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18 kwi 2024 · The Gulf sturgeon is a sub-species of the Atlantic sturgeon that can be found from Lake Pontchartrain and the Pearl River system in Louisiana and Mississippi to the Suwannee River in Florida.
24 sie 2024 · The Gulf sturgeon, whose 200-million-year history is older than the river itself, is used to storms. But today, Gulf sturgeon face increasing human-made challenges. Pollution has expanded in the Suwannee River, according to new draft maps from the Department of Environmental Protection.
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19 sie 2024 · An estimated 10,000-15,000 adults now fill the river, often surprising boaters with their sudden, haphazard jumps. A six-foot long Gulf sturgeon jumps above the Suwannee River. Scientists...
18 lis 2023 · Some of the world’s healthiest coral reefs can be found in the Gulf of Mexico, about 100 miles (160 kilometers) off the Texas coast. Sheltered in a deep, cool habitat far from shore, the reefs in the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary boast a stunning amount of coral coverage.
Gulf sturgeon are truly gargantuan fish, growing up to eight feet long and weighing up to 200 pounds. Females grow larger than males. Rows of bony plates, called scutes, armor their back and head. The snout is V-shaped and blade-like with four fleshy barbels.
In Louisiana, most records of the Gulf sturgeon have been in the Pearl, Bogue Chitto and Tchefuncte rivers in St. Tammany and Washington parishes, although it
