Our population estimates exceed the government and scientific population recovery criteria by more than 500%, we found a positive trend in population abundance, and key habitats have remained intact despite heavy human river use.
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The shortnose sturgeon plan [5] names 19 distinct populations and specifies three recovery criteria: adequate size with a favorable trend in abundance; habitat sufficient to support a recovered population; and potential causes of mortality insufficient to reduce the population.