever  -  May 2, 2005
ESPNThe white sturgeon of the West Coast is a poor man's swordfish; ... Considering that white sturgeon may grow to 40 inches in seven years (but afterwards ...

N. America's biggest fish slips toward extinction  -  Dec 17, 2009
ForbesWhite sturgeon also are found in the Columbia River, but the Kootenai population is ... And because it takes 20 or 30 years for white sturgeon to mature and ...

Outdoors Notebook | Surge in sturgeon catches means fewer for next...  -  Dec 23, 2007
Seattle TimesThe white sturgeon sport fishery in the Lower Columbia River has been set for ... In 50071 angler trips below Wauna, about 19131 white sturgeon were caught, ...

The Race to Satisfy Caviar Craving  -  Sep 27, 2006
New York TimesWhite sturgeon, grown in the United States and Italy, mature in eight. ... He is serving Agroittica's Calvisius caviar, from white sturgeon, with sea urchin ...

Sturgeon fever  -  Aug 17, 2005
ESPNThe white sturgeon of the West Coast is a poor man's swordfish. ... Considering that white sturgeon may grow to 40 inches in seven years (but afterwards ...

Decline of Columbia River white sturgeon and proposed fishing seasons...  -  Jan 30, 2010
Seattle TimesThere are plenty of issues in regards to the Columbia River sturgeon population, and state Fish and Wildlife send out an announcement about a public meeting ...

Legal-sized white sturgeon numbers reach 50-year low.  -  Jan 23, 2006
Free with registration - The Record - AccessMyLibrary.comJan. 23--The number of legal-sized white sturgeon in the Bay-Delta has dropped to a 50-year low of approximately 10000 fish, and the state Department of ...

Catching sturgeon with rod and reel an obsession for Loch Lomond's ' …  -  Nov 13, 2009
ESPNOne winter day, almost 50 years ago, dangling a shrimp in the bay, Fraser hooked and landed a submarine, otherwise known as a white sturgeon. ...

Fishing for sturgeon on the Fraser River  -  Mar 6, 2008
Toronto StarErik Heinrich hooks his first white sturgeon in British Columbia. ... The Pacific coast's white sturgeon is North America's biggest freshwater fish. ...

Caspian Caviar Export Quotas Set, but Beluga in Limbo  -  Jan 2, 2007
Environment News ServiceInstead, this delicacy is the roe of the great white sturgeon, which is a fish and not a ... Russian fisherman exults over landing a great white sturgeon. ...

Caviar From Idaho Is Now on the Menu; Farm-Raised Sturgeon Ready to …  -  Nov 27, 2005
Pay-Per-View - Washington Post - HighBeam ResearchThe caviar from the farmed white sturgeon of Idaho and central California ... Sherrow said white sturgeon caviar from Idaho and California farms is similar ...

Deal reached to help Kootenai sturgeon spawn  -  Sep 3, 2008
USA TODAY - USA TodayThe government and environmentalists have reached an agreement to help the endangered Kootenai River white sturgeon spawn for the first time since the 1970s ...

State seeks to close Sacramento River stretch to sturgeon fishing  -  Aug 25, 2009
Sacramento BeeIt has remained legal to keep white sturgeon – an even bigger relative ... "We're trying not to impact the white sturgeon anglers while protecting the green ...

Giant Prehistoric Fish Rebounding in Canada  -  Jan 18, 2010
National GeographicWhite sturgeon in three other British Columbia rivers—Columbia, Nechako, ... There are unconfirmed reports of white sturgeon 20 feet (6.1 meters) in length ...

Sturgeon farmers toast beluga ban Blow to imported Caspian Sea caviar...  -  Jan 7, 2006
San Francisco ChronicleGingras said the local population of white sturgeon had peaked at about 144000 ... "The (worst) outcome would be that poaching for white sturgeon increases, ...

Critical Habitat Finalized for Kootenai River White Sturgeon  -  Jul 9, 2008
commondreams.orgSPOKANE, Washington - July 9 - Responding to a court order in a suit brought by the Center for Biological Diversity and WildWest Institute, the US Fish and ...

Lovers of Caviar, Look to the Farm  -  Dec 14, 2005
New York TimesMost farms are raising two types of sturgeon for caviar: Siberian sturgeon (Acipenser baerii), a close relative of the Caspian osetra, and white sturgeon ...

Sturgeon fishing to be limited: Emergency move OK'd as fish's...  -  Mar 3, 2006
Free with registration - Sacramento Bee - AccessMyLibrary.comIt also reduced the size limit for white sturgeon, ruling that anglers ... White sturgeon, the larger of the varieties, are coveted for their tasty flesh. ...

Big appetites probably stranded sturgeon  -  Mar 20, 2009
Seattle TimesNearly 1500 white sturgeon became stranded last week within Port Susan Bay's ... The largest freshwater fish in North America, white sturgeon can grow to 10 ...

Deal reached on Kootenai sturgeon  -  Sep 2, 2008
Seattle TimesEnvironmentalists have reached an agreement with government agencies intended to help the endangered Kootenai River white sturgeon spawn for the first time ...

