Proceedings of Southeastern Fish and Wildlife Conference
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Experimental Use of the Haul Seine for Rough Fish Removal in Four Tennessee Impoundments Four Tennessee impoundments, namely; Melton Hill Reservoir on the Clinch River, Watts Bar and Chickamauga reservoirs on the Tennessee River, and Douglas Lake on the French Broad River, were experimentally fished with an 1,800 yard haul seine from September 17 through December 11, 1963. Objectives of the experiment are as follows: To determine the effect of the haul seine in taking valuable market fish and other non-game fish; to determine its effect on game fish as to mortality and catchability, and to explore its possibilities as a sampling method for reservoir fish populations.
Pages 213-230 |
1964 |
The Effects of Channelization Upon the Fish Populations of Lotic Waters in Eastern North Carolina This paper concerns an evaluation of the effects of habitat alteration associated with stream channelization in eastern North Carolina. The evaluation was based upon a comparison of fish populations found in 23 channeled streams, and 36 proximate natural streams within the Chowan, Neuse, Northeast Cape Fear, Pamlico, Perquimans, and Tar River Watersheds. Jack Bayless, William B. Smith
Pages 230-239 |
1964 |
Florida's State-Wide Tagging Program The Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission has conducted a state-wide fish tagging program for the years 1961 through 1964. Rewards from $25.00 to $10,000.00, offered by the Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company, insured a high return to the Commission of those fish caught by the anglers. During the four year period, 28,805 fresh-water fish were tagged and released in 120 lakes, rivers, and canals throughout the state. Ten species of fish were tagged with the largemouth bass providing the highest returns. 27.9 per cent of the 9,079 bass tagged were returned. William L. Wegener, James P. Clugston
Pages 239-247 |
1964 |
Methods and Techniques--Norris Reservoir Sport Fishing Survey, 1963 Creel census information availible for TVA reservoirs consisted largely of samples of the catch during the peak spring fishing period. Estimates of total fishing pressure were scarce and economic data nonexistent. To obtain such information, TVA and the Tennessee Game and Fish Commission conducted a one-year sport fishing survey of Norris Reservoir. This report describes census design and methods developed with the assistance of the Institute of Statistics at North Carolina State University. The reservoir was divided into three major areas. Clovis O. Taylor, Billy B. Carroll
Pages 247-255 |
1964 |
A Positive Approach to Coastal Sport Fishery Problems
Pages 255-258 |
1964 |
A Study of the African Cichlid, Tilapia heudeloti dumeril, in Tampa Bay, Florida Ecological observations of the African cichlid, Tilapia heudeloti, are reported from the Tampa Bay estuarine system. Hydrological and biological data were compiled during 1963 and 1964. Specimens as large as 237 mm. (standard length) and weighing 487 grams were caught. Breeding appeared to begin in April or May and c:mtinue until December. Spawning occurred in brackish waters with an average salinity of 13.06%. In the stu John H. Finucane, Gordon R. Rinckey
Pages 259-269 |
1964 |
Man's Alteration of Estuaries by Dredging and Filling a Grave Threat to Marine Resources Despite the recognized importance of estuaries to the well-bing and economy of our Nation, these areas are being unwisely exploited to develop water-front real estate by dredging and filling operations. Accumulative adverse effects of these activities threaten the precarious balance of nature. The Fish and Wildlife Service, working closely with appropriate state agencies to conserve estaurine areas, has made little headway. The power of public opinion, suppored by sound scientific data concerning the importance and continuing value of estuaries, offers hope for success.
Pages 269-273 |
1964 |
A Preliminary Report of Sexual Development of Fishes in Biloxi Marsh, Louisiana The investigation of the spawning habits of fishes in the Biloxi Marsh is one of the phases of Project F-8-R. Only those fishes regarded as game species are included in this spawning study-since those which comprise the group known as rough fish are of no significant value to this area as an attraction to sportsmen. The gonad conditions of Spotted seatrout, Atlantic croakers, and Red drum are examined at intervals of three weeks. A 200-yard trammel net is the method used to acquire the fish for this research.
