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| {{#Wiki_filter:NOAA Fisheries Office of Protected Resources OPR Home l About OPR l Species l Permits l Laws & Policies l Programs l Education l Publication s SpeciesMarine Mammals Cetaceans PinnipedsMarine TurtlesMarine & Anadromous FishMarine Invertebrates & PlantsSpecies of ConcernThreatened & Endangered Species Critical Habitat Maps Contact OPRGlossary OPR Site MapSearch OPRShortnose Sturgeon (Acipenser brevirostrum) | | {{#Wiki_filter:Shortnose Sturgeon (Acipenser brevirostrum) - Office of Protected Resources - NOAA Fisheries Page 1 of 3 NOAA Fisheries Office of Protected Resources OPR Home l About OPR l Species l Permits l Laws & Policies l Programs l Education l Publications Shortnose Sturgeon (Acipenser brevirostrum) |
| Status l Taxonomy l Species Description l Habitat l Distribution l Population Trends l Threats l Conservation Efforts l Regulatory Overview l Key Documents l More Info Status ESA Endangered - rangewide Taxonomy Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Osteichthyes Order: Acipenseriformes Family: Acipenseridae Genus: Acipenser Species: brevirostrum Species Description The sturgeon family is among the most primitive of the bony fishes. The shortnose sturgeon shares the same general external morphology of all sturgeon. The body surface contains five rows of bony plates or "scutes." Sturgeon are typically large, long-lived fish that inhabit a great diversity of riverine habitat. Sturgeon are found from the fast-moving freshwater riverine environment downstream and, for some species, into the offshore marine environment of the continental shelf. The shortnose sturgeon is the smallest of the three sturgeon species that occur in eastern North America, having a maximum known total length of 4.7 feet (1.4 m) and weight of 50.7 pounds (23 kg). Growth rate and maximum size vary with latitude, with the fastest growth occurring among sout hern populations. Maximum known age is 67 years for females, but males seldom exceed 30 years of age. Sex ratio among young adults is 1:1 but changes to a predominance of females (4:1) for fish larger than 90 cm fork length. Males and females mature at the same length (45 to 55 cm fork length) throughout their range. However, age of maturation varies from north to south due to a slower growth rate in the north. Males may mature at 2 to 3 years of age in Georgia, at age 3 to 5 from South Carolina to New York, and at age 10 to 11 in the St. John River, Canada. Females exhibit a similar trend and mature at age 6 or younger in Georgia, at age 6 to 7 Shortnose sturgeon (Acipenser brevirostrum) | | Species Marine Mammals Cetaceans Status l Taxonomy l Species Description l Habitat l Distribution l Pinnipeds Population Trends l Threats l Conservation Efforts l Regulatory Overview l Key Documents l More Info Marine Turtles Marine & Anadromous Fish Status Marine Invertebrates & ESA Endangered - rangewide Plants Species of Concern Taxonomy Threatened & Endangered Kingdom: Animalia Species Phylum: Chordata Shortnose sturgeon Critical Habitat Maps (Acipenser brevirostrum) |
| Photo: Nancy Haley, NOAA Did You Know?
| | Class: Osteichthyes Photo: Nancy Haley, NOAA Order: Acipenseriformes Contact OPR Family: Acipenseridae Glossary Genus: Acipenser OPR Site Map Species: brevirostrum Species Description Did You Know? |
| * Shortnose sturgeon occur in most major river systems along the eastern seaboard of the U.S.
| | The sturgeon family is among the most primitive of the bony fishes. The shortnose sturgeon shares the same Search OPR general external morphology of all sturgeon. The body |
| * The shortnose is the smallest of the 3 sturgeon species that occur in eastern North America.
| | * Shortnose sturgeon surface contains five rows of bony plates or "scutes." occur in most major Sturgeon are typically large, long-lived fish that inhabit a river systems along great diversity of riverine habitat. Sturgeon are found the eastern seaboard from the fast-moving freshwater riverine environment of the U.S. |
| * Shortnose sturgeon have been known to reach a length of 4.7 ft (1.4 m) and weight of 50.7 lbs (23 kg).
| | downstream and, for some species, into the offshore marine environment of the continental shelf. |
| * Shortnose sturgeon females have been known to reach 67 years of age! But males seldom exceed 30.
