BDN reports on shortnose sturgeon migration
The Bangor Daily News reported University of Maine researchers have documented that three tagged female shortnose sturgeon moved upstream into a stretch of the Penobscot River above the former Veazie Dam — a step in the recovery of the species that’s listed under the federal Endangered Species Act.
“For us, we think it’s very encouraging that we’re seeing fish start to explore regions of the river past the [former] dam, up to the portions that we think spawning might happen,” says Michael Kinnison, professor in the University of Maine school of biology and ecology.
“Those are the sort of forays that fish could take this time of year that could lead to [spawning].”