| Title | Status Review for North American Green Sturgeon, Acipensis medirostris |
| Publication Type | Report |
| Year of Publication | 2002 |
| Authors | Adams, Peter B., Churchill B. Grimes, Joseph E. Hightower, Steven T. Lindley, Mary L. Moser, and U.S. National Marine Fisheries Service |
| Pagination | 49 p. |
| Date Published | 2002, Jun. |
| Call Number | Digital Open Access |
| Keywords | commercial fisheries, Coos Bay, depleted populations, fecundity, feeding behavior, genetics, Green sturgeon = Acipenser medirostris, growth, habitats, juvenile fish, life history information, natural resource management, predation, recreational fisheries, reproductive behavior, Rogue River, Smith River, statistical analyses, taxonomy, Umpqua River |
| Notes | Reviews the 2001 petition to give green sturgeon threatened or endangered status. For both the northern and southern "distinct population segments," the review committee concluded "that there is not sufficient information that shows green sturgeon in this DPS are in danger of extinction or would be likely to become so in the foreseeable future." (p.18-19) |
| URL | https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/16288 |
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