#sturgeon — Public Fediverse posts

“New research suggests these ancient-looking, armoured fish may live far longer than scientists previously thought — in some cases, more than 400 years.”

#Sturgeon #Canada #GreatLakes
#Science
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ontario-great-lakes-sturgeon-lifespan-study-9.7329250

Outro esturión de gran tamaño pescado a finais da década de 1960 na costa asturiana. Segundo a nova o exemplar pesaba 118 kg. #esturion #historiadapesca #sollorei #sturgeon #insustentabilidade #extincion #histodon

The feds agree that the Bay's imperiled #WhiteSturgeon are endangered -- but are refusing to protect them under the Endangered Species Act:

"The biggest threat to the White Sturgeon’s survival is neglect from the very agencies that are required to protect them," as Baykeeper science director @jarosenfield put it.

https://baykeeper.org/press_release/feds-determine-that-san-francisco-bays-white-sturgeon-is-an-endangered-species-but-refuse-to-protect-them/ @RestoreTheDelta

#fish #fishing #sturgeon #sfbay #sanfranciscobay #bayarea #californiadelta #californiawater #cawater

4 Dams Set for Removal in #Maine Will Open Hundreds of Miles of #River for #Salmon, #Herring and #Sturgeon

By Andy Corbley, Oct 15, 2025

"In Maine, ownership of 4 large dams has been transferred to #TheNatureConservancy in a sale it hopes will return the river they operate on into prime habitat for salmon for the first time in a century.

"Operated by #BrookfieldRenewables, the dams along the lower #KennebecRiver prevent ocean going, freshwater fish like salmon from accessing #AncestralSpawningGrounds upriver.

"On September 15th, 2025, The Nature Conservancy (#TNC) and #Brookfield signed a purchase and sale agreement for the four dams totaling $138 million.

"The Kennebec River is fed by #SandyRiver in the heart of Maine before running down to the #GulfOfMaine past the towns of #SkowheganME and #WatervilleME. The Weston, Shawmut, #HydroKennebec, and Lockwood dams are located in intervals along this stretch, called the #LowerKennebec.

"The federal regulatory process for decommissioning a dam, as seen in the recent parallel in #California, where four dams were removed to make way for salmon, needed more than 5 years from start to finish. As a result, TNC will look to gather another $30 million in funding to create a nonprofit that will manage and oversee the decommissioning process, during which the dams could continue to generate power for 5 to 10 years.

"That would include working with Sappi North America, whose Somerset Mill, located between the town of Skowhegan and the #ShawmutDam, to find a solution to the company’s long-term water needs, which are currently met by this dam.

"Their twin goals in the decommissioning project are to return free-flowing conditions to the lower Kennebec River to support regionally-#endangered #NorthAtlanticSalmon, while doing so in collaboration with existing stakeholders in the dams’ activities, Sappi included.

" 'TNC and its partners are 100% committed to developing a solution with Sappi that fully addresses the Somerset Mill’s long-term water system needs,' the organization wrote in a statement. 'We understand the vital role of the Somerset Mill for the forest products industry and the state’s economy.'

"#AtlanticSalmon are considered near-threatened worldwide, but certain stocks in the North Atlantic have almost completely disappeared. Access to Sandy River via the lower Kennebec would open up hundreds of miles of prime habitat for spawning and coming of age.

"Brookfield maintains dams higher up the river, but these areas are considered to be of poor habitat quality. Those dams also happen to produce substantially more electricity than the dams along the lower stretch of the river—those set to be removed.

"The Maine Monitor reports that fishing advocacy groups have argued for the dam’s removal for 'decades.' #RiverHerring [#Alewives], the federally-protected #AtlanticSturgeon, and #AmericanEel all rely on Maine’s freshwater rivers to either spawn or feed before swimming out to sea.

"The current predicament finds around one-twelfth of the historic spawning population of Atlantic salmon returning to the Kennebec via the gulf, where they’re captured at #LockwoodDam and actually trucked up the roads past the next three dams to spawn. During the reverse journey many do not survive the journey to the gulf past the industrial infrastructure.

