Editing Garonne (section)

===European sea sturgeon conservation===
[[File:Acipenser sturio.jpg|thumb|left|The [[European sea sturgeon]] (''Acipenser sturio'')]]
The [[European sea sturgeon]] (Acipenser sturio), also known as the Atlantic sturgeon or common sturgeon, is now a [[Critically Endangered species]] '''(IUCN) status'''[[File:Status iucn CR icon.svg|20px]].<ref name=IUCN>{{Cite iucn | author = Gesner, J. | author2 = Williot, P. | author3 = Rochard, E. | author4 = Freyhof, J. | author5 = Kottelat, M. | title = ''Acipenser sturio'' | volume = 2010 | page = e.T230A13040963 | date = 2010 | doi = 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-1.RLTS.T230A13040963.en }}</ref> This species of sturgeon can reach a length of {{convert|6|m|abbr=on}}, weigh up to {{convert|400|kg|abbr=on}} and reach an age of 100 years.<ref name=Fishbase>{{FishBase_species|genus=Acipenser|species=sturio|year=2005|month=10}}</ref> Previously found on most coasts of Europe, it has now become so rare that it breeds only in the Garonne river basin in France.<ref name=IUCN /> Conservation projects are under way to save this fish from [[extinction]] via [[species reintroduction]] from [[aquaculture]], with the first releases having been made in 1995.<ref name=IUCN />

[[File:Garonne river.jpg|thumb|left|400px|The Garonne at [[Toulouse]]]]