The quotes in this article that lobby against A. fulvescens’ potential endangered status sound as though they are referring to objects, not living, feeling creatures.
I know that sturgeon have been an important food fish for centuries but how much of the fishing going on in these states is for sport? It just feels like another painful iteration of comfort and profit being placed over equity. But idk I guess sturgeons aren’t people even if I love them as much as people
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Prehistoric lake sturgeon is not endangered, US says despite calls from conservationists
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Lake sturgeon don’t need Endangered Species Act protections, federal wildlife officials announced Monday, saying that stocking programs have helped the prehistoric fish return to areas where they had vanished.
The decision ends the Arizona-based Center of Biological Diversity’s petition filed in May 2018 asking the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to list lake sturgeon as…
I have been so depressed lately I haven’t been able to post any sturgeons but I saw this on the Great Lakes aquarium Instagram his name is CRACKERS he is a BELUGA STURGEON they are TARGET TRAINING HIM so that he can eventually enter a sling comfortably to get his checkups!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
HE IS A HOOP GENIUS!!!! GENUIS AT GOING THROUGH A HOOP!!!!!!!!