Gentle Giant: The Mystery of the Gulf Sturgeon

Gentle Giant is the story of the enigmatic Gulf Sturgeon and the dedicated biologists deciphering the Gulf Sturgeon’s ancient code. After surviving millions of years, one decade of overharvest from 1900-1910 brought catastrophic declines to the Gulf Sturgeon.

Over the decades, our culture of harvesting sturgeon for food began transforming into a culture of conservation.