Title	White Sturgeon: Saving a Jurassic Relic
Date Issued	2005-02-17
Description	White Sturgeon are one of the oldest surviving species in the world, with fossils confirming their existence as long as 175 million years ago. Now, in the Upper Columbia and Kootenay systems, they are endangered to the point that they have been placed on the provincial red list. Scientists have discovered that these fish, many of which live over 100 years, stopped producing viable young in the wild about 30 to 40 years ago. This WestLand episode will describe the problems facing the White Sturgeon, look into the reasons for their failure to propagate, and discuss the recovery initiatives and partnerships that are working to save this unique species that has survived since the time of the dinosaurs.
Extent	1 Betacam SP videocassette : 1 & 2 Mixed Stereo ; 00:28:20
Geographic Location	Columbia River (B.C.) ; Kootenay River (B.C.)
Genre	Motion Pictures
Type	Moving Image
File Format	video/mp4
Language	English
Notes	Season 22 Episode 03 Terry Halleran; Colin Spence - Co-Chair, Upper Columbia White Sturgeon Recovery Team; Matt Neufeld - BC Ministry of Water, Land, and Air Protection, Fish Biologist; Ron Ek - Fish Culturist, Manager, Columbia Sturgeon Hatchery;
Identifier	UBC VT 2160.1/189; Westland_22_03
Collection	Westland
Source	Original Format: University of British Columbia. Archives. Halleran Video Collection. UBC VT 2160.1/189
Date Available	2012-06-17
Provider	Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights	Images provided for research and reference use only. Permission to publish, copy or otherwise use these images must be obtained from University Archives: http://www.library.ubc.ca/archives
AIPUUID	f598ca37-7e1c-4e9d-83d2-fd18d7a5a620
DOI	10.14288/1.0048496
Aggregated Source Repository	CONTENTdm

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