Poaching probe nets a big haul: Authorities arrest 17 people on...  -  Jun 30, 2006
Free with registration - Sacramento Bee - AccessMyLibrary.comCalifornia white sturgeon can live for up to 100 years or more and reach more than 500 pounds and 10 feet long. Like salmon, they spend most of their lives ...

Fish Rap: Intimate encounters with a white sturgeon  -  Jan 22, 2009
San Jose Mercury NewsBy Allen Bushnell - Sentinel Correspondent. There is always some action to be had, whether it's fighting the giant squid from the deeps of the Soquel Hole ...

THE OUTDOORS DIGEST; FIELD GUIDE; White sturgeon  -  Apr 5, 2005
Pay-Per-View - Los Angeles Times - ProQuest Archiver...[ACIPENSER TRANSMONTANUS]. Broad-bodied and sluggish, the massive white sturgeon is a reflection of the mighty rivers it inhabits. ...

Ancient fish -- modern threats Area firm's farm-raised sturgeon may …  -  Mar 10, 2007
$2.95 - Sacramento Bee - NewsBankEach pile comes from a different female California white sturgeon that has ... So Sterling and others decided to try raising California white sturgeon in a ...

Five convicted for poaching sturgeon  -  Jan 15, 2010
Sacramento BeeThe harvest of white sturgeon in California for commercial purposes has been against the law for a century. "The commercial poaching of sturgeon was the ...

Calif. sturgeon regs go into effect March 1  -  Feb 22, 2007
Nevada AppealThe tag must remain with the white sturgeon until the fish is processed, steaked, or filleted for consumption and stored at a residence or non-transient ...

Sturgeon rules worry anglers: Size limits seek to protect depleted...  -  Mar 5, 2006
Free with registration - Sacramento Bee - AccessMyLibrary.comThe two varieties found on the West Coast - green and white sturgeon - roam from ... Based on signs of a dangerously diminished white sturgeon population, ...

PRIMEVAL STURGEON, PERHAPS MORE PRIZED THAN ANY OTHER …  -  Jan 15, 2009
$2.95 - Sacramento Bee - NewsBankPhysically, it perfectly illustrates the white sturgeon species common to ... And though the white sturgeon is no man-eater like the great white of the film ...

Backcasts archive: Through Aug. 15, 2008  -  Aug 15, 2008
ESPNThe white sturgeon, our target, spawns in the Sacramento over long periods ... White sturgeon, a mild-flavored white-meat fish commonly broiled, grilled, ...

Alleged sturgeon ring landed Men suspected of peddling caviar from …  -  May 6, 2005
$2.95 - Sacramento Bee - NewsBankSince 1955, California has banned commercial fishing of white sturgeon and ... The caviar from white sturgeon, once panned by aficionados, has recently ...

Columbia River smelt still in disarray, and sturgeon fisheries remain...  -  Dec 18, 2009
Seattle TimesAs for the white sturgeon fishery it will remain under the same current regulations ... The sea lions preying on white sturgeon is a new and growing threat, ...

California reacts to sturgeon decline  -  Mar 22, 2006
PhysOrg.comThe restrictions allow anglers to keep only white sturgeon 46-56 inches long. They may not keep any green sturgeon, while catch-and-release fishing for both ...

Huge sturgeon stocked in S. California fishery  -  Apr 11, 2007
MiamiHerald.comLike a new movie living up to its pre-release hype, the white sturgeon stocked into the ... The Fishery has more than 1 million pounds of white sturgeon. ...

Huge "sturgeon ball" in Columbia a mystery  -  May 18, 2008
Seattle TimesThe mountain of white sturgeon contained around 60000 fish, according to a rough estimate by Michael Parsley, a research fisheries biologist with the US ...

Pacific sturgeon, Oregon sturgeon, Columbia sturgeon  -  May 2, 2005
ESPNWhite sturgeon can be found in numerous coastal habitats. ... A standard white sturgeon rig consists of 100-lb line, a heavy saltwater rod/reel outfit, ...

Habitat designated for white sturgeon Stretch of Kootenai River seen...  -  Feb 9, 2006
Spokesman-Review - Google News ArchiveAP . BOISE The federal government Wed nesday set aside more critical habitat in the Idaho Panhandle for the Kootenai River white sturgeon, an endangered ...

White sturgeon rules kick in Thursday  -  Jan 31, 2007
Daily Astorian, The - The Daily AstorianStarting Thursday, Columbia River anglers will be able to fish for white sturgeon four days per week - including Sundays - between the Wauna power lines ...

Plenty of sturgeon still available for anglers  -  Jul 12, 2009
Seattle TimesCatch rates in the estuary averaged about 350 kept white sturgeon per day ... The daily limit is one white sturgeon, with a fork-length measurement of 41 ...

Sturgeon seasons set for 2009 in the Lower Columbia River  -  Dec 30, 2008
Chinook Observer - Chinook Observer (subscription)VANCOUVER - The 2009 sport fishery for Columbia River white sturgeon will ... Buoy 10 to the Wauna powerlines: Fishing for retention of white sturgeon is ...

Tribal hatchery raises sturgeon in bid to stave off extinction  -  Mar 20, 2006
Seattle TimesBOISE — Each year, endangered white sturgeon lay millions of fertilized eggs on the ... The white sturgeon, the largest freshwater fish in North America, ...

