White Sturgeon Average Size

Frasier River White.
White sturgeon average size. The total abundance estimate for 2017 was 382 lower than the programs highest annual abundance estimate in. It is known the world over that if you want to catch trophy White Sturgeon you come to the Fraser River. Estimates are for fish.
A typical day sees us bring more than 20 sturgeon to the boat with several of them being over 5 feet in length and an occasional fish being 7 to 9 feet in length. White Sturgeon in the Nechako watershed tend to be smaller but can still live just as long. The information in this chart has been compiled through various resources including the BC Fraser River White Sturgeon study program.
Up to 50 pounds. Specimens up to 8 metres 262 feet long have been observed. And weigh between 20 and 250lbs.
The mean 2017 abundance estimate for 60-279 cm FL White Sturgeon in the core assessment area was 34860 95 CLs. Did you know that White Sturgeon are the largest freshwater fish in North America and can weigh over 500 kilograms be over 5 meters in length the largest recorded was over 6 meters long and live for over 100 years. It has no scales but five rows of scutes.
Most of the Sturgeon that are caught by sports anglers will range in size from about 3ft. Its body is elongate and cylindrical and can be large with sizes as large as 38 to 6 meters and weights as high as 630 kg. 103 of the estimate.
Not small by anyones standard. The 2018 ISAMR abundance estimate for 60-279 cm FL age 7-55 White Sturgeon was 44430 fish which is 247 lower than the respective 2004 ISAMR estimate and 36 lower than the 2017 ISAMR estimate. The Fraser River has one of the healthiest populations of White Sturgeon.