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The lake sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens), also known as the rock sturgeon, [7] is a North American temperate freshwater fish, one of about 25 species of sturgeon.Like other sturgeons, this species is a bottom feeder and has a partly cartilaginous skeleton, an overall streamlined shape, and skin bearing rows of bony plates on the sides and back.
Nonresidents can get either 3-day freshwater or saltwater fishing licenses for $17, 7-day licenses for $30, or annual licenses for $47. Combo licenses are not available for non-residents.
Michigan's sturgeon fishing season on Black Lake sometimes only last minutes. This year, it starts Feb. 3.
Lake sturgeon fishing and spearing seasons as well as other management programs in Wisconsin and other states will continue under a decision announced Monday by federal officials.. After a years ...
Globally, sturgeon fisheries are of great value, primarily as a source for caviar, but also for flesh. [42] Several species of sturgeon are harvested for their roe which is processed into caviar—a delicacy, and the reason why caviar-producing sturgeons are among the most valuable and endangered of all wildlife resources. [43]
Lake sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens) O, extinct in West Virginia; Shovelnose sturgeon (Scaphirhynchus platorynchus) O, VU [2] Family Polyodontidae (paddlefishes) American paddlefish (Polyodon spathula) O, rare, VU [3]
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 endangered or threatened. Such listings would make harvesting the fish illegal, but without them, popular sturgeon harvest seasons in states such as Wisconsin and Michigan can continue.
Lake sturgeon are one of the oldest fish species in North America and are native to at least two dozen states in the central, southern and eastern U.S. according to the USFWS. ... In 2023 the DNR ...