Article from Bay City News.
by Pete Young, Bay City News
August 28, 2024
White sturgeon, which can live as long as 100 years, spawn in the large rivers of the Central Valley and mostly reside in the Delta and San Francisco Bay, the department said. They also sometimes range along the coast and enter bays and rivers, it said.
Threats include man-made changes to river flows, toxic harmful algal blooms, overfishing, poaching, collisions with large vessels and climate change.
The San Francisco Baykeeper, The Bay Institute, Restore the Delta and California Sportfishing Protection Alliance have petitioned the California Fish and Game Commission to list the white sturgeon as a threatened species.