White sturgeon

From bull sharks to giant stingrays, meet the largest freshwater fish in the world.

A new global report reveals a stark reality: populations of migratory freshwater fish species, including salmon, trout, eel and sturgeon, are declining dramatically. The 2024 update on the Living Planet Index for Migratory Freshwater Fishes shows an average 81% decrease in these fish populations between 1970 and 2020. “The catastrophic decline in migratory fish populations […]

Late last year I received an email from a reader telling me about her sighting of a strange object in Loch Ness over ten years ago. I get various emails at certain times from people who claim to have seen the monster and having checked she was not one of those Fake News sceptics who sometime pretend to be a witness, I am happy to recount her story to readers today. I reproduce her email to me below. Hi, I have been reading your blog for a while now and have toyed with the idea of emailing…

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By Richard King For five wet, cold, lonely years in the early 1800s, a young Irishman named Ross Cox traded for furs among the First Peoples of the Pacific Northwest.…

One big fish

After 11 years, Target Marine Hatcheries in Canada, is expecting to harvest its first batch of white sturgeon caviar in the next few months. Charlotte Johnston, TheFishSite Editor speaks to Justin Henry, General Manager.