 More human-induced threats include ship/boat strikes, poaching, mortality from commercial and recreational fishing (bycatch) due to high sensitivity to being caught, injury to early life stages from water intake systems, instream construction projects within the spawning area, and dredging, including the ongoing Delaware River deepening project.Additional research has been done to prove that algal blooms, which can be caused by increased nitrogen levels in runoff or other anthropogenic factors, sometimes result in Shortnose Sturgeon die-offs.Overall, the combination of human-induced destruction of habitat and overconsumption have devastated many species along the Atlantic Coast.The future effects of climate change are not fully understood, however, these could potentially exacerbate many of these struggling populations even further.