Sturgeon fishing will not open as usual on Jan. 1, 2026, for the Bonneville and The Dalles pools on the Columbia River.

New protections for white sturgeon may impact farm water supplies and increase costs for local water agencies. (California Department of Fish and Wildlife photo) California’s effort to protect an ...

The sturgeon is an ancient and iconic species of fish. Long and bony, with a body covered in armored plates known as scutes, the sturgeon has been called a “living fossil” with evolutionary roots ...

Fishing report compiled by California Outdoors Hall of Fame member Dave Hurley and edited by Roger George, who guides in the ...

A native California species is rapidly declining. The white sturgeon is the largest freshwater fish in North America. According to a new report, there are just 6500 white sturgeon between 40 and 60 ...

A white sturgeon at the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife's Sturgeon Center at Bonneville Dam in January 2010. (Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife via Wikimedia Commons) (CN) — A federal ...

On the banks of British Columbia’s Fraser River, this expedition seeks out the elusive white sturgeon—an ancient fish species ...

The Michigan DNR is celebrating Sturgeon Week to highlight conservation efforts for the lake sturgeon, a protected species in Michigan. Lake sturgeon were once plentiful but overfishing, habitat ...

Michigan wildlife managers, along with their counterparts in Wisconsin, are proposing to add a catch and immediate release season for lake sturgeon on the Menominee River. The Michigan DNR is also ...