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sturgeon
The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
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stur·geon
/ ˈstərjən/
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a very large primitive fish (family Acipenseridae) with bony plates on the body. It occurs in temperate seas and rivers of the northern hemisphere, esp. central Eurasia, and is of commercial importance for its caviar and flesh.
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Sturgeon: sturgeon plays a niche role for upscale restaurateurs and specialty retailers.(Product Spotlight)
Magazine article from: Seafood Business; 5/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; It's no secret that wild sturgeon populations around the world are in serious...caviar has pushed osetra, beluga and sevruga sturgeon into the ranks of endangered species. Overfishing of sturgeon in North America is even more severe. Once...
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Returuin' sturgeon.
Magazine article from: New York State Conservationist; 12/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...looks down at a three foot long lake sturgeon that could grow to be over six feet in...Lawrence County as part of a state sturgeon restoration program, the size of the...fish is a sign that some of the young sturgeon that have been stocked during the past...
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Sturgeons' Spawning Grounds Lost; River Dams, Oil Spills, Pesticides Disrupt Vital Breeding
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 5/30/1992; ; 690 words
; ...days, we used to throw the sturgeon back into the river if they...Ivanov, who has been fishing sturgeon in the Volga for most of his...also have reduced the young sturgeons' chances of survival. Before...In an attempt to maintain sturgeon stocks, Russian scientists...
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Sturgeon Thrive in and around Lake Winnebago, Wis.
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News; 2/7/2003; 700+ words
; ...and overfishing have threatened lake sturgeon nearly everywhere in North America...place else in the United States boasts a sturgeon population as big -- and draws as many...100th year that Wisconsin has regulated sturgeon spearing -- begins Saturday, and during...
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Sturgeon returning to Penobscot Comeback good news for endangered fish
Newspaper article from: Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME; 6/22/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...first population of endangered shortnose sturgeon in the Penobscot River in nearly 30 years...research team has pulled 23 shortnose sturgeon from several spots in the Penobscot near...likely rules out any chance that the sturgeon had strayed into the Penobscot from other...
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STURGEON RE-EMERGING IN GREAT LAKES, SOUTH.(News)
Newspaper article from: The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH); 8/12/2006; 700+ words
; ...bigger. McDonald hooked a 3-foot long sturgeon, a prehistoric fish that was thought...fish, he would've been on my wall." Sturgeon -- prized for its caviar and smoked...remain before efforts to restore the sturgeon population will allow them to be fished...
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Sturgeon anglers in Wisconsin subject to new guidelines
Newspaper article from: Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque); 7/15/2007; ; 700+ words
; MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Sturgeon anglers in Wisconsin will have a tougher...the minimum size of angler-caught sturgeon on inland waters in 2007 from 50 inches...fisheries supervisor, to protect the sturgeon population from over-harvest...
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Sturgeon Slowly Re-Emerge in Great Lakes
News Wire article from: AP Online; 9/10/2006; 700+ words
; ...bigger. McDonald hooked a 3-foot-long sturgeon, a prehistoric fish that was thought...fish, he would've been on my wall." Sturgeon - prized for its caviar and smoked meat...remain before efforts to restore the sturgeon population will allow them to be fished...
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Sturgeon has nearly disappeared from most habitats.
Newspaper article from: Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL); 10/15/2003; 700+ words
; ...catfish. Most people, hearing "sturgeon," would think caviar, particularly...American waters once teemed with sturgeons, and they weren't a luxury product...value became appreciated, smoked sturgeon and caviar often were bar food...
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Sturgeon get a fresh start
Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; 11/9/2003; ; 700+ words
; Sturgeon get a fresh start Milwaukee River new...Sunday, November 9, 2003 Eight lake sturgeon, all but one with radio transmitters...population of the fish to Lake Michigan. "Sturgeon were native to a lot of tributaries to...
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Sturgeons
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science
...America is the lake sturgeon, A cipenser fulvescens . In Europe, sturgeons are found in the...to July when the sturgeons enter the rivers...Europe. A female sturgeon may lay up to three...protecting large sturgeons, which tend to...effect. The green sturgeon, A. medirostris...
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sturgeon
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...isinglass is made. Sturgeons feed by sucking in their...g., the Atlantic sturgeon Acipenser oxyrhyncus...the threatened Russian sturgeon from extinction, but...Eurasian species of sturgeon led to a suspension...region during 2006-7. Sturgeons are classified in the...
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Sturgeon, Theodore (Hamilton)
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Literature
Sturgeon, Theodore [Hamilton] (1918–85),novelist of...collections of stories include A Touch of Strange (1958), Sturgeon in Orbit (1964), Sturgeon Is Alive and Well (1971), Visions and Venturers (1978...
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sturgeon, common
Book article from: A Dictionary of Zoology
sturgeon, common ( Acipenser sturio ) See ACIPENSERIDAE .
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common sturgeon
Book article from: A Dictionary of Zoology
common sturgeon ( Acipenser sturio ) See ACIPENSERIDAE .
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