Gulf Sturgeon (Acipenser Oxyrhynchus Desotoi) : Catch And Release

FWS researchers working with endangered Gulf Sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrhynchus desotoi) and underwater video of Gulf; Sturgeon MS workers in boat going down muddy river;
MCU female boat operator;
MS FWS workers letting net out;
MS/OTS floats going under at end of net; MCU FWS worker scans tail of sturgeon with PIT tag reader;
CU Underbelly of sturgeon, CU mouth;
WS (from second boat) releasing sturgeon back into water;
MCU bringing sturgeon on-board boat; UNDERWATER FOOTAGE STARTS HERE – Underwater view of sturgeon being released;
CU fish nosing at sandy bottom – swims towards camera;
MCU full body view of sturgeon – several shots CU sturgeon’s head MS Sturgeon swims away into darkness;
WS top view as sturgeon swims on bottom – several shots;
WS Sturgeon at edge of dark vegetation;
MS Swimming alongside fish – several shots;
CU low-angle next to sturgeon on sandy bottom, sturgeon noses camera – several shots;
MS sturgeon with diver;
WS Boat with sturgeon in livewell – FWS measures fish MS Diver releases fish.
*(Shorthand:WS = wide shot, MS = medium shot, CU = close-up shot, MCU = medium close-up shot).*

Credit: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service National Conservation Training Center, Creative Imagery
USFWS National Digital Library
NCTC Image Library
Producers: USFWS/NCTC
Wikipedia
NOAA Fisheries

Location: USFWS Panama City Field office, Choctawhatchee River and Yellow River, Florida.

HD B-Roll Stock Footage. Produced by the National Conservation Training Center (NCTC) videographers.

The Gulf sturgeon is a sub-species of the Atlantic sturgeon that can be found from Lake Pontchartrain and the Pearl River system in Louisiana and Mississippi to the Suwannee River in Florida. Hatched in the freshwater of rivers, Gulf sturgeon head out to sea as juveniles, and return to the rivers to over summer or spawn (lay eggs) when they reach adulthood.

The Gulf sturgeon has five rows of bony plates known as scutes that run along its body and a snout with four barbels (slender, whisker-like, soft tissue projections) in front of its mouth. Similar to sharks, Gulf sturgeon have tails where one side, or lobe, is larger than the other. All of these features give the fish its unique look.

The Gulf sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus desotoi) is a subspecies of sturgeon that lives in the Gulf of Mexico and some 
rivers draining into it. The Gulf sturgeon was first recognized as a separate subspecies in 1955. The nominate subspecies is the Atlantic sturgeon, A. o. oxyrinchus. The Gulf sturgeon is listed as threatened under the United States 
Endangered Species Act, having been listed in 1991. Critical habitat, reflecting the current range of the subspecies, has been designated. Three sturgeon species in genus Scaphirhynchus share river territory with the Gulf sturgeon; none of these is 
anadromous.

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