For some bodies of water, the state recommends limiting how much fish you eat — or avoiding some species altogether.

For 162 million years, sturgeons have fended off everything they’ve faced. Now scientists are racing to save these living fossils. The white sturgeon is the largest freshwater fish in North America; ...

PITTSFIELD — In an otherwise darkened room, Bill Sturgeon is bathed in light as he sits at a small table in front of his basement desk. On the wall behind him hang framed certificates and honors ...

DULUTH — Since its own rocky start and near closure shortly after opening a quarter-century ago, the Great Lakes Aquarium has proven a model of resiliency, drawing ever-larger crowds to its doors in ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — The project studying the sturgeon population in the Grand River was awarded a grant with the goal of better understanding the threatened species. For the past six years, the ...

COLUMBUS — The Ohio Department of Natural Resources has expanded its efforts to reintroduce lake sturgeon, an endangered species in the state, to three additional rivers. Juvenile lake sturgeon were ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. California’s green sturgeon and white sturgeon face numerous threats from dams, harmful algal blooms and overfishing. White sturgeon are highly ...

Reintroduction efforts for state-endangered lake sturgeon expanded to the Cuyahoga, Sandusky and Scioto rivers in 2025. As part of a large, regional partnership, the 6- to 8-inch-long juvenile ...

COLUMBUS ‒ The Ohio Division of Wildlife released juvenile lake sturgeon this year in the Cuyahoga, Sandusky and Scioto rivers for the first time as part of its efforts to reintroduce the ...

Maryland biologists got a real-life brush with a local legend this fall when they caught “Chessie” — the largest female Atlantic sturgeon ever recorded in their Marshyhope Creek gillnetting survey — ...

A massive female Atlantic sturgeon was caught in Maryland's Marshyhope Creek. The sturgeon measured nearly 7 feet 10 inches and weighed over 200 pounds. "We found Chessie!" Not quite the monster, but ...

GALLATIN, Tenn. (WKRN) — The Tennessee Valley Authority continues to work with the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency and other biologists to continue reviving Tennessee’s sturgeon population. “Back ...