Sturgeon eggs are considered a delicacy when eaten as caviar, leading to their illegal harvest in the Black River.

They used fertilized sturgeon eggs obtained from the Winnebago System. A key to success was using hatchery jars with constant water flow to house the developing sturgeon eggs, Binkowski said.

In the 19th century, sturgeon species in the US were so common that there are accounts of caviar being offered in saloons for free, like bar nuts. In Europe, fishermen were feeding the eggs to ...

Their ideal habitat includes a clean cobble substrate conducive to insect production and sturgeon egg incubation, undiked side channels and low-lying deltaic marsh lands, and waters affected by ...

These organs, called barbels, help the fish to locate bottom-dwelling prey, such as snails, mussels, clams, crayfish, insect larvae, and fish eggs. Also known as the rock sturgeon, the lake ...