Lake Sturgeon Conservation Status

The 2013 Alberta Fish Sustainability Index FSI.

Lake sturgeon conservation status. The recovery goal for Lake Sturgeon in Ontario is to maintain existing Lake Sturgeon populations throughout their current range and where feasible restore rehabilitate or reestablish selfsustaining Lake Sturgeon populations which are viable in the long term within their current habitat andor within habitats they have historically occupied in a manner consistent with maintaining. According to the World Wildlife Federation WWF the Lake Sturgeon is categorized as of Least Concern 23 among all 27 species of Acipenseridae worldwide 11. Lake Sturgeon in Alberta are ranked as Threatened under the provincial Wildlife Act and as Endangered by the national Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada COSEWIC 2006.

But the lake sturgeon doesnt have its classification. In addition to overfishing construction of dams that cut off key upstream spawning grounds and pollution are also reasons for declines in the lake sturgeon. The status report to support the May 2005 COSEWIC re-assessments of the Lake Sturgeon Acipenser fulvescens Western populations Lake of the Woods- Rainy River populations Southern Hudson Bay-James Bay populationsGreat Lakes-Upper St.

Lawrence populations was not made available following the 2005 assessment. Its well documented that Lake Sturgeon populations have been seriously impacted by harvest and habitat alterations historically. The status of lake sturgeon in Alberta is currently fiUndeterminedfl according to The General Status of Alberta Wild Species 2000 Alberta Sustainable Resource Development 2001.

This scenario has contributed significantly to decimation of the species. The prognosis for the species is generally. Large sustainable recreational Lake Sturgeon fisheries with annual harvests of up to 45 000 kg and a commercial fish-ery with an annual harvest of up to 80 000 kg still exist and are maintained for Lake Sturgeon due primarily to rigid regulations harvest controls enforcement and user involvement.

Lake sturgeon Lake of the Woods Rainy River populations Scientific name Acipenser fulvescens DU6 Status Special Concern Reason for designation Historically populations in this designatable unit supported a substantial commercial fishery. The American Fisheries Society lists the lake sturgeon as threatened in all the states where it occurs including New York State. 2016-09-30 Previous to this a Conservation Closure was initiated by the Province of Manitoba in 1993 for Lake Sturgeon in the Winnipeg River to the Ontario border including subsistence fishing.

Lake sturgeon natures own living fossil is the correct answer. Although this led to a severe decline recovery has been sustained since 1970. Conservation Status and Fishing Rights for Lake Sturgeon.