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The 2026 lake sturgeon fishing season on Black Lake in Michigan’s Cheboygan County lasted only 48 minutes for 679 registered anglers — 31 minutes longer than last year. The harvest […]
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An incidental catch of a lake sturgeon is rare. But it’s less of an angler’s tall tale than it once was, thanks to a collaborative effort to bring this legendary […]
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The Great Lakes Aquarium in Duluth, Minnesota, is laying plans to work as a partner in an effort to restore lake sturgeon to the St. Louis River, a waterway that […]
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The Grand Rapids Public Museum and John Ball Zoo have been awarded a grant from the Great Lakes Fishery Trust to support sonar technology for the detection of adult sturgeon. […]
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The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation says 1,000 young lake sturgeon were released into Cattaraugus Creek this week as part of a long-term plan to reestablish the fish […]
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For the first time in its history, the St. Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin released lake sturgeon into Clam Lake as part of efforts to restore the ancient fish. The […]
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At Cleveland’s Sturgeon Fest, to be held on October 4, 1,500 lake sturgeon fingerlings will be released into the Cuyahoga River. Read the full story by WKYC-TV – Cleveland, OH.
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A recent collaborative study conducted by nine Indigenous entities and academic researchers was conducted to understand how climate change threatens the lake sturgeon and to develop adaptation strategies rooted in […]
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The Riveredge Nature Center in Saukville, Wisconsin, has raised hundreds of lake sturgeon that will soon be released in Lake Michigan. In partnership with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, […]
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has released the 2024 fish stocking numbers for inland waterbodies and the Great Lakes. The Wisconsin DNR stocked more than 3 million fish […]
Biologists released lake sturgeon into the Great Lakes this June. The ancient species is a longtime resident of the regional waters around Michigan and efforts have been ongoing to conserve […]