DEC wraps 2024 part of its sturgeon fish study

CAPITAL REGION, N.Y. (NEWS10) -The Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) finished its second of three summer studies of sturgeon fish on Friday afternoon. Sturgeons have one of the largest populations in the Hudson River during the spawning season as an endangered species.

Historians say the sturgeon fish has likely been fished ever since humans learned how. Its large size and weight were desirable to Native Americans on the Hudson River, which left European settlers in awe during the 17th century.