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Kootenai Subpopulation Status and Trends
Beamesderfer, R. and coauthors. 2013. Abundance and survival of Kootenai River white sturgeon. Report by Cramer Fish Sciences to the Kootenai Tribe of Idaho
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Due to little or no recruitment since 1974, managers estimated that only 991 wild adult white sturgeon were present in the Kootenai River in 2009. Data indicate that the population, which is federally-listed as Endangered, is at a level at which genetic and demographic risks are acute.
Abundance
* Monitoring did not occur during years for which data do not exist.
Productivity
No data available at this time.
Density
No data available at this time.
Hatchery Releases
Harvest
There is no harvest since catch-and-release regulations are in effect for this subpopulation.
See other data snapshots that help us gauge the abundance of fish and wildlife:
Subpopulations for Kootenai Management Unit
Other Management Units - Subpopulations
Lower Columbia subpopulation status and trends
Willamette subpopulation status and trends
Bonneville subpopulation status and trends (Lower Mid-Columbia MU)
Bonneville subpopulation status and trends (Lower Columbia MU)
The Dalles subpopulation status and trends (Lower Mid-Columbia MU)
John Day subpopulation status and trends (Lower Mid-Columbia MU)
McNary subpopulation status and trends (Lower Mid-Columbia MU)
Priest Rapids subpopulation status and trends (Upper Mid-Columbia MU)
Wanapum subpopulation status and trends (Upper Mid-Columbia MU)
Rock Island subpopulation status and trends (Upper Mid-Columbia MU)
Rocky Reach subpopulation status and trends (Upper Mid-Columbia MU)
Wells subpopulation status and trends (Upper Mid-Columbia MU)
Rufus Woods subpopulation status and trends (Upper Mid-Columbia MU)
Lake Roosevelt subpopulation status and trends (Transboundary Upper Columbia MU)
Ice Harbor subpopulation status and trends (Lower Snake MU)
Lower Monumental subpopulation status and trends (Lower Snake MU)
Little Goose subpopulation status and trends (Lower Snake MU)
Lower Granite-Hells Canyon subpopulation status and trends (Middle Snake MU)
Hells Canyon-Oxbow subpopulation status and trends (Upper Snake MU)
Oxbow-Brownlee subpopulation status and trends (Upper Snake MU)
Brownlee-Swan Falls subpopulation status and trends (Upper Snake MU)
Swan Falls-C.J. Strike subpopulation status and trends (Upper Snake MU)
C.J. Strike-Bliss subpopulation status and trends (Upper Snake MU)
Bliss-Lower Salmon Falls subpopulation status and trends (Upper Snake MU)
Lower Salmon Falls-Salmon Falls subpopulation status and trends (Upper Snake MU)
Upper Salmon Falls-Shoshone Falls subpopulation status and trends (Upper Snake MU)