Two Cultures Clash Over the Scarcity of Caviar  -  May 16, 2005
Pay-Per-View - Los Angeles Times - ProQuest ArchiverAs a result, high-quality California white sturgeon caviar costs nearly as ... Of the 27 species in the world, the white sturgeon is one of only two not ...

Early hazing will help protect white sturgeon from sea lions  -  Dec 11, 2007
Chinook Observer - Chinook Observer (subscription)OLYMPIA - For the third straight year, crews from the Washington and Oregon Departments of Fish and Wildlife will begin non-lethal hazing actions on the ...

Word on Columbia River sturgeon expected by tomorrow, and the news …  -  Dec 16, 2009
Seattle TimesThe sea lions preying on white sturgeon is a new and growing threat, ... Estimated consumption of white sturgeon near the base of the dam alone has ...

Green sturgeon on 'threatened' list.  -  Apr 8, 2006
Free with registration - Sacramento Bee - AccessMyLibrary.comLike its more abundant sister, the white sturgeon, the green sturgeon is an ancient fish species that can grow up to 10 feet long. ...

Settlement Brings Hope to Endangered Sturgeon  -  Nov 6, 2008
Reznet News...(AP) — The Kootenai River white sturgeon is one of the most intriguing, ... White sturgeon are opportunistic bottom feeders that eat about whatever comes ...

7 arrested in Sacramento River sturgeon poaching case  -  Apr 11, 2009
Sacramento BeeWhite sturgeon can reach more than 10 feet long and 500 pounds and are native to the Sacramento River. But their numbers have been declining sharply along ...

More than one fish egg in the sea  -  Dec 21, 2005
Boston GlobeStolt sells eggs from its white sturgeon, in three categories of quality and at $56 to $70 an ounce, through its website and that of Petrossian, ...

Fisheries: Dead endangered fish were electrocuted  -  Oct 5, 2009
Toronto SunThe white sturgeon, which are listed as an endangered species and therefore protected ... White sturgeon are listed as a threatened species by the province, ...

Pamper palates in the spring with delicate white sturgeon  -  May 18, 2006
$2.95 - Detroit News - NewsBankToday's lesson: As spring temperatures rise, giant white sturgeon congregate for spawning in fast-moving rivers of the Northwest. Though the fish is prized ...

Press Release: White Sturgeon Stamp Marks Fish Release On Nechako. - …  -  Oct 12, 2007
Pay-Per-View - M2 Presswire - HighBeam ResearchWhite Sturgeon Stamp Marks Fish Release On Nechako. from M2 Presswire. Highbeam Research – FREE Trial.

Article: Get your papers in order, travelers; Document requirements...  -  Jan 27, 2008
Pay-Per-View - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - HighBeam ResearchColumbia River white sturgeon will open New Year ... 268 legal-size white sturgeon. This year's catch ... allowed to retain white sturgeon only three days a ...

Oregon caviar scheme leads to three arrests  -  Mar 3, 2005
ESPN...all immigrants from former Soviet-bloc countries, were indicted on charges of felony racketeering and unlawfully possessing and selling white sturgeon, ...

New Sturgeon Regulations/Fishing Report Card Goes Into Effect March 1  -  Feb 18, 2007
$1.95 - Oroville Mercury-Register - NewsBankThe tag must remain with the white sturgeon until the fish is processed, steaked, ... White sturgeon: Daily bag limit is one, the annual bag limit is three, ...

Outdoors Notebook: Sturgeon season starts on Columbia  -  Jan 1, 2006
Seattle Times..."Everything suggests that the white sturgeon population in the Lower Columbia ... This year, anglers will be allowed to catch 12000 white sturgeon between ...

Article: Caviar lovers' eyes on ... Idaho - Deseret News (Salt Lake...  -  Nov 22, 2005
Pay-Per-View - Deseret News - HighBeam ResearchAbstract The Kootenai River population of white sturgeon (Acipenser ... Canada, was isolated from other white sturgeon in the Columbia River basin ...

Comments sought on sturgeon management plan  -  Aug 1, 2008
Idaho Mountain Express and GuideWhite sturgeon are the largest freshwater game fish in North America, historically reaching lengths of more than 15 feet and weights of more than 1000 ...

Word on the Lower Columbia sport sturgeon fishery  -  Jun 26, 2009
Seattle TimesPlus, 32 charter boat anglers caught eight legal-sized white sturgeon and ... An estimated 1125 white sturgeon were kept during January through May, ...

Postbulletin.com: Rochester, MN  -  Jan 1, 2010
Post-BulletinWhite sturgeon also are found in the Columbia River, but the Kootenai population is ... And because it takes 20 or 30 years for white sturgeon to mature and ...

Article: Legal-sized white sturgeon numbers reach 50-year low. -...  -  Jan 23, 2006
Pay-Per-View - The Record - HighBeam ResearchLegal-sized white sturgeon numbers reach 50-year low. ... find Record (Stockton, CA) articles. Byline: Peter Ottesen Jan. 23--The number of legal-sized ...

