Jimmie Garth Tyler Hassig Chad Shirey Josh Simmons weigh and record weight of Lake Sturgeon in TN River.JPG

Biologists in the process of weighing Lake Sturgeon and recording weight.

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Biologists from Warm Springs, Bears Bluff, and Edenton National Fish Hatcheries work together to collect information (including weight as shown here) on Lake Sturgeon collected in the Tennessee River. These Lake Sturgeon are part of a large multi-agency effort to re-introduce Lake Sturgeon to the Tennessee and Cumberland Rivers.

Facility

Warm Springs National Fish Hatchery

Bears Bluff National Fish Hatchery

Edenton National Fish Hatchery

Species

Acipenser fulvescens

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Jimmie Garth

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Aquaculture

Biologists (USFWS)

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Fish hatcheries

Fishes

Species reintroduction

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