This fall, the largest female sturgeon in the Atlantic sturgeon gillnetting survey’s history was captured by Maryland DNR biologists. The fish was netted along Marshyhope Creek, a tributary of the Nanticoke River.
Nicknamed Chessie, the large female measured just under 7 feet 10 inches and weighed over 200 pounds.
Biologists tagged the fish with a passive integrated transponder, an acoustic transmitter, and an external T-bar tag.
The sturgeon was then returned to the water, where it can be tracked as it moves around the Bay and up and down the coast.
Atlantic sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus oxyrinchus) are one of the largest and longest‐lived anadromous fish in North America.
In the Chesapeake Bay and several other coastal estuaries, Atlantic sturgeon are listed as endangered or threatened by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
source: Maryland Department of Natural Resources
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