Fish and Game arrests six in poaching operation .  -  Mar 20, 2007
Lassen County Times - Google News Archive...white sturgeon in the Sacramento area is a serious concern," said ... White sturgeon acipenser is a fish species indigenous to the Sacramento River in ...

Press Release: $1.5 Million Will Boost Nechako Sturgeon Conservation....  -  May 5, 2008
Pay-Per-View - M2 Presswire - HighBeam Research..."The Nechako white sturgeon population is the most endangered sturgeon population in B.C., ... Article: White Sturgeon Stamp Marks Fish Release On Nechako. ...

Caviar lovers' eyes on ... Idaho  -  Nov 22, 2005
$2.95 - Deseret News - NewsBankSherrow's biggest seller is osetra caviar, the roe that white sturgeon is most ... "Beluga sets the standard for all caviar, and white sturgeon comes in a ...

Stretching sturgeon's fish tale: Tribe endeavors to save ailing...  -  Jun 18, 2007
Pay-Per-View - Spokesman-Review - HighBeam Research18--BONNERS FERRY, Idaho -- Fewer than 500 white sturgeon are believed to be swimming the cool waters of the Kootenai River. But thousands of the young fish ...

Pollution may be factor in sturgeon decline .  -  Apr 9, 2006
Spokesman-Review - Google News ArchiveTheir studies have shown that white sturgeon living in the Co lumbia River in ... During the last 25 years, white sturgeon have experienced a sharp drop in ...

Biggest of them all  -  Jul 30, 2009
ESPNWhite sturgeon grow larger than any fish in North America's inland waters. ... Seventeen white sturgeon populations are landlocked due to dam construction. ...

Delay won on sturgeon harvest ban  -  Feb 3, 2006
$2.95 - Sacramento Bee - NewsBankState data shows white sturgeon have plunged from 144000 fish in 1998 to ... White sturgeon, largest of the varieties, are coveted for their tasty flesh. ...

Sturgeon seasons set for 2009 in the lower Columbia River  -  Dec 23, 2008
$2.95 - Chinook Observer - NewsBankVANCOUVER - The 2009 sport fishery for Columbia River white sturgeon will ... Buoy 10 to the Wauna powerlines: Fishing for retention of white sturgeon is ...

THREE PROPOSALS FOR STURGEON EMERGENCY REGULATIONS …  -  Feb 28, 2006
Pay-Per-View - US Fed News - Factiva, from Dow JonesWhite sturgeon and green sturgeon are native California sportfishes prized for their ... White sturgeon can grow to 1000 pounds and live for 100 years. ...

Sturgeon, smelt sport fisheries open in 2008  -  Dec 20, 2007
$2.95 - Daily Astorian, The - NewsBankThe 2008 sport fishery for Columbia River white sturgeon will open New Year's ... Above Bonneville Dam:  Fishing for retention of white sturgeon opens ...

Outdoors notebook: Seahawks' run leaves boat show at the dock  -  Dec 11, 2005
Seattle TimesThe annual catch quota of white sturgeon by Washington's non-tribal sport and ... "Current data indicates that the white sturgeon population in the lower ...

Emergency sturgeon regulations considered .  -  Mar 8, 2006
Chester Progressive - Google News ArchiveWhite sturgeon and green sturgeon are native Califor nia sport fishes prized for their ... White sturgeon can grow to 1000 pounds and live for 100 years. ...

Mystery in the Caviar Tin - Some Labeling Is Misleading - NYTimes.com  -  Dec 15, 2009
New York TimesBut roe from Siberian sturgeon, Acipenser baerii, and from the white sturgeon that is native to North America, Acipenser transmontanus, frequently bear the ...

New regulation aimed at protecting sturgeon.  -  Mar 6, 2006
Free with registration - The Record - AccessMyLibrary.comCommissioners retained the current statewide one-fish daily bag and possession limit for white sturgeon and placed a year-round bag limit of zero for the ...

Saving sturgeon: ancient fish face increasingly tough times.(Cover...  -  Mar 4, 2006
Free with registration - Science News - AccessMyLibrary.comToday, three such farms for white sturgeon (Acipenser transmontanus) are operating successfully outside Sacramento, Calif. Aquaculturists there started in ...

… Code of Regulations - § 14:5.79. White Sturgeon Report Card and …  -  Apr 2, 2008
Pay-Per-View - California Code of Regulations - Loislaw§ 14:5.79 . White Sturgeon Report Card and Tagging Requirements for Inland Waters (FG 683, See Section 701). (a) Sturgeon Fishing Report Card Required. ...

With the Capian caviar industry dwindling, sturgeon are been farmed...  -  Jun 8, 2005
$2.95 - Sacramento Bee - NewsBankBut the white sturgeon, an American cousin to the Caspian osetra, ... The fish at Tsar Nicoulai are descendants of white sturgeon native to the Sacramento ...

Tribal hatchery raises sturgeon  -  Mar 19, 2006
Casper Star Tribune - The Casper Star TribuneBOISE, Idaho - Each year, endangered white sturgeon lay millions of fertilized eggs on ... The white sturgeon, the largest freshwater fish in North America, ...