Pages 273-280 |
1964 |
The early life history of the brown shrimp (Penaeus aztecus Ives) in Galveston Bay was investigated during 1963 and 1964. Postlarvae, after entering from the Gulf, were most abundant in the channels and deeper waters as they moved into the upper reaches of the estuary. In each season of study, they were observed to spread throughout the estuary and become concentrated in surrounding marshes and bayous within about 2 weeks of first entry.
Pages 273- |
1964 |
Six Georgia farm ponds, three on sandy soils and three on clay soils, were observed during a 32-month study period to determine the quantitative production of benthic organisms in relation to applications of agricultural lime. Three of the ponds were treated with lime at the rate of one ton per acre. The remaining three ponds were maintained as controls. Water total hardness in the experimental ponds increased significantly during the first year after treatment and began to drop during the third year, although it remained at a level higher than that observed before treatment. Michael L. Bowling, Raymond L. Busbee
Pages 280-302 |
1964 |
Experiments with the Flathead Catfish ("Pylodictis Olivaris") in Ponds Experiments conducted from 1938 to 1941 indicated that large flathead catfish were predatory and in several cases eliminated the larger bluegiIls. In the 1962 experiments, 2- to 5-inch flatheads eliminated almost all the fathead minnows, while the larger flatheads (10") stocked in 1963 experiments apparently fed on larger bluegills in preference to fatheads. They eliminated all the large bluegills they could swallow except for a few in the 7-inch group and had left very few in the 4- to 6-inch groups.
Pages 303-308 |
1964 |
Experiments with White Catfish as a Sport Fish
Pages 308-313 |
1964 |
Trends in Commercial Fish Farming Practices in Arkansas If trout farms are excluded, commercial fish farming, per se, in Arkansas, is only about fifteen years old. This neophyte industry has already progressed through several phases of development to the more mature and studied practices found today, from the haphazard period when many thought they could get rich quickly without much work and with little management. Each farmer or reservoir owner tends to analyze his own resources and follows the practices which will make him the most profit.
Pages 313-324 |
1964 |
A Dynamite Sampling Study on the Hiwassee and Ocoee Rivers in East Tennessee In the winter of 1960 and 1961 the Tennessee Game and Fish Commission received reports that fish kills had occurred on the Hiwassee River. During the month of March, 1961 a study was developed on the Hiwassee and Ocoee Rivers to determine the fish population and to locate as accurately as possible the area or areas of adverse conditions relative to fish survival. Six stations were selected in cooperation with the Tennessee Stream Pollution Control Board. Due to the large volume of water the percussion method was employed as a sampling technique.
Pages 325-335 |
1964 |
The Results of a Five-Year Fish Management Experiment in a Small Limestone Quarry in Kentucky Small limestone quarries may be found in many parts of the nation. In the Blue Grass Region of Kentucky these quarries frequently fill with water when abandoned. An effort was made to manage one such onefourth acre pond for fishing. The pond was poisoned in 1958, and then stocked with largemouth bass and bluegill bream the spring of 1959. For the next five growing seasons a heavy plankton bloom was maintained with commercial fertilizer. Hook and line fishing began in the spring of 1960 and continued through four growing seasons.
Pages 336-341 |
1964 |
An Attempt to Improve Stream Fishing by Manipulating the Lakes in the Stream Basin In the summer of 1963, 18 of the 21 old river lakes in the Saline River basin, comprising 168 acres, were completely eradicated using rotenone. These lakes were subsequently overstocked with game fishes from our state-owned hatcheries. The theory being that fish from crowded populations will emigrate during overflow periods, providing desirable fish as stocks for the river. These fish were stocked early enough in the year to allow them to grow to sub-adults and to become acclaimed by the time of the first flood water.
