Recent estimates put the upper Columbia River basin population at approximately 1,000 adult white sturgeon. The biology and life history of these fish is similar to other white sturgeon populations. However, there are small differences in timing and temperature for adult spawning, juvenile rearing and years of maturation.


Loucas Raptis
artistic image
of an adult
white sturgeon


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