Atlantic Sturgeon

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Gulf Sturgeon

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Shortnose Sturgeon

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Rules

• September 21, 1998 - Notice of Retention of Atlantic Sturgeon to the Species of Concern List (63 FR 50211)
• October 17, 2006 - Notice to add Atlantic Sturgeon to the Candidate Species List ( 71 FR 61023)

Rules

• September 30, 1991 - Gulf Sturgeon Listing Rule ( 56 FR 49653)

Recovery

• September 1995 - Gulf Sturgeon Recovery and Management Plan

• September 2009 - Gulf Sturgeon 5 Year Review

Critical Habitat

• August 23, 1995 - Notice of Decision to Designate Gulf Sturgeon Critical Habitat ( 60 FR 43721)

• March 19, 2003 - Designation of Gulf Sturgeon Critical Habitat (68 FR 13370)

• Critical Habitat Range Map

 

Rules

• 1967 Shortnose Sturgeon Listing Rule (32 FR 4001)

Recovery

• 1998 Recovery Plan (63- FR 69613)

Publications

• 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.

Status Review

• February 23, 2007 - Status Review of Atlantic Sturgeon

Species Facts

Long, detailed fact sheets, as well as, two page highlights of information for Atlantic sturgeon are provided below.

• Detailed Atlantic Sturgeon Fact Sheet

• Highlight Atlantic Sturgeon Fact Sheet

  More Information on Candidate Species and Species of Concern

Species, such as Atlantic sturgeon, can qualify as both a Candidate Species and a Species of Concern.

For more information on the Species of Concern and Candidate Species that occur within the Southeast Region (Texas through North Carolina),

please, please click here. For more detailed information regarding both of these programs please visit the

Office of Protected Resources webpage at http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/species/concern/

Publications

• 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.