"Phil.L" wrote in message
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I go sturgeon fishing regularly, the entire fishery is known for its
excellent sturgeon fishing, and thats what the majority of anglers are
hoping to catch.
I'm not sure if this protection order covers this particular type of
sturgeon though, as i was reading an environment agency newsletter last
year
which had a piece on sturgeon, apparently they arent native fish of this
country and if you want to stock them at your fishery, it has to be
checked
for leaks etc by the EA, so that any spawn etc dosent make its way into
natural waterways.

I've done a bit more digging.
Whitaker's Almanack 2003 says that the Atlantic (also called Common)
sturgeon Acipenser Sturio is the one that is protected (it's listed under
Schedule 5 of the Wildlife & Countryside Act 1971). Anything listed under
schedule 5 (the list was last updated in 1998) is protected by schedule 9 of
the same act. Schedule 9 says "It is an offence to kill, injure, take,
possess or sell (whether alive or dead) any animal included in Schedule 5 of
the Act and to disturb its place of shelter and protection or to destroy
that place".
There are many other varieties of sturgeon though so maybe the ones you are
after are different altogether as I doubt the EA would let any fishery stock
a protected species.