Pages 341-357 |
1964 |
Clay, loam, silt, and sand soil samples collected from dredging sites in Albemarle Sound were suspended in solutions of sea water varying from 0 to 25 per cent sea strength. Sedimentation rates were obtained by measuring the amount of light transmission through each solution as described by Coggin, 1960. Test suspensions were placed in a wind tunnel to determine the effect of wind action on sedimentation rates. Except for sand, no appreciable sedimentation of the suspended soils occurred in the zero concentrations of sea water during the entire test period. Edward G. McCoy, Kenneth H. Johnston
Pages 357-370 |
1964 |
Oilfield brines wasting into the Green River created an acute pollution problem over 100 miles in extent. Before August, 1958, the water was moderately hard, of the calcium magnesium bicarbonate type, and had an average chloride concentration of less than 10 ppm. With the disposal of brines coincident with the rapid development of the Greensburg oilfield in the spring of 1958, the water became very hard, changed to a sodium chloride type, and chloride concentrations frequently exceeded 1,000 ppm.
Pages 371-429 |
1964 |
Standing Timber in Barkley Reservoir Two hundred and ten trees were topped and left standing as markers to locate channels and slough areas in four sections of Barkley Reservoir in Tennessee. These trees will extend above the surface of the water when the lake is at normal pool elevation and are spaced so that fishermen will be able to readily locate these creeks and sloughs which are thought to be the most desirable fishing areas. The creeks and sloughs which were marked and the number of trees left standing on each are as follows: Shelby Creek, 16; Bear Creek,120; Barrett Creek, 49; and Big Slough, 25.
Pages 430-433 |
1964 |
Parasite-free snails of the genus Physa were experimentally infected with the miracidia of Posthodiplostomum minimum, the metacercariae of which were originally obtained from bluegills, Lepomis macrochirus. Twelve species of fish representing 5 families (Cyprinidae, Cichlidae, Centrarchidae, Poeciliidae and Ictaluridae) were exposed to cercariae from the infected snails. Two sunfish hybrids (female green sunfish, L. cyanellus X male redeal' sunfish, L. microlophus; and female bluegill X male redeal') were also exposed to cercariae of P. minimum. James W. Avault, Jr., R. O. Smitherman
Pages 434-437 |
1964 |
Biological Control of a Trematode Parasite of Bluegill An investigation was begun July 1, 1962 to determine the potential of snails infected with cercariae of Posthodiplostomum minimum to produce infection in bluegills, Lepomis macrochirus. Infected snails, in aluminum wire baskets, were stocked into plastic-lined pools at rates of 1 or 5 per pool. Bluegills of 2 sizes, 1-inch or 3-inch, were stocked into the pools. All bluegills were exposed to cercariae for 24 days at which time the experiment was terminated. One month later counts were made of the parasites found in each fish. James W. Avault, Jr., Ray Allison
Pages 437-438 |
1964 |
Some Host Responses of White Catfish
Pages 438-441 |
1964 |
Simazine as a Preflooding Treatment for Weed Control in Hatchery Ponds The result of applying pre-flooding applications of simazine to warm-water hatchery ponds employed in the culture of largemouth bass, bluegill and channel catfish fingerlings is described. Rates of 10 and 15 pounds active simazine per acre appeared to reduce the incidence of algal growths such as Pithophora and Hydrodietyon and inhibited development of submerged rooted weeds. Effects generally persisted for one production period but were not noticeable in succeeding production cycles.
