Fish that can take years and years to reach sexual maturity, then live for a hundred years, can easily be sent to the history books as extinct by the follies of mankind, like many other species have all ready.
I understand the need for certain protections and management of fish and wildlife. But, The Center for Biological diversity are nothing more than left wing extremist whackjobs. I would say extremist enough they would endorse eliminating the human species if it were conducive of saving some snail or other creature...
Yup. And around these parts they're not even threatened! Local management and maintaining momentum of habitat improvements (like the spawning reefs) are the best things for the species, IMO.
I read a news article earlier that said the population went from thousands to hundreds. OK, maybe hundreds at one point in time? Its definitely not "hundreds" now unless hundreds can be 100's or 1,000's of hundreds... Misleading information. Fake News... And they can't proof read so take it with a grain of salt.
Way back in the early 1900s, sturgeon were super thick in this area, to the point they were considered a nuisance. The commercial fisherman would catch them as a by-catch and just toss them on the bank to die. Then they started using them for heating oil and their eggs for caviar, etc. Eventually, their numbers were less than 1% of where they were at the peak. However, for the past 20-30 years, they have made a huge comeback and their numbers are creeping back up. Due to their slow spawning maturity cycle and long lives, it takes decades to see much progress, but it is working.
They only like the facts that they make up & not the actual facts. U.S. Fish & Wildlife survey estimated that there were around 20,000 sturgeon in the SCR & LSC & another 5,000 in the DR.
My BIL Caught this one last July on the SCR, 73.5". It was "the second longest lake sturgeon caught and released from Michigan waters" in 2017. It's been a long time since a girl tired him out like that.
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