YouTube sturgeon videos expose poachers, force changes

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These videos show: –Night fishing from a boat –Landing a large protected green sturgeon –Using snares that can harm it –Mishandling the fish on the boat –Keeping a protected species out of the water for at least five minutes –Apparently killing the fish, since it is never shown being released –[on the deck of the boat in the background, there also appears to be undersize white sturgeon] To synchronize regulations across the Western U.S., and to further protect all sturgeon, the DFG is recommending this week that the Fish and Game Commission authorize a series of changes that govern fishing in the Bay-Delta. See the story at http://www.sfgate.com/sports/outdoors in Monday’s [...]

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