New Model Predicts the Presence of Endangered Atlantic Sturgeon in the Mid-Atlantic Bight

Lenfest Published Paper September 25, 2017 Read time:

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Scientists can now predict the presence of Atlantic sturgeon in Mid-Atlantic waters with 88 percent accuracy. This is possible because of a new statistical model, recently published in the ICES Journal of Marine Science, that uses environmental conditions conducive to sturgeon, such as water temperature and satellite measurements of ocean color.

The model’s daily predictions are also available here on the University of Delaware website. This advance holds the potential to help fishermen continue to fish while avoiding an endangered species.

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Breece, M. W., Fox, D. A., Haulsee, D., Wirgin, I., and Oliver, M. J. (2017), Satellite Driven Distribution Models of Endangered Atlantic Sturgeon Occurrence in the Mid-Atlantic Bight. ICES Journal of Marine Science, doi:10.1093/icesjms/fsx187.