The goal of the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) protocols for the use of sturgeon
is standardization of research practices to benefit the recovery of Gulf of Mexico (Gulf) …

Less is known about the reproductive endocrinology of sturgeons compared to modern
teleosts. However, tools to assess the reproductive endocrinology and effects of …

Three hundred and five Atlantic sturgeon caught in the Hudson River and Hudson Bight
were examined for age, body size and gonadal development (histology). Sampled fish …

Because white sturgeon Acipenser transmontanus show no readily discernible external
signs of gender, management agencies use surgical biopsies to determine the sex and …

The Russian sturgeon (Acipenser gueldenstaedtii) is native to the Caspian Sea, the Black
Sea and the Azov Sea. It used to breed in the main incoming rivers, until dam construction in …

Thirty-nine adult Atlantic sturgeon Acipenser oxyrinchus oxyrinchus (136–234 cm total
length) were caught in gill nets fished at historical sturgeon-fishing locations in the …

Long lifespan and late maturation make it difficult to establish gamete maturity and breeding
age of captive endangered Chinese sturgeon, Acipenser sinensis. This greatly handicaps …

All-female populations of mandarin fish (Siniperca chuatsi) provide economic advantages in
production because of the superior growth of females relative to males. The first step to …

Changes in serum concentrations of two androgens, testosterone (T) and 11‐
ketotestosterone (11KT), and oestradiol‐17β (E2) in male and female giant sturgeon Huso …

The goal of this paper is to improve the assignment of sex and stage of maturity for
sturgeons and paddlefish by providing both an overview of the gonadal stages of maturity …