Recent results from white sturgeon monitoring surveys by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) suggest the white sturgeon (Acipenser transmontanus) population has continued to decline.

White sturgeon returns to spawn in the upper Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers every 2 to 6 years. Those two rivers are major faucets for state and federal water conveyance systems.

A spokesman for California's Dept. of Fish and Wildlife said the agency is concerned for the future of green and white sturgeon, but has not taken any steps yet to change current fishing regulations.

A Idaho lake known for bass and crappie fishing is now famous for having produced the state-record white sturgeon. Greg Poulsen, visiting from Utah, landed the nearly 10-foot, 4-inch sturgeon Aug ...

Dead white sturgeon have been spotted floating in the Columbia River as water has warmed to higher than the historic summer average. The Washington state and Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife ...

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Herman the Sturgeon — a 10 foot-long white sturgeon beloved in the Columbia River Basin — is celebrating his birthday Saturday, and the public is invited to the party at Bonneville Fish ...

Warm river water in the summer of 2015 is blamed for killing fish. This 7-foot-long dead sturgeon at the east end of Pasco’s Wade Park near Road 39 attracted attention in June 2015. Tri-City ...

THE KOOTENAI white sturgeon is only found in about 170 river miles of the Kootenai River. The landlocked population is notably smaller than elsewhere in its range, yet still have been reported to ...