The annual marine feeding aggregation of Atlantic sturgeon Acipenser oxyrinchus in the inner Bay of Fundy: population characteristics and movement

2016 ◽  
Vol 89 (4) ◽  
pp. 2107-2132 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. J. Dadswell ◽  
S. A. Wehrell ◽  
A. D. Spares ◽  
M. F. Mclean ◽  
J. W. Beardsall ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Population Characteristics ◽  
Bay Of Fundy ◽  
Atlantic Sturgeon ◽  
Acipenser Oxyrinchus ◽  
Feeding Aggregation

Atlantic sturgeon Acipenser oxyrinchus Mitchill, 1815 seasonal marine depth and temperature occupancy and movement in the Bay of Fundy

2016 ◽  
Vol 32 (5) ◽  
pp. 809-819 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. W. Beardsall ◽  
M. J. W. Stokesbury ◽  
L. M. Logan-Chesney ◽  
M. J. Dadswell
Keyword(s):  
Bay Of Fundy ◽  
Atlantic Sturgeon ◽  
Acipenser Oxyrinchus

Contemporary and historical effective population sizes of Atlantic sturgeon Acipenser oxyrinchus oxyrinchus

2018 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 167-184 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Waldman ◽  
S. Elizabeth Alter ◽  
Douglas Peterson ◽  
Lorraine Maceda ◽  
Nirmal Roy ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Atlantic Sturgeon ◽  
Effective Population ◽  
Population Sizes ◽  
Acipenser Oxyrinchus

scholarly journals Atlantic sturgeon movements in relation to a cutterhead dredge in the James River, Virginia

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew Balazik ◽  
Safra Altman ◽  
Kevin Reine ◽  
Alan Katzenmeyer
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Field Study ◽  
Technical Note ◽  
Atlantic Sturgeon ◽  
James River ◽  
Acipenser Oxyrinchus ◽  
Reduced Water

This technical note describes a field study investigating the movements of federally endangered Atlantic sturgeon, Acipenser oxyrinchus oxyrinchus (ATS), during the summer and fall of 2017 near a cutterhead dredge working in the James River, Virginia, to provide data addressing the concern about the potential impacts of dredging activities (for example, excavation, transit, disposal, sounds, reduced water quality) on the ATS.

Atlantic sturgeon Acipenser oxyrinchus surfacing behaviour

2018 ◽  
Vol 92 (4) ◽  
pp. 929-943
Author(s):  
L. M. Logan-Chesney ◽  
M. J. Dadswell ◽  
R. H. Karsten ◽  
I. Wirgin ◽  
M. J. W. Stokesbury
Keyword(s):  
Atlantic Sturgeon ◽  
Acipenser Oxyrinchus

Anadromous Sturgeons: Habitats, Threats, and Management

2007 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
South Carolina ◽  
Brackish Water ◽  
Data Sets ◽  
Water Interface ◽  
Atlantic Sturgeon ◽  
Gill Net ◽  
Large Numbers ◽  
Class Strength ◽  
Study Designs ◽  
Acipenser Oxyrinchus

<em>Abstract</em>.—The anadromous Atlantic sturgeon <em>Acipenser oxyrinchus</em> once supported an important commercial fishery throughout its range (northern Florida, USA, to Labrador, Canada). All surviving populations are apparently depleted, presumably due to overfishing, pollution, and dam construction. A complete moratorium on the fishery has been established in U.S. waters. Unfortunately, population status is unknown for nearly all systems. Several 1994–2001 data sets from South Carolina rivers were examined for their potential in development of recruitment (year-class abundance) indices. Because Atlantic sturgeon often begin leaving their natal systems at age 2, after which they occupy other systems and then presumably return to natal areas at sexual maturity several years later, a valid river-specific abundance index must be based on either age0–1 or adult fish. Working with three former commercial Atlantic sturgeon fishermen to collect adults in two rivers during the spring and fall of 1998 resulted in collection of only 39 fish in 13 nominal age-classes. In another river, 2 years of monthly sampling with multipanel, anchored gill nets and otter trawls at eight stations throughout the estuary produced only 31 juvenile Atlantic sturgeon. Neither of these study designs provided adequate sample sizes. However, sampling in a clean-bottom section at the freshwater–brackish water interface of the Edisto River with a modified drift gill net produced large numbers of small Atlantic sturgeon. More than 3,000 juveniles have been collected and tagged since 1994. The 1,331 nominal age-1 Atlantic sturgeon that were captured displayed a distinct bimodal length frequency distribution, supporting the hypothesis that there are both spring and fall spawning events. A period of record drought impeded sampling efforts during a portion of this study. However, when flows and bottom configurations allow nets to be fished at the freshwater–brackish water interface, the gears and methods employed in the Edisto River can produce an age-1 Atlantic sturgeon catch per unit effort that is high enough to be used in estimating relative year-class strength.

Anadromous Sturgeons: Habitats, Threats, and Management

2007 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Atlantic Coast ◽  
The United States ◽  
Management Plan ◽  
Commercial Fishing ◽  
Atlantic Sturgeon ◽  
Coastal Fisheries ◽  
Number Of Factors ◽  
Acipenser Oxyrinchus ◽  
The U.S

<em>Abstract.</em>—Large-scale commercial fisheries for Atlantic sturgeon <em>Acipenser oxyrinchus</em> in the late 1880s eventually led to substantial reductions in the population size. The coastwide Atlantic sturgeon population of the United States has not recovered to the levels seen prior to the 1900s. A number of factors have contributed to the slow recovery or continued decline of Atlantic sturgeon populations, including continued commercial fishing and the targeting of females for caviar, bycatch in other fisheries, and changes in habitat due to dam construction and water quality degradation. The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) developed the first coastwide management plan for Atlantic sturgeon in 1990. In response to the shortcomings of that plan, the ASMFC applied new standards and the authority granted to it by the U.S. Congress to adopt a coastwide moratorium on all harvesting in 1998. A federal status review conducted in 1998 concluded that the continued existence of Atlantic sturgeon was not threatened given the situation at the time. Since then, monitoring programs have indicated varying levels of relative abundance in several water bodies along the Atlantic coast. The U.S. government is responsible for undertaking a status review to document any changes since the last review and determining whether those findings warrant a threatened or endangered listing for the species. The government’s findings may have far-reaching effects on many other Atlantic coastal fisheries.

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