A SEVEN FOOT FEMALE ATLANTIC STURGEON WAS FOUND DEAD ON THE BANKS OF A CONNECTICUT RIVER WHERE THE SPECIES WAS THOUGHT TO HAVE BECOME LOCALLY EXTINCT.

PHOTO : NOAA , A roughly four and half foot Atlantic surgeon being examined alive before release.

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A 7-foot Atlantic Sturgeon washed up in Lyme ... why it died is still a mystery, but the biggest question is why it was 8 miles up the river from the mouth of the Long Island Sound.

Atlantic Sturgeon native to Connecticut were believed to be wiped out due to over-fishing. For the rest of the story and a video click here: Monster Fish ON AOL