Baby sturgeon spotted at UCD today

[gdr_11]

I worked at UCD for 15 years back around the time Abraham Lincoln was still chopping firewood. The sturgeon program was always interesting and I spent a fair amount of time out there chatting with the researchers. At one time I tested some of the first ultrasonic lures that were put out by a guy in Montana. I lowered the lures into the tanks where the mature sturgeon were and took video of the reaction of the fish. They were definitely attracted by the sound but I was never able to catch anything on those lures. Anyway, the sturgeon program has been going on for decades there and they are a big resource for fish farmers. The UCD fisheries program always used to have a nice setup at the state fair in Cal Expo but it has been years since I last went

[FlyWright]

UCD does quite a bit of research on farmed and wild sturgeon. They also have tanks with large green sturgies for scientific analysis and research.

I suspect these are young farmed sturgeon for research. I was invited there a couple times to show the profs and students how to clean sturgeon. We had to kill about 30-35 young farmed fish for analysis of biological differences related to chromosomes.

I never cleaned so many sturgeon at one time in my life! It was an educational and interesting experience.

[Coltsfan87]

Future plants maybe?

[fishwrong2]

You guys need to clean out your drains if sturgeon are backing up in the tub.

Research project I'm assuming?

Cool to see.

[Tifoso]

Absolutely fantastic!

[salmonid]

Will try to include video later.