| | * The shortnose is the smallest of the 3 The shortnose sturgeon is the smallest of the three sturgeon species that sturgeon species that occur in eastern North America, occur in eastern North having a maximum known total length of 4.7 feet America. |
| * Adult shortnose sturgeon primarily eat Pa ge 1of 3 Shortnose Stur g eon (Aci p enser brevirostrum
| | (1.4 m) and weight of 50.7 pounds (23 kg). Growth rate and maximum size vary with latitude, with the fastest |
| ) - Office of Protected Resources -NOAA Fisheries 12/03/2008 htt p://www.nmfs.noaa. | | * Shortnose sturgeon growth occurring among southern populations. Maximum have been known to known age is 67 years for females, but males seldom reach a length of 4.7 exceed 30 years of age. Sex ratio among young adults is ft (1.4 m) and weight 1:1 but changes to a predominance of females (4:1) for of 50.7 lbs (23 kg). |
| g ov/p r/s p ecies/fish/shortnosestur g eon.htm from South Carolina to New York, and at age 13 in the St. John River. Age of first spawning in males occurs 1 to 2 years after maturity, but among females is delayed for up to 5 years. Approximate age of a female at first spawning is 15 years in the St. John River, 11 years in the Hudson and Delaware Rivers, 7 to 14 years in the South Carolina rivers, and 6 years or less in the Altahama River, Georgia. Generally, females spawn every three years, although males may spawn every year. Habitat Shortnose sturgeon inhabit rivers and estuaries. It is an anadromous fish that spawns in the coastal rivers along the east coast of North America from the St. John River in Canada to the St. Johns River in Florida. It prefers the nearshore marine, estuarine and riverine habitat of large river systems. Shortnose sturgeon, unlike other anadromous species in the region such as shad or salmon, do not appear to make long distance offshore migrations. They are benthic feeders. Juveniles are believed to feed on benthic insects and crustaceans. Mollusks and large crustaceans are the primary food of adult shortnose sturgeon.
| | fish larger than 90 cm fork length. |
| Distribution The shortnose sturgeon is anadromous, living mainly in the slower moving riverine waters or nearshore marine waters, and migrating periodically into faster moving fresh water areas to spawn. One partially landlocked population is known in the Holyoke Pool, Connecticut River, and anot her landlocked group may exist in Lake Marion on the Santee River in South Carolina. Shortnose sturgeon occur in most major river systems along the eastern seaboard of the United States. In the southern portion of the range, they are found in the St. Johns River in Florida; the Altamaha, Ogeechee, and Savannah Rivers in Georgia; and, in South Carolina, the river systems that empty into Winyah Bay and the Santee/Cooper River complex that forms Lake Marion. Data are lacking for the rivers of North Carolina. In the northern portion of the range, shortnose sturgeon are found in the Chesapeake Bay system, Delaware River from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Trenton, New Jersey; the Hudson River in New York; the Connecticut River; the lower Merrimack River in Massachusetts and the Piscataqua River in New Hampshire; the Kennebec River in Maine; and the St. John River in New Brunswick, Canada. Population Trends No estimate of the historical population size of shortnose sturgeon is available. While the shortnose sturgeon was rarely the target of a commercial fishery, it often was taken incidentally in the commercial fishery for Atlantic sturgeon. In the 1950s, sturgeon fisheries declined on the east coast which resulted in a lack of records of shortnose sturgeon. This led the Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) to conclude that the fish had been eliminated from the rivers in its historic range (except the Hudson River) and was in danger of extinction. | | * Shortnose sturgeon Males and females mature at the same length (45 to 55 females have been cm fork length) throughout their range. However, age of known to reach 67 maturation varies from north to south due to a slower years of age! But growth rate in the north. Males may mature at 2 to 3 males seldom exceed years of age in Georgia, at age 3 to 5 from South 30. |
| FWS believed the popula tion level of the shortnose sturgeon had declined because of pollution and overfishing, both directly and incidentally in shad gillnets. | | Carolina to New York, and at age 10 to 11 in the St. John River, Canada. Females exhibit a similar trend and |
| | * Adult shortnose mature at age 6 or younger in Georgia, at age 6 to 7 sturgeon primarily eat http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/species/fish/shortnosesturgeon.htm 12/03/2008 |
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| | Shortnose Sturgeon (Acipenser brevirostrum) - Office of Protected Resources - NOAA Fisheries Page 2 of 3 from South Carolina to New York, and at age 13 in the mollusks and large St. John River. Age of first spawning in males occurs 1 to crustaceans. |
| | 2 years after maturity, but among females is delayed for up to 5 years. Approximate age of a female at first spawning is 15 years in the St. John River, 11 years in the Hudson and Delaware Rivers, 7 to 14 years in the South Carolina rivers, and 6 years or less in the Altahama River, Georgia. Generally, females spawn every three years, although males may spawn every year. |
