logo
Find us on
Twitter Facebook LinkedIn
              
logo 11/23/2024 4:46:08 AM     
Rare fish discovered in Mississippi’s Pearl River, traveled 200 miles and over dam on its journey 
US Source: Magnolia State Live 1/17/2022
Rare fish discovered in Mississippi’s Pearl River, traveled 200 miles and over dam on its journey
Credit: Magnolia State Live
A fish that hasn’t been sighted in 25 years in the central Mississippi waters of the Pearl River has been detected in the Jackson area.

The sighting of a Gulf sturgeon has researchers using exclamation marks in their social media posts about the find.

The fish apparently traveled more than 200 miles up the Pearl River and was able to get over a dam on the river to reach Jackson.

“A 5-foot long Gulf sturgeon was detected in the Pearl River near LeFleurs Bluff State Park ABOVE the Jackson Waterworks dam this past spring!!” the nonprofit Pearl River Keeper reported on Facebook on Jan. 13.
 

Two lowhead dams on the Pearl River are barriers to their natural migration and spawning patterns, according to the social media post. Researcher believe floodwaters likely helped the fish get over the dam.

In 1991, gulf sturgeons were listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act after their population was greatly reduced or eliminated throughout much of their range because of overfishing, dam construction, and habitat degradation.

Before this past spring, the last confirmed Gulf sturgeon sighting in the Jackson area was 1996.

According to the post, the fish that was sighted in the spring was originally tagged in 2017 and was detected by a group of researchers from Dr. Michael Andres’ lab from The University of Southern Mississippi.

 
Pearl River Sturgeon, Gulf Continue...

News Id SourceStampcountry
76Norwegian farmers urged to consider culling salmon as deadly jellyfish appearthefishsite2024-10-31NO
77The innovative solutions being used to tackle sea lice on salmon farmsthefishsite2024-10-30NO
78Luthier builds electric guitar that doubles as a fish tank – and it plays surprisingly wellguitar2024-10-08US
79Rapid predator-prey balance shift follows critical-population-density transmission between codnature2024-10-29NO
80Colder water brings increased danger for boaters, paddlers as winter approachesechopress2024-10-23US
81Virginia floating pier nears completionechopress2024-10-28US
82fisheries supervisor floats introducing muskie to Kandiyohi County lakeechopress2024-10-18US
83Chasing Winnipesaukee Landlocked Salmonindepthnh2024-10-28US
84Canadian government awards CAD 830,000 for Quebec fisheries projectsseafoodsource2024-10-24CA
85MDC to stock nearly 10,400 rainbow trout in five urban lakeseinnews2024-10-28US
86Americans fined $8K for illegal fishing in Canadian watersCTV News2024-10-25CA
87Surfer Giulia Manfrini dies after being impaled by a needlefish in Indonesia9news2024-10-22AU
88Giant Fish Thought to Be Extinct Is Spotted in the Mekong RiverAssociated Press2024-10-22CO
89The tilapia hatchery that runs in the familythefishsite2024-08-28EG
90Puffer has lived 2 lifetimes at Everett libraryheraldnet2024-10-28US
91Record-breaking Black Buffalo fish caught in Stockton Lakekhqa2024-10-18US
92Роскосмос отслеживает загрязнение реки Ямуна в Индииhightech.fm2024-10-25RU
93Nick Lindner talks ice fishing, career ahead of F-M Walleyes Unlimited talkechopress2024-10-16CA
94How the invasive spiny water flea spread across Canada, and what we can do about ittheconversation2024-10-16CA
95Fishermen save fish from surprising, painful situationthenewstribune2024-10-17US
96US scientists explore hidden hydrogen treasure 5,000 feet below Lake SuperiorInteresting Engineering2024-10-17US
97Canadaway Creek brook trout stocking is Saturdayobservertoday2024-10-16US
98Canada proposes pilot project for Maritimes elver fisheryundercurrentnews2024-10-16CA
99Fly fishing is gaining in popularity for married couples and hikerscampbellrivermirror2024-10-16DE
100How climate change threat is being tackled by Scotlands salmon farmersscotsman2024-10-01UK

133 134 135 3 of [136 - pages.]