White Sturgeon Stamp Marks Fish Release On Nechako.  -  Oct 12, 2007
$4.95 - M2 Presswire - ECNextVANDERHOOF - The Nechako White Sturgeon Recovery Initiative (NWSRI) today celebrated the second annual release of juvenile white sturgeon into the Nechako ...

New beefed up sturgeon rules may hurt Delta sport-fishing; Emergency ...  -  Apr 2, 2006
Pay-Per-View - Contra Costa Times - Factiva, from Dow JonesThe two varieties found on the West Coast -- green and white sturgeon -- roam from ... Based on signs of a dangerously diminished white sturgeon population, ...

What's a Caviar Lover to Do? Coping With Shortages of Wild Roe  -  Mar 8, 2006
BloombergWhite sturgeon, the second-largest species, comes from the Pacific Northwest ... In the late 1800s, white sturgeon caviar was served in bars to make patrons ...

The big Kahuna. | Article from Record (Stockton, CA) | HighBeam …  -  Jun 4, 2006
Pay-Per-View - The Record - HighBeam ResearchArticle: Legal-sized white sturgeon numbers reach 50-year low. ... The number of legal-sized white sturgeon in the Bay-Delta has dropped to a 50 ...

USA: Farmed white sturgeon may save endangered species  -  Mar 28, 2006
Fish Farmer Magazine28 March, 2006 - EACH year, endangered white sturgeon lay millions of fertilised eggs on the silty bed of the Kootenai River in the Idaho Panhandle. ...

Palouse scientists have caviar dreams  -  Jun 24, 2008
Seattle TimesFarm-raised white sturgeon caviar is shown on a cracker at Fish Breeders of Idaho in Hagerman, Idaho. PULLMAN — Scientists at Washington State University ...

All in a roe: caviar | After Hours | Gotta Have It | Canadian...  -  May 8, 2006
CanadianBusiness.comCanadian caviar generally comes from the white sturgeon, which falls under ... However, the federal government has recently proposed white sturgeon as a ...

Sturgeon poachers hit with 'precedent-setting' court fines in 2009  -  Dec 19, 2009
Kelowna.comWhite sturgeon are bottom feeders and considered a cultural icon of the Fraser River. In 2007 Canada Post made a white sturgeon stamp and the fish is also ...

… Code of Regulations - § 14:27.92. White Sturgeon Report Card and …  -  May 2, 2006
Pay-Per-View - California Code of Regulations - Loislaw§ 14:27.92 . White Sturgeon Report Card and Tagging Requirements for Ocean Waters (FG 683, See Section 701). (a) Sturgeon Fishing Report Card Required. ...

Clovis man's adventure lends credence to the decades-old myth of …  -  Feb 23, 2005
$2.95 - Fresno Bee - NewsBankBut when it comes to white sturgeon, North America's largest freshwater fish, ... In California, white sturgeon primarily are found in San Francisco Bay, ...

A good move to save sturgeon  -  Oct 11, 2005
$2.75 - Minneapolis Star-Tribune - NewsBankWhether a US ban can restore the Caspian white sturgeon to health is unclear, but it's certain that, without the ban, extinction was inevitable. ...

Caviar ban; A good move to save sturgeon.(NEWS)(Editorial) | Article ...  -  Oct 11, 2005
Pay-Per-View - Star Tribune - HighBeam ResearchWhether a U.S. ban can restore the Caspian white sturgeon to health is unclear, but it's certain that, without the ban, extinction was inevitable. ...

LAND OF POTATOES NOW LAND OF CAVIAR  -  Nov 6, 2005
$2.95 - Miami Herald - NewsBankSherrow's biggest seller is osetra caviar, the roe that white sturgeon is most ... ``Beluga sets the standard for all caviar, and white sturgeon comes in a ...

Struggles Continue For Kootenai River Sturgeon  -  Dec 18, 2009
newwest.netIt is estimated fewer than 500 white sturgeon remain alive in the Kootenai, and it has been at least three decades since they successfully spawned. ...

New regulation aimed at protecting sturgeon. | Article from Record ( …  -  Mar 6, 2006
Pay-Per-View - The Record - HighBeam ResearchCommissioners retained the current statewide one-fish daily bag and possession limit for white sturgeon and placed a year-round bag limit of zero for the ...

Emergency sturgeon regulations considered .  -  Mar 8, 2006
Portola Reporter - Google News ArchiveWhite sturgeon and green sturgeon are native Califor nia sport fishes prized for their ... White sturgeon can grow to 1000 pounds and live for 100 years. ...

The big Kahuna.  -  Jun 4, 2006
Free with registration - The Record - AccessMyLibrary.comTwenty-three years years later, his 9-foot-6, 468-pound white sturgeon still is listed in the Guinness Book of World Records and the World Almanac. ...

CULINARY SOS; Well-dressed fish  -  Oct 4, 2006
Pay-Per-View - Los Angeles Times - ProQuest ArchiverWATER GRILL chef David LeFevre gently cooks California white sturgeon in an aromatic broth of white wine and herbs, then composes a piece of art on a plate ...

Herman: White sturgeon can live up to 100 years .  -  Sep 12, 2006
Eugene Register-Guard - Google News ArchiveDennehy. he's ageless." What is known is that Her man is a white sturgeon, a species that can live up to 100 years and grow to be be as large as 20 feet in ...