| | Habitat Shortnose sturgeon inhabit rivers and estuaries. It is an anadromous fish that spawns in the coastal rivers along the east coast of North America from the St. John River in Canada to the St. Johns River in Florida. It prefers the nearshore marine, estuarine and riverine habitat of large river systems. Shortnose sturgeon, unlike other anadromous species in the region such as shad or salmon, do not appear to make long distance offshore migrations. They are benthic feeders. Juveniles are believed to feed on benthic insects and crustaceans. Mollusks and large crustaceans are the primary food of adult shortnose sturgeon. |
| | Distribution The shortnose sturgeon is anadromous, living mainly in the slower moving riverine waters or nearshore marine waters, and migrating periodically into faster moving fresh water areas to spawn. One partially landlocked population is known in the Holyoke Pool, Connecticut River, and another landlocked group may exist in Lake Marion on the Santee River in South Carolina. |
| | Shortnose sturgeon occur in most major river systems along the eastern seaboard of the United States. In the southern portion of the range, they are found in the St. |
| | Johns River in Florida; the Altamaha, Ogeechee, and Savannah Rivers in Georgia; and, in South Carolina, the river systems that empty into Winyah Bay and the Santee/Cooper River complex that forms Lake Marion. Data are lacking for the rivers of North Carolina. In the northern portion of the range, shortnose sturgeon are found in the Chesapeake Bay system, Delaware River from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Trenton, New Jersey; the Hudson River in New York; the Connecticut River; the lower Merrimack River in Massachusetts and the Piscataqua River in New Hampshire; the Kennebec River in Maine; and the St. John River in New Brunswick, Canada. |
| | Population Trends No estimate of the historical population size of shortnose sturgeon is available. While the shortnose sturgeon was rarely the target of a commercial fishery, it often was taken incidentally in the commercial fishery for Atlantic sturgeon. In the 1950s, sturgeon fisheries declined on the east coast which resulted in a lack of records of shortnose sturgeon. This led the Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) to conclude that the fish had been eliminated from the rivers in its historic range (except the Hudson River) and was in danger of extinction. FWS believed the population level of the shortnose sturgeon had declined because of pollution and overfishing, both directly and incidentally in shad gillnets. |
| Threats Construction of dams and pollution of many large northeastern river systems during the period of industrial growth in the late 1800's and early 1900's may have resulted in substantial loss of suitable habitat. In addition, habitat alterations from discharges, dredging or disposal of material into rivers, or related development activities involving estuarine/riverine mudflats and marshes, remain constant threats. Commercial exploitation of shortnose sturgeon occurred throughout its range starting in colonial times and continued periodically into the 1950's. | | Threats Construction of dams and pollution of many large northeastern river systems during the period of industrial growth in the late 1800's and early 1900's may have resulted in substantial loss of suitable habitat. In addition, habitat alterations from discharges, dredging or disposal of material into rivers, or related development activities involving estuarine/riverine mudflats and marshes, remain constant threats. Commercial exploitation of shortnose sturgeon occurred throughout its range starting in colonial times and continued periodically into the 1950's. |
| mollusks and large crustaceans.
| | http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/species/fish/shortnosesturgeon.htm 12/03/2008 |
| Pa ge 2of 3 Shortnose Stur g eon (Aci p enser brevirostrum
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| ) - Office of Protected Resources -NOAA Fisheries 12/03/2008 htt p://www.nmfs.noaa.
| | Shortnose Sturgeon (Acipenser brevirostrum) - Office of Protected Resources - NOAA Fisheries Page 3 of 3 Conservation Efforts Placing the species on the endangered species list resulted in a great deal of research on the species in the northern river systems. NMFS published a recovery plan in December 1998 outlining actions that need to be taken in order to recover the species. |
| g ov/p r/s p ecies/fish/shortnosestur g eon.htm Conservation EffortsPlacing the species on the endangered species list resulted in a great deal of research on the species in the northern river systems. NMFS published a recovery plan in December 1998 outlining actions that need to be taken in order to recover the species. Regulatory Overview The shortnose sturgeon was listed as endangered throughout its range on March 11, 1967 under the Endangered Species Preservation Act of 1966 (a predecessor to the Endangered Species Act of 1973). NMFS later assumed jurisdiction for shortnose sturgeon under a 1974 government reorganization plan (38 FR 41370). Key Documents (All documents are in PDF format.)
