Sturgeons caught around British coast raise hopes of return to UK rivers

Slow-growing fish became extinct as a breeding species in Britain in 1950s but rewilding schemes aim to lure it backThe European sturgeon, Acipenser sturio, is a fish that has been around since the time of the dinosaurs and looks it. Specimens are armour plated and big, up to six metres in length. Once abundant in British waters, sturgeon became extinct as a breeding species in the 1950s but there is now a concerted effort to reintroduce it by "rewilding" rivers.Hopes are high because sturgeon are increasingly being accidentally caught in nets around British coasts as bycatch by fishers. This shows that and French and German attempts to breed the fish in captivity and release them into rivers is working. Continue reading...