News of the Day from the DNR:
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Fisheries Biologists collected two lake sturgeon from the Etowah River last week. One of the sturgeons was 41 inches long and had previously been captured and tagged by University of Georgia personnel back in 2005 when the fish was only 17 inches long. After weighing and measuring each, both sturgeons were released back into the river. Sturgeons are a unique group of fish that coexisted with dinosaurs and have changed very little since that time. One lake sturgeon on record lived to be 154 years of age and another tipped the scales at 310 pounds. Both of these records were from northern states in the early 20th century and few, if any, such fish exist today. LAKE STURGEON CANNOT BE HARVESTED. If you catch a sturgeon, it should be handled gently and released as soon as possible. As part of the sturgeon reintroduction effort in the Coosa River system, we would also like to hear about any sturgeon sightings: https://georgiawildlife.com/lake-sturgeon-reintroduction... If you catch or otherwise see a lake sturgeon, please report the information to 706-295-6102. Note the date and location of your sighting and photograph the fish if possible. |
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