Evaluation Of Rotenone Sampling With Scuba Gear
Eleven rotenone studies were evaluated with SCUBA gear between 1961-1964 to determine the numbers and weights of fish that do not float to the surface and are not recovered. It was determined that 74% of the number and 95% of the weight of all fishes present in the sample area were recovered on the surface within a 52-hour period. Fingerling fishes represented 91% of the unrecovered population by numbers; intermediates, 6%; and harvestable-size fish, 3%. The species of fish which were lost in the greatest numbers were threadfin shad, brook silverside, gizzard shad, black bass and white...
