The Gulf Sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus desotoi), an anadromous sturgeon native to the northern Gulf of Mexico, was listed as threatened under the ESA in 1991 due to population declines from commercial harvest and habitat loss. The Gulf Sturgeon Recovery Plan recommended using catch-per-unit-effort (CPUE) to monitor abundance, but the relationship between CPUE and total abundance (estimated through mark-recapture methods) remained untested. Additionally, little is known about juvenile survival trends; increased mortality during overwinter periods in coastal waters has been identified as a potential bottleneck. In this thesis, we found a significant positive correlation between CPUE and total abundance, suggesting CPUE could be useful for tracking abundance. We also evaluated juvenile survival, and found high juvenile survival across all seasons, refuting the hypothesis of a winter mortality bottleneck. These results can help managers identify species population trends and refute the hypothesized seasonal survival bottleneck for juveniles.