PHOTOS: Another shortnose sturgeon captured

Another shortnose sturgeon was found below the Turners Falls dam on Wednesday. Research Fishery Biologist Micah Kieffer with the U.S. Geological Survey captured and processed the fish. It was later released.

Another shortnose sturgeon was found below the Turners Falls dam on Wednesday. Research Fishery Biologist Micah Kieffer with the U.S. Geological Survey captured and processed the fish. It was later released. STAFF PHOTO/PAUL FRANZ

Local environmental activist Karl Meyer watches a shortnose sturgeon in a small pool of water below the Turners Falls dam on Wednesday evening. Research Fishery Biologist Micah Kieffer with the U.S. Geological Survey captured and processed the fish. It was later released.

Local environmental activist Karl Meyer watches a shortnose sturgeon in a small pool of water below the Turners Falls dam on Wednesday evening. Research Fishery Biologist Micah Kieffer with the U.S. Geological Survey captured and processed the fish. It was later released. STAFF PHOTO/PAUL FRANZ

Water from a previous high water flow forms small pools below the Turners Falls dam on Wednesday evening.

Water from a previous high water flow forms small pools below the Turners Falls dam on Wednesday evening. STAFF PHOTO/PAUL FRANZ

Published: 08-01-2024 7:40 PM

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