NANFA-- Re: white sturgeon

Christopher Scharpf (ichthos_at_comcast.net)
Tue, 06 Apr 2004 06:35:00 -0400

>> Pardon me for my amateur question, but arent these on the Endangered
>> Species list?
>>
> Not supposed to be, these are supposed to be captive bred at a licensed fish
> hatchery.

Moon's right. However, the Kootenai River population of white sturgeon is a
federally endangered "species."

Chris Scharpf
Baltimore
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