/ Sturgeon Content for 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Davis en /blog/where-do-sturgeon-go <p>White sturgeon can grow to 12 feet long and live for a hundred years. Despite this, not a great deal is known about the lives of these ancient fish as they move between rivers, estuaries and the ocean. Recently, 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Davis researchers <a href="https://rdcu.be/e57ED">published a study of how white sturgeon move around the San Francisco Estuary</a> and Sacramento river system as they grow and mature. The research shows how white sturgeon face environmental hazards, fishing and other threats over their lives.&nbsp;</p> March 24, 2026 - 10:56am Andy Fell /blog/where-do-sturgeon-go /blog/saving-green-sturgeon <p>Like salmon, <a href="https://wildlife.ca.gov/Conservation/Fishes/Sturgeon/Green-Sturgeon">green sturgeon </a>hatch in California streams, migrate to spend most of their lives at sea and return to fresh water to spawn. But unlike the flashier salmon, much of the green sturgeon's life history is as murky as the waters in which the adults like to feed. They can live for up to 60 years and grow to great size for a freshwater fish -- but they do not begin to breed until they are about 15.&nbsp;</p> February 05, 2024 - 10:23am Andy Fell /blog/saving-green-sturgeon /climate/news/will-harmful-algal-blooms-finish-white-sturgeon 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Davis fisheries experts voice concerns and suggestions for how to save white sturgeon after a harmful algal bloom killed hundreds of the fish, an ancient species. November 10, 2022 - 2:29pm Katherine E Kerlin /climate/news/will-harmful-algal-blooms-finish-white-sturgeon