By Zach Dallas

Nechako White Sturgeon Recovery Initiati

Nechako White Sturgeon Recovery Initiative

Aug 10, 2022 | 2:40 PM

Sturgeon make up for their delayed and infrequent spawning by producing vast numbers of eggs, from about 700,000 in medium-sized females to 3 or 4 million in the largest. Sturgeon are tremendous fish, that can only be found in two major rivers west of the Rocky Mountains in Canada. Both of these rivers flow in British Columbia. The pre-historic look and the rarity of encounters with this fish create much of the wonder surrounding the white sturgeon, which gets its name from the pale markings along its back and sides.