General News: Sturgeon Spawning in the Hudson
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| An Atlantic sturgeon. |
May 01, 2008
Boaters in Cornwall Bay should be on the look out for “Minerva McGonagall,” a seven-and-a-half foot long Atlantic sturgeon headed north.
Minerva, whose movements are tracked by the state Department of Environmental Conservation, was found in mid-April near Stony Point, in Haverstraw Bay. The fish was headed north to the Hudson Highlands.
Mature Atlantic sturgeon live in the ocean but travel up the river each spring to spawn their eggs. Minerva was tagged by the DEC back in 2006 near Poughkeepsie and can presume to have made the trip to the ocean and back every year.
The Atlantic sturgeon, which was abundant in the Hudson River in the 1800s, is now a protected species – no fishing of it allowed. The large fish can live to as many as 60 years, so DEC trackers are hoping to learn from Minerva’s movements for many years to come.
Learn more about the Atlantic sturgeon here.
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