Reported vessel strike as a source of mortality of White Sturgeon in San Francisco Bay
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Ship strikes are a source of injury and mortality for many aquatic species worldwide (Holland 1986; Laist and Shaw 2006; Hazel et al. 2007). Over the past few years, the impact of vessel strikes involving large cetaceans has received significant attention (Laist et al. 2001; Peel et al. 2018). However, the impact of vessel strikes on large adult fishes has received considerably less attention worldwide.
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Vessel strikes can result in injury or mortality to fish inhabiting navigational channels, with larger adult individuals being more susceptible to strikes.
“vessel strikes can result in injury or mortality to fish inhabiting navigational channels, with larger, adult individuals being more susceptible to strikes (Brown and Murphy 2010;Balazik et al. 2012;Hondorp et al. 2017;Demetras et al. 2020).”
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The paper states that vessel strikes pose a risk of injury and mortality to White Sturgeon in the Carquinez Strait, and discusses their potential overlap with vessels in shipping channels (main text; page unavailable). It does not establish that larger adults are more susceptible than smaller fish; it also describes sub-adult sturgeon as potentially vulnerable. (LLM, conf=0.87)
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Rider, H. J., Morgan, K. M., Bond, A. T., Nolan, J. D., Fox, A. G., & Hamel, M. J. (2026) · Environmental Biology of Fishes · doi:10.1007/s10641-026-01901-0 · Cited by 1 · see citing works
- Authors
- Demetras, N. J., Helwig, B. A., & McHuron, A. S.
- Affiliations
- NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service (US)
- University of California, Santa Cruz
- Corresponding author
- Demetras, Nicholas J.
- Venue
- California Fish and Wildlife Journal
- Published
- 2020-01-05
- Volume
- 106
- Issue
- 1
- ISSN
- 2689-419X (ISSN-L)
- 2689-4203
- OpenAlex
- W4285710691
- Cited by
- 3
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 1
- FWCI
- 0.27
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
- Licence
- public-domain
- Locations
- California Fish and Wildlife Journal (publishedVersion, public-domain)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion)
- NOAA Institutional Repository (submittedVersion, public-domain)
- Funders
- National Marine Fisheries Service
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Marine animal studies overview
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Nature and Landscape Conservation › Ichthyology and Marine Biology
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Marine and fisheries research
- Keywords
- ship strikes, white sturgeon, Acipenser transmontanus, fish mortality, San Francisco Bay
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