Lake sturgeon are a protected species in Michigan and must be released immediately if caught. The fish are long-lived, slow to mature, and were overfished in the 1800s, leading to their threatened ...

The Match-e-be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians (Gun Lake Tribe) on Friday held its annual sturgeon release into the Kalamazoo River. Some 160 hatchery-raised lake sturgeon were released at ...

It might be the most unique personal security job in Michigan. The client? Huge lake sturgeon in northern Michigan's Cheboygan County. The Michigan Department of Natural Resources, along with the ...

Five hundred young sturgeon reared from a facility opened by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources and Michigan State University were released last week at four locations in the Saginaw River ...

"They are starting to return." Experts thrilled after spotting rare fish behavior in US waterway: 'Great milestone' first ...

Michigan wildlife managers, along with their counterparts in Wisconsin, are proposing to add a catch and immediate release season for lake sturgeon on the Menominee River. The Michigan DNR is also ...

Changes to sturgeon fishing regulations may be coming to Michigan. Michigan’s Natural Resource Commission met last week to discuss several issues including a pair involving the prized prehistoric fish ...

Lake sturgeon were released into the Saginaw River system on Sept. 20. Community members and conservation partners participated in the event, which aimed to reintroduce more than 100 native sturgeon ...

Lake sturgeon were found in relative abundance in Lake Michigan and nearshore waters of Milwaukee when European immigrants settled the area. However, the fish were extirpated over much of their range ...