Adaptive Disease Management Strategies for the Endangered Population of Kootenai River White Sturgeon

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Abstract
For the endangered Kootenai River white sturgeon (Acipenser transmontanus Richardson) population, conservation aquaculture was identified as a prudent and necessary recovery tool due to the biological status of the population and the demonstrated uncertainties of other recovery efforts. Conservation aquaculture programs need to address potential impacts on the genetic variability, artificial selection, and effects of disease on the native population prior to development and implementation of the program. Available scientific information should be used to develop management strategies that minimize the transmission of disease from cultured fish to native fish and the potential severity of disease in the native population. The white sturgeon iridovirus (WSIV) is the most prevalent viral pathogen of white sturgeon relative to its distribution and frequency of occurrence, and may be endemic to wild white sturgeon populations throughout the Pacific Northwest. This case study illustrates the importance...

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