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Introduction to Fisheries Management

• A Tale of Two Fisheries
  
• Fisheries: History, Science, and Management
Lackey, Robert T. 2002. The Encyclopedia of Water, John Wiley and Sons, Publishers


• History of inland fisheries management
• The Changing Face of Natural Resources Students, Education, and the Profession
Millenbah, K.F., B.H.K. Wolter. 2009. Journal of Wildlife Management 73(4):573-579.

Process of Fisheries Management

• Process Notes
  
• The process of fisheries management

Aquatic Habitats, Limnology

• Limnology Notes
  
• Water as an environment for fish and fishing

Fish Biology and Ecology

• Fish Ecology Notes
  
• Fish Biology and Ecology

Fish Sampling

• Fish Sampling
  
• Fisheries Assessment Outline
  
• Passive Capture Techniques
W.A. Hubert


• Active Fish Capture Methods
D.B. Hayes, C.P. Ferreri, W.W. Taylor


• Electrofishing
J.B. Reynolds

Human Dimensions

• Use of Angler information in fisheries management
Hunt, K. 2001. Lakeline Fall 2001. pp. 37-39.

Population Analyses

• Population Analysis
  
• Population and Community Structure
  
• Condition
  
• Estimation
  
• Growth and Growth Rate
  
• A Length-Categorization System to Assess Fish Stocks
Gablehouse, Jr., D.L. 1984. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 4:273-288.


• Length, Weight, and Structural Indices

Pond Management

• Pond Management
  
• Pond Management Reading Questions
  
• Managing Mississippi farm ponds and small lakes
  
• Managing Small Ponds for Bass
  
• Determining Fish Pond Balance

Reservoir Management

• Lake and Reservoir Management
  
• Reservoir Management

Natural Lake Management

• Natural Lake Management
  
• Lake Management

River and Stream Management

• River and Stream Management - stream lecture outline
  
• River and Stream Management - presentation
  
• River and Stream Management - reading questions
  
• Status and Management of Mississippi River Fisheries
Schramm, H.L., Jr. In press. Proceedings of the Second International Large Rivers Symposium.

Aquaculture

• Aquaculture and Fisheries Management
• Considerations for the Use of Propagated Fishes in Resource Management
Mudrak, V.A., G.J. Carmichael, editors. 2005. American Fisheries Society.


• Considerations for the Use of Cultured Fishes in Fisheries Resource Management
American Fisheries Symposium 15:601-606

Wrap-up

• Future of Inland Recreational Fisheries

Technical Articles
Allen, M.S., L.E. Miranda, R.E. Brock. 1998. Implications of compensatory and additive mortality to the management of selected sportfish populations Lakes & Reservoirs: Research and Management 3:67-79.

Allen, M.S., and L.E. Miranda. 1995. An evaluation of the value of harvest restrictions in managing crappie fisheries. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 15:766-772.

Baldwin, C.M., J.G. McLEllan, M.C. Polacek, and K. Underwood. 2003. Walleye predation on hatchery releases of kokanees and rainbow trout in Lake Roosevelt, Washington. 2003. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 23:660-676.

Binns, N.A. 2004. Effectiveness of habitat manipulation for wild salmonids in Wyoming streams. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 24:911-921.

Brewer, S.K., C.F. Rabeni, S.P. Sowa, G. Annis. 2007. Natural landscape and stream segment attributes influencing the distribution and relative abundance of riverine smallmouth bass in Missouri. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 27:326-341.

Buckmeier, D.L., J.W. Schlechte, R.K. Betsill. 2003. Stocking fingerling largemouth bass to alter genetic composition: Efficacy and efficiency of three stocking rates. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 23:532-529.

Bulak, J.S., D.S. Wethey, M.G. White, III. 1995. Evaluation of management options for a reproducing striped bass population in the Santee-Cooper system, South Carolina North American Journal of Fisheries Management 15:84-94.

Buynak, G.L., B. Mitchell, D. Michaelson, K. Frey. 1999.Stocking subadult largemouth bass to meet angler expectations at Carr Creek Lake, Kentucky North American Journal of Fisheries Management 19:1017-1027.

