Anyone who finds a dead white sturgeon in the Nechako or Fraser rivers is asked to report ... “Because they have been in our river for so many years and generations, they also have a very ...

which conservationists say will have a devastating impact on one of only two known spawning areas for the Lower Fraser River white sturgeon. Marvin Rosenau of the BCIT Rivers Institute said he was ...

But the longevity of the sturgeon in the Kootenai River is waning: It hasn't reproduced in real numbers in at least 30 years due to habitat change caused by Libby Dam, which shut its gates in 1975.

White sturgeon require high river flows to reproduce successfully. Regular overfishing and lethal algae outbreaks have also contributed to the sturgeon's dramatic decline. The California Fish and ...