| | Regulatory Overview The shortnose sturgeon was listed as endangered throughout its range on March 11, 1967 under the Endangered Species Preservation Act of 1966 (a predecessor to the Endangered Species Act of 1973). NMFS later assumed jurisdiction for shortnose sturgeon under a 1974 government reorganization plan (38 FR 41370). |
| More Information Moser, M. L.; Bain, M.; Collins, M. R.; Haley, N.; Kynard, B.; O'Herron II, J. C.; Rogers, G.; Squiers, T. S. 2000. "A protocol for use of shortnose and Atlantic sturgeons". NOAA Tech Memo NMFS-OPR-18. Dadswell, Michael J., Bruce D. Taubert, Thomas S. Squiers, Donald Marchette, and Jack Buckley. 1984. Synopsis of Biological Data on Shortnose Sturgeon, Acipenser brevirostrum LeSueur 1818. NOAA Technical Report NMFS-14, FAO Fisheries Synopsis No. 140, 45p. | | Key Documents (All documents are in PDF format.) |
| TitleFederal RegisterDateRecovery Plan63 FR 6961312/17/1998 ESA Listing Rule32 FR 400103/11/1967Home l About Us l Forms l Privacy Policy l Information Quality l Disclaimer l Contact Us l Feedback l Search Pa ge 3of 3 Shortnose Stur g eon (Aci p enser brevirostrum
| | Title Federal Register Date Recovery Plan 63 FR 69613 12/17/1998 ESA Listing Rule 32 FR 4001 03/11/1967 More Information Moser, M. L.; Bain, M.; Collins, M. R.; Haley, N.; Kynard, B.; O'Herron II, J. |
| ) - Office of Protected Resources -NOAA Fisheries 12/03/2008 htt p://www.nmfs.noaa.
| | C.; Rogers, G.; Squiers, T. S. 2000. "A protocol for use of shortnose and Atlantic sturgeons". NOAA Tech Memo NMFS-OPR-18. |
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| | Dadswell, Michael J., Bruce D. Taubert, Thomas S. Squiers, Donald Marchette, and Jack Buckley. 1984. Synopsis of Biological Data on Shortnose Sturgeon, Acipenser brevirostrum LeSueur 1818. NOAA Technical Report NMFS-14, FAO Fisheries Synopsis No. 140, 45p. |
| | Home l About Us l Forms l Privacy Policy l Information Quality l Disclaimer l Contact Us l Feedback l Search http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/species/fish/shortnosesturgeon.htm 12/03/2008}} |
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Shortnose Sturgeon (Acipenser brevirostrum) - Office of Protected Resources - NOAA Fisheries Page 1 of 3 NOAA Fisheries Office of Protected Resources OPR Home l About OPR l Species l Permits l Laws & Policies l Programs l Education l Publications Shortnose Sturgeon (Acipenser brevirostrum)
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Class: Osteichthyes Photo: Nancy Haley, NOAA Order: Acipenseriformes Contact OPR Family: Acipenseridae Glossary Genus: Acipenser OPR Site Map Species: brevirostrum Species Description Did You Know?
The sturgeon family is among the most primitive of the bony fishes. The shortnose sturgeon shares the same Search OPR general external morphology of all sturgeon. The body
- Shortnose sturgeon surface contains five rows of bony plates or "scutes." occur in most major Sturgeon are typically large, long-lived fish that inhabit a river systems along great diversity of riverine habitat. Sturgeon are found the eastern seaboard from the fast-moving freshwater riverine environment of the U.S.
downstream and, for some species, into the offshore marine environment of the continental shelf.
- The shortnose is the smallest of the 3 The shortnose sturgeon is the smallest of the three sturgeon species that sturgeon species that occur in eastern North America, occur in eastern North having a maximum known total length of 4.7 feet America.
(1.4 m) and weight of 50.7 pounds (23 kg). Growth rate and maximum size vary with latitude, with the fastest
- Shortnose sturgeon growth occurring among southern populations. Maximum have been known to known age is 67 years for females, but males seldom reach a length of 4.7 exceed 30 years of age. Sex ratio among young adults is ft (1.4 m) and weight 1:1 but changes to a predominance of females (4:1) for of 50.7 lbs (23 kg).
fish larger than 90 cm fork length.
- Shortnose sturgeon Males and females mature at the same length (45 to 55 females have been cm fork length) throughout their range. However, age of known to reach 67 maturation varies from north to south due to a slower years of age! But growth rate in the north. Males may mature at 2 to 3 males seldom exceed years of age in Georgia, at age 3 to 5 from South 30.
Carolina to New York, and at age 10 to 11 in the St. John River, Canada. Females exhibit a similar trend and
Shortnose Sturgeon (Acipenser brevirostrum) - Office of Protected Resources - NOAA Fisheries Page 2 of 3 from South Carolina to New York, and at age 13 in the mollusks and large St. John River. Age of first spawning in males occurs 1 to crustaceans.