"The removal of the #KlamathRiver dams this time last year produced incredible results immediately, with fish finding their way back upstream far past the farthest dam to spawn within a single season, proving that ancestral instincts can remain intact despite generations of fish not being able to act on them.

"But examples also lie closer to home, with dams removed years past along another Maine river, the #PenobscotRiver, resulting in long-term economic and environmental improvements."

Source:
https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/4-dams-set-for-removal-in-maine-will-open-hundreds-of-miles-of-river-for-salmon-herring-and-sturgeon/

#SolarPunkSunday #DamRemoval #Maine #EndangeredSpecies #WaterIsLife

Massive sturgeon caught and released on the Fraser River near Vancouver, BC

11ft 8in (3.55 metres) and 1200lbs (544kg)

It is illegal to keep Sturgeon in BC. It is catch and release only. Would love to do this one day and see one of these amazing ancient creatures!
#BC #Canada #Wildlife #Fishing #Sturgeon
https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.7243933

We now know that Peter #Murrell was stealing from the #SNP since at least 2010, probably earlier. We know that he proposed to, and married, Nicola #Sturgeon in 2010. So he was almost certainly stealing from the party before he married her.

Say what you will about Sturgeon, I believe that she was honestly committed to her party. I cannot believe she knew about his thefts, at least until just before she resigned.

There's something very psychologically dark and disturbing there.

#ScotPol

Hoooooooooooooooooly shit!

#fishing #canada #sturgeon

So a total of £1,0060,000 has gone missing from SNP accounts?

£400k by Murrell and £660k supposedly for a referendum, but spent on other stuff...

#snp #scotland #politics #ukpolitics #swinney #murrell #sturgeon #scottish

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c362gx5px47o

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: Atlantic #sturgeon – #fish as long as a VW Beetle – produce low-frequency “thunder” #sounds during mating in #NewYork’s #HudsonRiver, according to researchers at #Cornell. 💙

The sounds may come from thrashing or swim bladder movement. Scientists hope to use the recordings to monitor #endangered sturgeon populations without disturbing them. 🐟

👉 https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/sturgeon-fish-sex-sounds-like-thunder/

#sound #conservation #marinebiology #science #biology #nature #wildlife

@2legged It's no secret that I left the #SNP because I disliked #Sturgeon's leadership of it; but I think she proved herself over her years as First Minister to be a good servant to Scotland, and I absolutely do not believe that it would be consistent with what I know of her as a person to be dishonest, especially not for personal gain.

No one is perfect, but I do not believe she is guilty of dishonesty. Control freakery, that's a different matter.

A week is a long time in politics.11 years is centuries.

When #Sturgeon published these photos on this day, she was a hero. The "Nicolopter" took her to selfie-mobs. The #SNP won 95% of Scotland's Westmihster seats.

In 2026, it's all gone. Power. Adulation. Many friendships. Marriage. Home.

Was Nicola wrong, or wronged? Probably both. That's how it goes with humans.

But still. Once upon a time, #Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 had a First Minister it loved. ❤️💙

Album at https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1BxYcASRev/

#scotpol #ukpol

Ex-MP #JoannaCherry is a v sore loser.

She has left the #SNP, and has a lucrative career as a KC, but 2 years after Parliament she still seems to put a lot of energy spraying venom on her former colleagues in the SNP, esp #Sturgeon & #Swinney.

This is a consistent pattern in Cherry's politics: all angry negative. Bitter about Brexit, bitter about SNP, bitter about #trans people.

screenshot from https://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/joanna-cherry-holyrood-independence-vote-utterly-performative-8648256, which includes video of a 45-min interview with Cherry.

#scotpol #ukpol

6 Ancient Fish Older Than Dinosaurs That Are Still Swimming Today

Earth’s biological history stretches far beyond the age of dinosaurs. Hundreds of millions of years ago, prehistoric seas…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Science #coelacanth #Dinosaurs #hagfish #lamprey #lungfish #paddlefish #sturgeon
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/670895/

6 Ancient Fish Older Than Dinosaurs That Are Still Swimming Today

Earth’s biological history stretches far beyond the age of dinosaurs. Hundreds of millions of years ago, prehistoric seas…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Science #coelacanth #Dinosaurs #hagfish #lamprey #lungfish #paddlefish #sturgeon
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/670895/

Why did #PeterMurrell do it? Did Nicola #Sturgeon know?

