Although directed commercial fishing has since been halted, the remaining population has been slowly recovering over the past century, but the increased pressures of urbanization continue to be a threat. ###>Bien que la pêche commerciale dirigée ait cessé depuis et que la population restante se soit lentement rétablie au cours du siècle dernier, les pressions croissantes de l'urbanisation continuent de menacer l'esturgeon.