Our Bay: Protection for an ancient fish

Few people ever see an Atlantic sturgeon.

The bottom-dwelling, prehistoric-looking fish lives at the bottom of the Chesapeake Bay and its rivers, out of sight and out of mind for most boaters, anglers and swimmers.

Now there's an effort to raise the fish's visibility and have it listed as one of the nation's endangered species.

"Sturgeon, as a family, have had a rough time in modern times," said Brad Sewell, an attorney with the Natural Resources Defense Council, an environmental group that officially petitioned the federal government for an Endangered Species Act listing for Atlantic sturgeon....