Saving sturgeon  -  Nov 24, 2005
Casper Star Tribune - The Casper Star TribuneThis is the story of the white sturgeon, Acipenser Transmontanus in ... Of the 29 species of sturgeon, white sturgeon can be found in the Columbia River ...

Tribe restoring sturgeon habitat  -  ‎Aug 3, 2009‎
Fox12IdahoIt's all part of an effort to keep the river's white sturgeon population from sliding into extinction. In the 1970s, an estimated 7000 white sturgeon lurked

Biggest of them all  -  ‎Jul 29, 2009‎
ESPNWhite sturgeon grow larger than any fish in North America's inland waters. The current world record is a 468-pounder caught at Benicia, California,

The Review: Petrossian Paris Boutique and Cafe  -  ‎Jul 14, 2009‎
Los Angeles TimesThose from the Caspian Sea are the most expensive, but the Petrossian family is also championing domestically raised white sturgeon caviar,

Sturgeon season extended in lower Columbia River  -  ‎Jul 14, 2009‎
Siuslaw NewsThe states of Oregon and Washington extended the popular recreational white sturgeon season in the lower Columbia River. Under rules adopted during a joint

Sturgeon fishery extended again in Columbia River estuary  -  ‎Jul 23, 2009‎
The Daily AstorianBy their action, the two states will allow anglers to catch and retain legal-size white sturgeon Friday through Sunday, between the mouth of the Columbia

Harbour: Yacht Dining at Prices That Won't Make You Seasick  -  ‎Aug 5, 2009‎
GothamistThough the ambiance is all salty elegance, the prices really aren't outrageous, with the most expensive entree coming in at $26 (the white sturgeon with

Fishing Report  -  ‎Jul 16, 2009‎
The ColumbianKalama — 128 bank rods with 1 sockeye kept, 6 steelhead kept and 7 released; 20 boaters with 1 steelhead kept; one boater with three sublegal white sturgeon

Good Fishing Should Be on the Horizon  -  ‎Jul 24, 2009‎
Centralia Chronicle10 upstream to the Wauna powerline near Cathlamet reopens today through Sunday so anglers can collect the last 2400 white sturgeon in the year's quota.

Ocean fishing producing salmon success  -  ‎Jul 16, 2009‎
The OlympianWhite sturgeon may be retained July 17-19 in the estuary. Fishery managers will review the catch data after July 19 to determine if additional fishing

Mainstem summer harvest winding down  -  ‎Jul 22, 2009‎
Chinook Observer (subscription)White sturgeon may not be sold, but fish between 43-54 inches in fork length caught in pools behind The Dalles and John Day dams may be retained by tribal

The Panama Canal North  -  ‎Jul 15, 2009‎
ESPN...site of a flyfishing-only bass tournament that gets bigger every year, and a haven where catfish abound and the white sturgeon get up to 9 feet long.

PNNL biologist Dauble tells all he knows about fish  -  ‎Jul 25, 2009‎
Mid Columbia Tri City HeraldAs a scientist, Dauble wrote more than 60 journal articles and 50 technical reports on topics ranging from radioactivity in white sturgeon to recovery plans

Epic adventure brings father, son to ND  -  ‎Jul 10, 2009‎
Grand Forks HeraldSo far, the Turners have caught about 20 species of fish, the biggest being a 7-foot, 150-pound white sturgeon on the Columbia River and a 30-pound blue

Three Island Crossing reinactment  -  ‎Jul 10, 2009‎
Examiner.comTo fill in some of your time bring the poles and try for catfish, or if your in to catch and release the river is also home to the white sturgeon.

Sturgeon anglers get three more days on lower Columbia  -  ‎Jul 22, 2009‎
Statesman JournalFrom the Wauna power lines upstream to River Marker 85 below Bonneville Dam, you can catch and keep white sturgeon through July 31 on Thursdays,

Some stranded sturgeon die near Stanwood  -  25 Mar 2009
News from Indian CountryBy Michelle Ma Instead, nearly 1500 white sturgeon found themselves stranded within Port Susan Bay ’s shallow channels near Stanwood.

Fraser high on endangered rivers list  -  25 Mar 2009
Abbotsford NewsIt is also home to Canada’s largest population of white sturgeon. Wildlife abounds on its banks, which also include First Nations cultural sites,

Some stranded sturgeon die near Stanwood  -  ‎Mar 20, 2009‎
The OlympianAbout 1500 white sturgeon - some of the fish up to 10 feet long - were stranded at low tide March 12 in shallow channels at Port Susan Bay near Stanwood.

DNR releases sturgeon season report  -  ‎Mar 9, 2009‎
Fox11online.comOSHKOSH - Three rare white sturgeon speared on the same day, a record number of sturgeon spearers on Lake Winnebago, the largest sturgeon ever speared by a

What’s for dinner?  -  ‎Mar 12, 2009‎
Sacramento News & ReviewWhile terrestrials take bullets, white sturgeon are now leaving the salty waters of San Francisco Bay to swim upriver and spawn. The females are brimming

Monster sturgeon (photo): Where will it surface next?  -  ‎Mar 11, 2009‎
Los Angeles Times...about 1000 pounds and measured 11-plus feet. And the behemoth -- white sturgeon are the largest freshwater fish in North America -- was released alive.