Chen, R.J., K.M. Hunt, R.B. Ditton. 2003. Estimating the economic impacts of a trophy largemouth bass fishery: Issues and applications North American Journal of Fisheries Management 23:835-844.

Dauble, D.D., T.P. Hanrahan, K.R Deist, and M.J. Parsley. 2003. Impacts of the Columbia River hydroelectric system on main-stem habitats of fall Chinook salmon. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 23:641-659.

Driscoll, M.T., J.L. Smith, R.A. Myers. 2007. Impact of tournaments on the largement bass population at Sam Rayburn Reservoir, Texas. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 27:425-433.

Dunham, J.B., D.S. Pilliod, and M.K. Young. Consequences of non-native trout in headwater streams. Fisheries 29(6):18-26.

Fayram, A.H., M.J. Hansen, and T.J. Ehlinger. 2005. Interactions between walleyes and four fish species with implications for walleye stocking. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 25:1321-1330.

Godby Jr., N.A., E.S. Rutherford, D.M. Mason. 2007. Diet, feeding rate, growth, mortality, and production of juvenile steelhead in a Lake Michigan tributary. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 27:578-592.

Jacobson, P.C. 2005. Experimental analysis of a reduced daily bluegill limit in Minnesota. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 25:203-210.

Jennings, M.J., J.M. Kampa, G.R. Hatzenbeler, and E.E. Emmons. 2005. Evaluation of supplemental walleye stocking in northern Wisconsin lakes. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 25:1171-1178.

Keleher, C.J., F.J. Rahel. 1996. Thermal limits to salmonid distributions in the Rocky Mountain region and potential habitat loss due to global warming: A geographic information system (GIS) approach Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 125:1-13.

Kozfkay, J.R., J.C. Dillon, D.J. Schill. 2006. Routine use of sterile fish in salmonid sport fisheries: Are we there yet? Fisheries 31(8):392-401.

Kulp, M.A., and S.E. Moore. 2005. A case history of fishing regulations in Great Smoky Mountains National Park: 1934-2004. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 25:510-524.

Li, J., Y. Cohen, D.H. Schupp, I.R. Ademan. Effects of walleye stocking on population abundance and fish size. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 16:830-839.

Long, J.M., and W.L. Fisher. 2005. Distribution and abundance of black bass in Skiatook Lake, Oklahoma, after introduction of smallmouth bass and a liberalized harvest regulation on spotted bass. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 25:49-57.

Lyons, J., P.D. Kanehl, and D.M. Day. 1996. Evaluation of a 356-mm minimum-length limit for smallmouth bass in Wisconsin streams. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 16:952-957.

Maceina, M.J., W.B. Wrenn, D.R. Lowery. 1995. Estimating harvestable largemouth bass abundance in a reservoir with an electrofishing catch depletion technique. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 15:103-109.

Miko, D.A., H.L. Schramm, Jr., S.D. Arey, J.A. Dennis, and N.E. Mathews. 1995. Determination of stocking densities for satisfactory put-and-take rainbow trout fisheries North American Journal of Fisheries Management 15:823-829.

Nate, N.A., M.A. Bozek, M.J. Hansen, C.W. Ramm, M.T. Bremigan, and S.W. Hewett. 2003. Predicting the occurrence and success of walleye populations from physical and biological features of northern Wisconsin lakes. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 23:1207-1214.

Ney, J.J. 1996. Oligotrophication and its discontents: Effects of reduced nutrient loading on reservoir fisheries. American Fisheries Society Symposium 16:285-295.

Opperman, J.J., and A.M. Merenlender. 2004. The effectiveness of riparian restoration for improving instream fish habitat in four hardwood-dominated California Streams. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 24:822-834.

Page, K.S., and P. Radomski. 2006. Compliance with sport fishery regulations in Minnesota as related to regulation awareness. Fisheries 31(4):166-178.

