ʻOi aku paha kēia sturgeon ma mua o 100 mau makahiki.

Ua hopu ʻia a hōʻailona ka poʻe ʻepekema olaola i kekahi o nā iʻa wai maʻa nui a kahiko loa i ʻike ʻia ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa. ʻO ka sturgeon, he 2,1 mika ka lōʻihi a ʻo ke kaumaha ma kahi o 109 kilokani, hiki ke ʻoi aku ma mua o 100 mau makahiki. Ua hopu ʻia ka Lake Sturgeon (Acipenser fulvesscens) i ka lā 22 ʻApelila ma ka muliwai Detroit ma Michigan. ʻEkolu mau kānaka e kiʻi, ana a kau i ka iʻa, a laila hoʻokuʻu hou ʻia i loko o ka muliwai. ʻAʻole hiki ke manaʻoʻiʻo i kona mau maka ʻo Jason Fisher, he mea olaola me ka Alpena Fish and Wildlife Conservation Authority (AFWCO). "I ko mākou hāpai ʻana i luna, ua nui a nui aʻe," wahi āna. "I ka hopena, ua ʻoi aku kēia iʻa ma mua o ka pālua o nā iʻa i hopu mua ʻia ma ia wahi." He mea kupanaha kona mau ana - 2,1 m ka lōʻihi a me 109 kg i ke kaumaha.

Noho ʻo Lake Sturgeon i nā ʻōnaehana wai maʻemaʻe o ke kahakai hikina o ʻAmelika ʻĀkau. ʻO ka hapa nui o ka manawa o kēia mau iʻa ma lalo o nā muliwai a me nā loko, kahi e ʻai ai lākou i nā ʻupena, nā ilo, nā ʻuʻu, nā crustaceans a me nā iʻa liʻiliʻi ʻē aʻe a lākou e hopu ai, e omo ana i ka nui o ka wai a me ka lepo. Kapa ʻia kēia ʻano hānai ʻai. Ke manaʻo ʻia nei ua make kēia ʻano i ka ʻumikumamāiwa o nā mokuʻāina he iwakālua i loaʻa ai. A hiki i ʻelua mau makahiki i hala aku nei, ke emi nei nā kumu kūʻai sturgeon ma muli o ka lawaiʻa ʻoihana, kahi i hoʻomalu ʻia. Ua hoʻokomo ʻia nā palena lawaiʻa koʻikoʻi no nā lawaiʻa leʻaleʻa. Ua uku ʻia kēia mau hana. I nā makahiki i hala iho nei, ua hoʻōla mālie ka nui o nā sturgeon. ʻO ka muliwai Detroit i kēia manawa ke hoʻokipa nei i kekahi o nā heluna olakino maikaʻi loa ma ka ʻāina, me ka ʻoi aku o 6.500 i hoʻopaʻa ʻia i ka lake sturgeon. Aia ma waena o lākou he mau hiʻohiʻona kahiko a kupaianaha hoʻi. Eia nō naʻe, ke kū nei kēia mau iʻa i nā mea hoʻoweliweli ʻē aʻe e like me ka haumia o ka muliwai, ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana a me nā hana hoʻomalu wai e hoʻopilikia i ko lākou hiki ke ʻau i uka a hiki i ko lākou kahua hoʻoulu.