Top definition. buck. 1.v: slang for the act of fighting. 2.v: slang for disagree'ing and feeling angry towards something. 3.n: slang for a young black man. 4.n: a male deer. 5.n: slang for money. 1. me: Ray was bucking at lunch..
Officially Listed as Endangered, Sturgeon Are on the Slow Way Back. January 31, 2012 Brad Sewell. Our oceans are home to any number of remarkable, even bizarre, creatures. Today, one of the countryâs largestâthe Atlantic sturgeonâhas officially been protected under the Endangered Species Act (ESA).
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The shortnose sturgeon (Acipenser brevirostrum) is a small North American sturgeon which can be found in 16 to 19 large river and estuary systems along the Atlantic seaboard from the Saint John River in New Brunswick, Canada, to the St. Johns River in Florida, United States.rior to 1973, U.S. commercial fishing records did not differentiate between the two species, both were reported as common sturgeon, although it is believed based on sizes that the bulk of the catch was Atlantic sturgeon.