Paul, A.J., J.R. Post, J.D. Stelfox. 2003. Can anglers influence the abundance of native and nonnative salmonids in a stream from the Canadian Rocky Mountains? North American Journal of Fisheries Management 23:109-119.

Philipp, D.P., J.E. Claussen, T.W. Kassler, J.M. Epifanio. 2002. Mixing stocks of largemouth bass reduces fitness through outbreeding depression. American Fisheries Society Symposium 31:349-363.

Pierce, R.B., C.M. Tomcko, T.L. Margenau. 2003. Density dependence in growth and size structure of northern pike populations North American Journal of Fisheries Management 23:331-339.

Porath, M.T., and K.L. Hurley. 2005. Effect of waterbody type on management actions on bluegill growth rates. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 25:1041-1050.

Quist, M.C., and W.A. Hubert. 2005. Relative effects of biotic and abiotic processes: a test of the biotic-abiotic constraining hypothesis as applied to cutthroat trout. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 134:676-686.

Raborn, S.W., L.E. Miranda, and M.T. Driscoll. 2003. Modeling predation as a source of mortality for piscivorous fishes in a southeastern U.S. reservoir. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 32:560-575.

Raborn, S.W., L.E. Miranda, M.T. Driscoll. 2002. Effects of simulated removal of striped bass from a Southeastern Reservoir. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 22:406-417.

Radomski, P., and T.J. Goeman. 2001. Consequences of human lakeshore development on emergent and floating-leaf vegetation abundance. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 21:46-61.

Rahel, F.J., J.D. Olden. 2008. Assessing the effects of climate change on aquatic invasive species. Conservation Biology 22(3):521-533.

Reitz, R.A., V.H. Travnicheck. 2004. An analysis of Missouri catfish angler demographics and opinions for fisheries management alternatives. Proceedings, Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies.

Sass, G.G., J.F. Kitchell, S.R. Carpenter, T.R. Hrabik, A.E. Barburg, and M.G. Turner. 2006. Fish community and food web responses to a whole-lake removal of coarse woody habitat. Fisheries 31:321-330.

Schramm, H.L., Jr., P.D. Gerard, D.A. Gill. 2003. The importance of environmental quality and catch potential to fishing site selection by freshwater anglers in Mississippi. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 23:515-522.

Smart, R.M., R.D. Doyle, J.D. Madsen. 1996. Establishing native submersed aquatic plant communities for fish habitat. American Fisheries Society Symposium 16:347-356.

Smith, S.M., J.S. Odenkirk, and S.J. Reeser. 2005. Smallmouth bass recruitment variability and its relation to stream discharge in three Virginia rivers. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 25:1112-1121.

Sullivan, P.J., J.M. Archeson, P.L. Angermeier, T. Faast, J. Flemma, C.M. Jones, E.E. Knudsen, T.J. Minello, D.H. Secor, R. Wunderlich, B.A. Zanetell. 2006. Defining and implementing best available science for fisheries and environmental science, policy, and management. Fisheries 31(9):460-465.

Tomcko, C.M., and R.B. Pierce. 2005. Bluegill recruitment, growth, population size structure, and associated factors in Minnesota lakes. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 25:171-179.

Wang, L., J. Lyons, and P. Kanehl. 2003. Impacts of urban land cover on trout streams in Wisconsin and Minnesota. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 132:825-839.

Wilberg, M.J., J.R. Bence, B.T. Eggold, D. Makauskas, and D.F. Clapp. 2005. Yellow perch dynamics in southwestern Lake Michigan during 1986-2002. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 25:1130-1152.

Wiley, R.W. 1995. A common sense protocol for the use of hatchery-reared trout. American Fisheries Society Symposium 15:465-471.

Wills, T.C. 2006. Comparative abundance, survival, and growth of one wild and two domestic brown trout strains stocked in Michigan rivers. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 26:535-544.

Exams
Exam 1 02
Exam 1 03

Fisheries Management Exercise

Columbus Lake Fisheries Management Problem

Columbus Lake assessment data (Excel file)

• Columbus Data 03-09