2 years after maturity, but among females is delayed for up to 5 years. Approximate age of a female at first spawning is 15 years in the St. John River, 11 years in the Hudson and Delaware Rivers, 7 to 14 years in the South Carolina rivers, and 6 years or less in the Altahama River, Georgia. Generally, females spawn every three years, although males may spawn every year.
Habitat Shortnose sturgeon inhabit rivers and estuaries. It is an anadromous fish that spawns in the coastal rivers along the east coast of North America from the St. John River in Canada to the St. Johns River in Florida. It prefers the nearshore marine, estuarine and riverine habitat of large river systems. Shortnose sturgeon, unlike other anadromous species in the region such as shad or salmon, do not appear to make long distance offshore migrations. They are benthic feeders. Juveniles are believed to feed on benthic insects and crustaceans. Mollusks and large crustaceans are the primary food of adult shortnose sturgeon.
Distribution The shortnose sturgeon is anadromous, living mainly in the slower moving riverine waters or nearshore marine waters, and migrating periodically into faster moving fresh water areas to spawn. One partially landlocked population is known in the Holyoke Pool, Connecticut River, and another landlocked group may exist in Lake Marion on the Santee River in South Carolina.
Shortnose sturgeon occur in most major river systems along the eastern seaboard of the United States. In the southern portion of the range, they are found in the St.
Johns River in Florida; the Altamaha, Ogeechee, and Savannah Rivers in Georgia; and, in South Carolina, the river systems that empty into Winyah Bay and the Santee/Cooper River complex that forms Lake Marion. Data are lacking for the rivers of North Carolina. In the northern portion of the range, shortnose sturgeon are found in the Chesapeake Bay system, Delaware River from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Trenton, New Jersey; the Hudson River in New York; the Connecticut River; the lower Merrimack River in Massachusetts and the Piscataqua River in New Hampshire; the Kennebec River in Maine; and the St. John River in New Brunswick, Canada.
Population Trends No estimate of the historical population size of shortnose sturgeon is available. While the shortnose sturgeon was rarely the target of a commercial fishery, it often was taken incidentally in the commercial fishery for Atlantic sturgeon. In the 1950s, sturgeon fisheries declined on the east coast which resulted in a lack of records of shortnose sturgeon. This led the Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) to conclude that the fish had been eliminated from the rivers in its historic range (except the Hudson River) and was in danger of extinction. FWS believed the population level of the shortnose sturgeon had declined because of pollution and overfishing, both directly and incidentally in shad gillnets.
Threats Construction of dams and pollution of many large northeastern river systems during the period of industrial growth in the late 1800's and early 1900's may have resulted in substantial loss of suitable habitat. In addition, habitat alterations from discharges, dredging or disposal of material into rivers, or related development activities involving estuarine/riverine mudflats and marshes, remain constant threats. Commercial exploitation of shortnose sturgeon occurred throughout its range starting in colonial times and continued periodically into the 1950's.
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Shortnose Sturgeon (Acipenser brevirostrum) - Office of Protected Resources - NOAA Fisheries Page 3 of 3 Conservation Efforts Placing the species on the endangered species list resulted in a great deal of research on the species in the northern river systems. NMFS published a recovery plan in December 1998 outlining actions that need to be taken in order to recover the species.
Regulatory Overview The shortnose sturgeon was listed as endangered throughout its range on March 11, 1967 under the Endangered Species Preservation Act of 1966 (a predecessor to the Endangered Species Act of 1973). NMFS later assumed jurisdiction for shortnose sturgeon under a 1974 government reorganization plan (38 FR 41370).
Key Documents (All documents are in PDF format.)
Title Federal Register Date Recovery Plan 63 FR 69613 12/17/1998 ESA Listing Rule 32 FR 4001 03/11/1967 More Information Moser, M. L.; Bain, M.; Collins, M. R.; Haley, N.; Kynard, B.; O'Herron II, J.
C.; Rogers, G.; Squiers, T. S. 2000. "A protocol for use of shortnose and Atlantic sturgeons". NOAA Tech Memo NMFS-OPR-18.
Dadswell, Michael J., Bruce D. Taubert, Thomas S. Squiers, Donald Marchette, and Jack Buckley. 1984. Synopsis of Biological Data on Shortnose Sturgeon, Acipenser brevirostrum LeSueur 1818. NOAA Technical Report NMFS-14, FAO Fisheries Synopsis No. 140, 45p.
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