Fishing for steelhead just got tougher on area rivers  -  ‎Mar 19, 2009‎
The Olympian...it just got a little tougher with Monday's closure of the Chehalis River and its tributaries to fishing for all species of fish except white sturgeon.

Just What NYC Needs: A Four Seasons Caviar Lounge  -  ‎Mar 13, 2009‎
HotelChatterDesigner James D’Auria is installing an onyx bar that’ll dole out Calvisius’s relatively large, mild, and minimally cured White Sturgeon caviar (and also a

Tough times for steelhead anglers  -  ‎Mar 21, 2009‎
TheNewsTribune.com...lately and got tougher with Monday’s closure of the Chehalis River and its tributaries to fishing for all species of fish except white sturgeon.

Visitor Centre getting new look  -  ‎Mar 17, 2009‎
Omenica ExpressThe signs will have information on the mountain pine beetle, local history, the white sturgeon and different fish that are in the area, and there will be an

Chehalis River basin closes to fishing  -  ‎Mar 15, 2009‎
The Olympian...a portion of the Chehalis River and its tributaries will close to fishing for all species except white sturgeon from March 16 through April 30.

Art Openings, Events and Museums  -  ‎Mar 5, 2009‎
The Oregonian - OregonLive.comWhite Sturgeon Gallery: 4600 SE Columbia Way, Vancouver (360-696-8478) Hours: 9 am-5 pm Mon-Sat. Photographer Gloria Baker Feinstein will share her

Spearers catch rare white sturgeon on the same day  -  Feb 19, 2009
The Associated Press...(AP) — Two lucky spearers have defied the odds and caught rare white sturgeon on the same day. Department of Natural Resources biologist Ron Bruch said

Rare white sturgeon pulled from lake  -  Feb 19, 2009
Fox11online.com,But, while spearers say any sturgeon is a boast-worthy prize, it's the rare white sturgeon that has the lake a buzz. "I grabbed the rope and it was like do

No ordinary fish tale  -  Feb 18, 2009
The Reporter,...“There is actually a species called white sturgeon,� Bruch said. “This is a lake sturgeon that is lightly pigmented that we call ‘whites.

White sturgeon poacher arrested in San Jose  -  Feb 4, 2009
Los Angeles Times,A San Jose area man has been arrested by California Department of Fish and Game wardens for allegedly catching and selling white sturgeon illegally.

Watershed Council pitches release facility  -  Jan 27, 2009
Omenica Express,MLA John Rustad says the plight of the Nechako White Sturgeon is a priority now more than ever. With the completion of the three year pilot project,

ODFW reminds anglers to examine sturgeon regulations before fishing  -  Feb 12, 2009
Wallowa County Chieftain (subscription),...precipitated by heavy snow and flooding, anglers are starting to venture back out onto the Willamette and Columbia rivers in pursuit of white sturgeon.

FERC Issues License For Hydropower Project In Washington State  -  Feb 20, 2009
Power Online (press release),...including plans to protect shoreline erosion, water quality, white sturgeon, bull trout, Pacific lamprey, historic properties and cultural resources.

Avid angler brings expertise to outdoors show  -  Feb 8, 2009
NRToday.com,The largest population of white sturgeon in the world is in the Columbia. These fish migrate out of the ocean and the opportunity to catch them is as great

Kate White marks album debut with performance at Old Liberty Theater  -  Jan 30, 2009
The Columbian,Above: Work by Barry Finkel is on display through Monday at the White Sturgeon Art Gallery in Vancouver. Are you looking for ways to make the most of your

7000 calories later: Bootleg dining with A Razor, A Shiny Knife  -  Jan 29, 2009
Decider Chicago,On the plate: prawn (with yuba, miso, orange), white sturgeon caviar (with lemon verbena gelee and a cauliflower puree), blis char roe (with coconut,

Daniel Boulud's Lumière debut  -  Feb 5, 2009
Globe and Mail,One piece of fish is bedecked with white sturgeon caviar. The others, not to be outdone, are topped with horseradish cream that hits the taste buds like a

See it quick: Kootenai River named one of 11 places you need to ...  -  Feb 9, 2009
The Missoulian,White sturgeon, a landlocked variety of the species found in this river, have ceased to spawn, and unless younger fish reach the spawning age,

Commentary: Texas gar need safeguard  -  Feb 8, 2009
Houston Chronicle,Only white sturgeon grow larger. The Texas and world record for alligator gar caught on rod and reel is a 279-pound gar caught in the Rio Grande in 1951.

Same name, whole new game at Lumiere  -  Feb 11, 2009
Metro Canada - Vancouver,Beet and vodka-cured hamachi was just amazing, topped with white sturgeon caviar and horseradish cream. A pheasant and foie gras terrine combined tiny

Job changes, recognition in the Treasure Valley  -  Feb 6, 2009
IdahoStatesman.com,Since coming to Idaho, Fosness has participated on the USGS team that is studying the northern Idaho habitat of the endangered Kootenai River White Sturgeon

Letter: Let's read more about local outdoors  -  Feb 2, 2009
Appeal-Democrat,29) there is a picture of Tim Gaither with a large white sturgeon in the neighborhood of 125 to 140 pounds, probably caught in the Snake River.

