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Winter 2005-2006 Issue

Inside this issue:
Incidental Juvenile Catch Concerns
 Page 1
Developing Education Kits for Schools
How to's for Releasing a Sturgeon
Measures to Avoid Incidental Catches
 Page 2
Research Update
Fall Winter Highlights
Where's My Sturgeon?
What's New!
 Page 3
First Nations Help Arrow Lakes Sturgeon
Up and Coming Events
 Page 4

A VERY ACTIVE SPORT FISHERY OCCURS throughout the Transboundary Reach of the upper Columbia River and into Lake Roosevelt. This area includes the portion of river from Hugh L. Keenleyside Dam to the international border and the lower Kootenay River from Brilliant Dam downstream to the mouth.

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Winter 2003-2004 Issue

Inside this issue:
Partner Perspectives
 Page 1
Outreach Education & Youth
Did You Know?
T-Shirt Winner
 Insert
Where’s My Sturgeon?
 Page 2
What’s New!
 Page 3
Research Update
 Page 4

REBUILDING THE STURGEON POPULATION in the upper Columbia River depends on conservation fish culture, and the Freshwater Fisheries Society of BC (FFSBC) has taken the lead in carrying out this component of the Initiative. Traditionally, the FFSBC, (previously the Fish Culture Section of the Ministry of Water, Land and Air Protection until April 2003 when it became an independent non-profit society) focused on stocking freshwater systems in British Columbia for recreational fishing purposes.

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Summer 2003 Issue

Inside this issue:
What are white sturgeon?
 Page 1
Conservation Aquaculture
 Page 1
Recovery Plan
 Page 2
Recovery Plan Conservation
 Page 3
Win a T-Shirt
 Page 4

LONG-LIVED, GREAT IN SIZE, UNUSUAL IN APPEARANCE, the white sturgeon of the upper Columbia River is a unique and important fish. But without immediate action to restore its population, this remarkable member of the Columbia River basin’s aquatic community will likely be lost forever.

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