California man caught with live, endangered sturgeon stuffed in trunk of car
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Officials in California were able to successfully rescue the fish, despite it being kept out of water after being illegally caught.
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife posted about the incident on Facebook, which took place in November. Anglers at the Clifton Forebay contacted authorities after they witnessed a man catching a green sturgeon and not releasing it.
Green sturgeons have been classified as a threatened species under the Federal Endangered Species Act and it is not permitted to catch and retain.
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