New York’s Hudson River shortnose sturgeon are on the rebound

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) recently announced new research that estimates the population of endangered shortnose sturgeon in the Hudson River to be nearly 70,000 individuals, likely making it the largest population of sturgeon anywhere in the world.
The study was coauthored by the U.S. Geological Survey Eastern Ecological Science Center. It was conducted in partnership with Cornell University, University of Delaware, Delaware State University, and DEC with funding from the Hudson River Foundation and DEC’s Hudson River Estuary Management Program.

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