Presented By: Cora McIntoshCarrier Sekani Tribal CouncilJanuary 2011

*Nechako White Sturgeon Outreach

*Endangered Species

*Population ageing, few young fish (juveniles)

*Endangered as per the Species at Risk Act (SARA)

*Now fully protected, it is against the law to have a sturgeon or any sturgeon parts (2007)

*May become extinct within the next twenty years

*Why are the Sturgeon endangered?

*Human Impact

*Habitat altered*Bottom structure altered

*Kenny Dam 1950’s

*Few young fish remain

*Global climate

*What are we doing?

*Build awareness

*Presentations to Schools

*Sturgeon at Rivers Day

*Habitat Rehabilitation

*Research (the reasons why sturgeon are

endangered)

*Sturgeon Hatchery

*Juvenile Recovery

*What have we found? Juvenile Recovery

*This year we caught 33 juvenile sturgeon.

*20 wild sturgeon

*4 wild recaptures

*9 hatchery released

*Egg Mates

*What can you do to help?