* Population ageing, few young fish (juveniles) * Endangered as per the Species at Risk Act (SARA) * Now fully protected, it is against the law to have a sturgeon or any sturgeon parts (2007) * May become extinct within the next twenty years
* Human Impact * Habitat altered * Bottom structure altered * Kenny Dam 1950’s * Few young fish remain * Global climate
* This year we caught 33 juvenile sturgeon. * 20 wild sturgeon * 4 wild recaptures * 9 hatchery released