Murray Foote, who succeeded Murrell as SNP chief exec, rightly concludes that it's hard to know the answer to either question. https://archive.is/LGyn9

There are very plausible answers to most of the accusations made against Sturgeon, but it's unlikely that anyone outside that marriage will ever know the truth.

The wonderful Andrew Tickell (aka #PeatWorrier) has some thoughts on the #PeterMurrell saga, at https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/2059373652961878261.html

I was particularly struck by his comments on the tackiness of some of #Murrell's purchases. Even in Scotland, British class sensibilities problematise such spending from every angle.

I think of a late friend's Scots uber-aristo granny reportedly speaking in the 1950s of "the middle classes — the sort of people who own fish knives".

#scotpol #Sturgeon #SNP

The SNP and its members are victims of Peter Murrell's embezzlement, not the perpetrators. It was SNP party funds that were embezzled, not public money. The investigation into Nicola Sturgeon cost £2m, and she was entirely vindicated. All the gum-bumping and teeth gnashing by Baillie, Fraser, etc., will not change that.

Sorry to all those bitter unionists who believed Operation Branchform was the smoking gun that would destroy the SNP and pave the way for Sarwar to swan into Bute House.

I bet yer ragin.

#snp #scotland #ukpolitics #scottishpolitics #murrell #sturgeon

Tell me, Mrs Murrel-Sturgeon, why didn't you suspect your husband was fiddling the books when he bought a Niesmann+Bischoff luxury motorhome for £124,550 in late 2020? Where did you think the cash came from?

#Murrell #Sturgeon #SNP
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cddp5gm0155t

We just sued to challenge the Trump Administration's dangerous water grab—and its devastating effects on Central Valley Steelhead, Green Sturgeon & Chinook Salmon—in partnership with the Center for Biological Diversity and Friends of the River 🐟

Learn more about the case: https://baykeeper.org/press_release/lawsuit-challenges-trumps-dangerous-water-grab-in-california/

#salmon #cawater #californiawater #fish #fishing #sturgeon

It’s time to protect California's White Sturgeon.

CA's White Sturgeon populations have been in decline for 70 years. The state’s sturgeon coordinator says this population "may be the lowest it has ever been.”

As our lead scientist @jarosenfield notes, the greatest threats to sturgeon are water system management, including dams that reduce river flows and block connections between water systems; harmful algal blooms; and overfishing.

Thanks to Laurel Neme and @mongabay for the great article!

https://news.mongabay.com/2025/12/with-a-target-on-their-bellies-can-californias-sturgeon-survive/ #sturgeon #fish #endangeredSpecies #endangeredspeciesact

BREAKING: We're putting the Trump administration on legal notice for killing and harming winter-run Chinook #Salmon, Central Valley #Steelhead, and Green #Sturgeon in the Bay-Delta.

“The Bureau of Reclamation is blatantly violating the #EndangeredSpeciesAct and putting the Bay’s most iconic fish species at greater risk of extinction,” as our lead attorney Eric Buescher said. “There is simply no excuse for its actions or refusal to comply with the law."

Thanks to our great coalition partners at the Center for Biological Diversity and Friends of the River

Read more: https://baykeeper.org/press_release/environmental-groups-send-trump-administration-legal-notice-for-killing-endangered-species/

Illustration of a Central Valley Steelhead by Fiorella Ikeue

#endangeredspecies #sfbay #sanfranciscobay #fish #bureauofreclamation

#Sturgeon is particularly strong on #Trans rights, and what the agenda behind the attack on Trans rights is.

Worth a listen.

#TransRightsAreHumanRights

Pippa Crerar and colleague interviewing Nicola #Sturgeon for the Grauniad — and Sturgeon puts up a damned good defence of her record in government.

#ScotPol

Politics Weekly UK: Nicola Sturgeon on leadership, scandal and trolling the trolls

Episode webpage: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/series/politicsweekly

Media file: https://flex.acast.com/audio.guim.co.uk/2025/11/06-61883-gdn.PW.07112025.hm.nicola_sturgeon.mp3

The #Seattle Aquarium has an underwater dome that serves as a pretty good point for a break. It's warm in there and there are a couple of sturgeon as well.

