Nations largest freshwater fish could be added to California’s threatened species list

Nations largest freshwater fish could be added to California’s threatened species list

Source: la times

6/25/2024

Credit: Stephen Gonzalez / California Department of Fish and Wildlife

The largest freshwater fish in North America, which was once abundant in California’s major rivers and San Francisco Bay, has declined in numbers to a point that state officials will consider whether to protect the fish as a threatened species under the state’s Endangered Species Act.

White sturgeon can grow to more than 10 feet long and spend much of their lives in San Francisco Bay, swimming upstream in rivers to spawn. Some white sturgeon are thought to live as long as a century.

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