A sea monster swims into focus in the James
I’ve written about the mysterious Atlantic sturgeon, which seems most at home in the James River. Anne Wright is an assistant professor of biology at Virginia Commonwealth University, and she gets emails from sturgeon. She works with VCU biologist Matt Balazik, who fishes for river monsters. See the full story from the Richmond Times-Dispatch and Rex Springston: […]
I’ve written about the mysterious Atlantic sturgeon, which seems most at home in the James River. Anne Wright is an assistant professor of biology at Virginia Commonwealth University, and she gets emails from sturgeon. She works with VCU biologist Matt Balazik, who fishes for river monsters.
See the full story from the Richmond Times-Dispatch and Rex Springston:
A Virginia Commonwealth University doctoral student in biology, Balazik catches, counts and tracks the rare Atlantic sturgeon in the James River below Richmond.
The sturgeon is a bone-plated, bottom-feeding behemoth that can top 10 feet. It was fished nearly to extinction more than a century ago for its tasty caviar.
Balazik is passionate about the big fish. He sports a sturgeon tattoo on his right forearm. Two sturgeon pictures ride the bow of his research boat.
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