The team is hoping to tag about 25 more Atlantic sturgeon before the summer ends.

However, when products derived from the Atlantic sturgeon were found, their popularity quickly rose.

In 600 yards of gill nets, not a single baby Atlantic sturgeon was found.

Researchers would capture adult, juvenile, and early life stage Atlantic sturgeon.

This is the second major crash in the Atlantic sturgeon population in a century.

Atlantic sturgeon under six years of age stay in the brackish water where they were born before moving into the ocean.

Due to a long history of overfishing, Atlantic sturgeon are now a threatened species.

But most of their attention is focused on the larger species, the Atlantic sturgeon, which can reach 7 feet and weigh up to 700 pounds.

Originally, the Atlantic sturgeon was considered a worthless fish.

Ultimately, students examine the impacts of physical water quality factors on species that live in a given environment, using the Atlantic sturgeon as an example.

The colonies found Atlantic sturgeon to be a profitable resource, second in profit only to lobsters.

The numbers of Atlantic sturgeon have fallen because of overfishing and water pollution.

The applicant would use gill nets to capture adult and juvenile Atlantic sturgeon.

Rather than having true scales, the Atlantic sturgeon has five rows of bony plates known as scutes.

This makes it the third biggest only to the White sturgeon and Atlantic sturgeon.

A summer addition to the appetizers is local Long Island caviar, from Atlantic sturgeon.

Species that occur in both habitats (e.g. sea turtles and Atlantic sturgeon) are jointly managed.

In an effort to restore the population of Atlantic sturgeon, the fisheries commission last year required the states to limit or ban fishing for the species.

On a recent morning here, it was hard to tell that the Atlantic sturgeon, Acipenser oxyrhyncus, was in trouble.

This research would contribute to knowledge about Atlantic sturgeon coastal migrations and riverine movement patterns and information on the status of the species.

The nominate subspecies is the Atlantic sturgeon, Acipenser oxyrhynchus oxyrinchus.

The Atlantic sturgeon (Acipenser sturio) is a member of the Acipenseridae family.

For a number of years there has been a small spring catch of Atlantic sturgeon off the coast of Long Island.

Centuries ago, American Indians ate shad, Atlantic sturgeon, striped bass and oysters from the river.