Freshwater species making comeback in Great Lakes region

Oct 26 2009 No Comments

(OH) The Toledo Blade - The mighty lake sturgeon – an odd-looking North American fish that has been on Earth no fewer than 150 million years and that coexisted with dinosaurs for at least 85 million years – is making a comeback in the Great Lakes region after nearly going extinct in the early 1900s.

 

Lake sturgeon is one of 27 species of sturgeon worldwide but one of only three that spends its entire life in fresh water. Most others live at sea, seeking out fresh water to spawn. More

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