What do BC people like to do with their Sundays?  -  Feb 8, 2009
The Province,...grounding moment when I get a chance to recharge batteries and get out on the river and also maybe do a bit of conservation work tagging white sturgeon.

天作之å?ˆé­šå­?醬+馬鈴薯=鮮味å?‡ç´š  -  Feb 19, 2009
香港新浪網,Tradition�Presse�White Sturgeon

Hardin jail misses out on contract  -  Nov 12, 2008
Great Falls Tribune,By MYERS REECE • Flathead Beacon • November 12, 2008 KALISPELL — The Kootenai River white sturgeon is one of the most intriguing, and some would say bizarre

Huge, Prehistoric Fish Rebounding in Canada  -  Nov 13, 2008
National Geographic,When dozens of white sturgeon began washing up dead on the banks of British Columbia's Fraser River in the mid-1990s, some feared that North America's

Grant McOmie: Possible sturgeon trouble on the Columbia  -  Nov 15, 2008
kgw.com,The team is counting, sampling and tagging white sturgeon. But Doctor Deke Gunderson isn’t so sure that sturgeon are doing well.

Fishing Report: Weather means timing is key  -  Nov 14, 2008
Longview Daily News,In October, anglers made 16000 fishing trips to catch Columbia River white sturgeon and took home 3000 legal-size fish, Hymer said.

Tagged salmon give up their secrets  -  Oct 27, 2008
OneWorld.net,Earlier, POST's ocean arrays revealed surprisingly extensive cross-border movements of both green and white sturgeon along the coast, offering insights into

Washington, Oregon officials seek 1-year sturgeon harvest  -  Nov 5, 2008
The Olympian,Oregon is developing a white sturgeon management and conservation plan for the lower Columbia. Oregon's intent is to examine factors limiting the abundance

Fact or fiction? We check out the north state's most enduring legends  -  Oct 26, 2008
Record-Searchlight,The waters are home to landlocked white sturgeon, which can live to be 100 years old and have been known to weigh up to 1500 pounds.

Shifting Seas Part Four: The war on poaching  -  Nov 4, 2008
Vancouver Sun,...including abalone and rockfish in the Strait of Georgia, Thompson River coho, Cultus Lake and early Stuart Lake sockeye, and white sturgeon.

Try This: Music, dance, artsy trash  -  Nov 1, 2008
The Columbian,The saying, “One person’s trash is another person’s treasure,� was taken literally for the Business-2-Waste-2-Art exhibit at the White Sturgeon Art Gallery.

State of Bay-Delta Science Book: Fact or Fiction?  -  Oct 27, 2008
American Chronicle,...longfin smelt, green sturgeon, white sturgeon, striped bass, threadfin shad and other fish in the California Delta-San Francisco Bay Estuary.

Off The Fridge Door  -  Nov 12, 2008
The Ledger,White sturgeon that produce the eggs are US born and sustainable. A small jar that weighs 30 grams (about an ounce) costs $62 to $88, depending on the grade

Steel Bar & Grill,  -  Nov 10, 2008
Sydney Morning Herald,It turns out Transmontanus is the Latin (scientific) name for California's native white sturgeon, in this instance farmed for Petrossian. Avruga it ain't,

From the Los Angeles Times  -  Oct 28, 2008
Hartford Courant,White sturgeon, steelhead, chinook and coho salmon thrive in the waters. In fact, the state's largest recorded coho, 22 pounds, was pulled from Lagunitas

BIODIVERSITY: Unraveling the Mysteries of Salmon Migration  -  Oct 31, 2008
Inter Press Service,Results of previous studies on white sturgeon also surprised researchers when they learned that the big, bottom-feeding fish migrated from the Sacramento

Recognizing the Kootenai Tribe of Idaho  -  Oct 31, 2008
Ruralnorthwest.com,Yet in all of their efforts - from working to restore the Kootenai River White Sturgeon and a conservation strategy to recover the dwindling burbot

When Bobby Was A Bhoy  -  Nov 2, 2008
Glasgow Daily Record,Cambuslang Rangers - White, Sturgeon, Brown, Murphy, Mordue, Lowrie, Nelson, Gallagher, Paterson, Cummings, McCallum. Q How many clubs did Everton boss

Watershed recommends Surface Water Release facility  -  Nov 4, 2008
Omenica Express,The membership recognize the importance of the Nechako White Sturgeon Recovery Initiative and the NWC will promote action directed at protecting the

Cold water release not effective, Nechako Watershed Council concludes  -  Oct 31, 2008
Prince George Citizen,Figuring out how the white sturgeon, added to Canada's species-at-risk list in 2006, can be helped will be a "very big challenge" in Klassen's opinion.

Caviar Dinner at Eve's at the Garden  -  Oct 23, 2008
MaineToday.com,This multi-course dinner will showcase a variety of caviars including American spoonbill, Calvisius Italian White Sturgeon and Descieta Osetra caviar in a

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