Jimmie Garth Tyler Hassig Chad Shirey Josh Simmons weigh and record weight of Lake Sturgeon in TN River.JPG

Biologists in the process of weighing Lake Sturgeon and recording weight.
Photo By/Credit
Sonia L. Mumford DVM/USFWS
Media Usage Rights/License
Public Domain
Image
Biologists from Warm Springs, Bears Bluff, and Edenton National Fish Hatcheries work together to collect information (including weight as shown here) on Lake Sturgeon collected in the Tennessee River. These Lake Sturgeon are part of a large multi-agency effort to re-introduce Lake Sturgeon to the Tennessee and Cumberland Rivers.
Facility
Warm Springs National Fish Hatchery
Bears Bluff National Fish Hatchery
Edenton National Fish Hatchery
Species
Acipenser fulvescens
Staff
Jimmie Garth
Subject tags
Aquaculture
Biologists (USFWS)
Employees (USFWS)
Fish hatcheries
Fishes
Species reintroduction
Work of the Service