This is one of the smaller sturgeons. I just think they're neat. They're living fossils and have undergone relatively little morphological change over the last 100 million years or so. They can get much bigger and get pretty chonky. Despite this, they can leap completely out of the water and seem to do this regularly. It's debated why they do this but reasons range from group communication to escaping predators to simply "feels good". There have been incidents of them hopping into boats and causing injuries doing this too.

#KatPics #Sturgeon #SeattleAquarium #LivingFossil

Big win for one of California's most ancient--and imperiled--species!

A judge has ruled in our favor and for the survival of the Bay's White Sturgeon. The Feds now have to take action to assess the White Sturgeon population and ensure they have the protections they're entitled to under the #EndangeredSpeciesAct

https://www.courthousenews.com/feds-get-9-months-to-determine-if-san-francisco-estuary-white-sturgeon-is-threatened/ #sfbay #sanfranciscobay #sturgeon #fish #whitesturgeon #baywildlife

Nicola #Sturgeon on the two stooges this morning, being very solid on #trans rights.

The Rest Is Politics: Leading: 150. Nicola Sturgeon: What Really Happened In The Scottish Referendum (Part 2)

Episode webpage: http://therestispolitics.com/

Media file: https://pdst.fm/e/chrt.fm/track/A27C8C/traffic.megaphone.fm/GLT7192765151.mp3?updated=1755709443

You try to find middle ground with Bigots and they'll just throw it back in your face Nicola, when will you learn?

This fucker misgendered an Olympic athlete, caused merry hell for her and still won't apologise for it, their brain has gone mouldy with hate...

#NicolaSturgeon #JKRowling #TransRightsAreHumanRights #LGBTQIA #Sturgeon #TERF #Bigotry

An easy contest over who I will believe in this, I'm glad Sturgeon is free to bring the receipts now...

#Sturgeon #Salmond #ScotPol

@campbellclaret "I suspect the reason [#Trump] loathed #Sturgeon is that she did not react as he wished to his green ink letters complaining about windmills near his [#Scotland] golf course." https://www.thenewworld.co.uk/alastair-campbells-diary-trump-isnt-world-king-hes-a-narcissist/

Good Evening Friends 🦋 #FullMoon #Blessings #Sturgeon #Indigenous #Aquarius

I've resurrected my email newsletter 'the Liminal'. It drops on each new moon.

It is a creative almanac exploring art & design, and is inspired by nature.

The full Sturgeon Moon Issue for July 2025 is here:

https://foxandthistle.studio/pages/the-liminal-sturgeon-moon-cycle-july-2025

#foxandthistle #art #design #stargazing #almanac #nature #natural #newmoon #sturgeon #moon #cycle #magazine #artist #indesign #adobe #vintage #tshirt #cartoon

- #Correlación NO EQUIVALE a #Causalidad.
- #Evidencia NO ES PLURAL de #Anécdota.
- #Afirmaciones extraordinarias REQUIEREN evidencia extraordinaria. (#CarlSagan)
- Aquello que se afirma sin evidencias PUEDE Y DEBE ser desechado sin evidencias.
- Hacerle caso ciego a un #mercader de la #desinformación que la juega de "#antisistema" y "despierto" NO EQUIVALE a estar informado. Solo te convierte en una #oveja de otro #pastor.
- El 90% de #Internet es basura pura. (Ley de #Sturgeon)
- Refutar una pieza de basura requiere varias magnitudes más recursos que crearla. (Ley de #Brandolini)
- Todo es una #conspiración cuando no entendés cómo funcionan las cosas.
- Odiar lo #popular no te vuelve intelectualmente superior. Sí te vuelve un@ imbécil con delirios de superioridad.
- La #pureza es para el agua destilada, la fundición y la falopa. La #perfección absoluta NO EXISTE.
- La vida es muy corta para aguantar giles e imbéciles.

#ciencia #escepticismo #PensamientoCrítico #Reflexiones #Pensamiento