Pages 441-447 |
1964 |
Field Evaluations of Newer Aquatic Herbicides The results of 116 aquatic weed control experiments using 10 herbicides and their combination are discussed. Included are data for pre-emergent soil application during winter draw-down, pre-emergent total pond treatments and post-emergent applications. Pre-emergent soil application during winter drawdown was comprised of 31 experiments, testing varying concentrations of eight different soil sterilants for the control of rooted aquatic weeds. D.M.A. (disodium monomethylarsonate) showed promise as a pre-emergent control of southern watergrass (Hydrochloa carolinensis). Phillip C. Pierce, John E. Frey, Henry M. Yawn
Pages 448-474 |
1964 |
A Report on the Use of Karmex to Control Filamentous Algae in Fish Ponds Several chemicals that have been used in fish culture for the control of filamentous algae are discussed. Their effects on fish and fishfood organisms in ponds are reviewed. Results obtained from applications of Karmex to 26 ponds are presented. Data show that Karmax was effective against several forms of filamentous algae at rates above one-half pound per surface acre. Rates up to three pounds per surface acre had no adverse effects on fish or fish-food organisms.
Pages 474-479 |
1964 |
Effects of Selected Herbicides on Bluegill Sunfish The toxicity to bluegill sunfish (Lepomis macrochirus Rafinesque) of 15 new or reformulated herbicides is presented. Six phenoxy compounds assayed were within toxicity limits previously reported. The endothal derivatives tested were also within previous limits but did show promise as an aquatic herbicide. Substituted urea compounds checked did not demonstrate any differences from those previously reported. A pelletized formulation of sodium arsenite was very toxic but should be more convenient to apply. Janice S. Hughes, James T. Davis
Pages 480-482 |
1964 |
Water Level Fluctuation--It's Effects on Vegetation Control and Fish Population Management The fluctuation of water level as a lake management practice in Louisiana is explained using three lakes as examples. These lakes vary from 1,000 to 2,600 acres and are scattered over the state. Anacoco Lake, a 2,600 acre impoundment in central Louisiana, was fluctuated primarily for aquatic vegetation control. The vegetation was reduced 90% over a period of three years. The effects on the fish population as shown in annual rotenone samples were an increase in the game fish of available size and a decrease in the intermediate size sunfish. Fishing success improved markedly. Kenneth E. Lantz, James T. Davis, Janice S. Hughes, Harry E. Schafer, Jr.
Pages 483-494 |
1964 |
Results of Creel Census on Fourth North Louisiana Lakes Four lakes representing widely different types but of generally comparable size are compared from the standpoint of sustained angler harvest. The range in size is from 1000 acres to 2200 acres, in age from 5 years to 30 years, and from an artificial impoundment to a cut off stream channel. All four lakes are dependent to a large extent on the metropolitan area of Monroe, Louisiana for their fishing public. The catch rate varied from 0.4 pounds per hour on Bayou DeBiard to 1.2 pounds per hour on Bussey Lake. James T. Davis, Janice S. Hughes
Pages 495-506 |
1964 |
Food and Feeding Habits of Longnose Gar in Central Missouri Food habits, feeding habits, and relative vulnerability of various prey species to predation by young longnose gar were studied as part of a general life history research project. Stomach analysis of yearling and older gar revealed a predominant fish diet with gizzard shad the most common species found. Seventy-six per cent of the stomachs of these gar were empty. Regurgitation is probably the major cause of the high percentage of empty stomachs of gar caught in gill nets.
Pages 506-511 |
1964 |
The Production and Comparative Growth of Three Buffalo Hybrids Hybrids were produced by crossing the black, smallmouth, and bigmouth buffalo fishes. Growth-rate data for a two-year period are presented. The black x bigmouth individuals showed a pronounced acceleration of growth over that of the other hybrids and their parent spedes. Presented at the 18th Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Association of Game and Fish Commissioners, October 18-21, 1964, Clearwater, Florida.
Pages 512-516 |
1964 |
Evaluation of Slat Traps as Commercial Fishing Gear in Louisiana
Pages 517-522 |
1964 |
Reduction of Threadfin Shad Hauling Mortality by the Use of M.S. 222 and Common Salt James L. Collins, Andrew H. Hulsey
Pages 522-524 |
1964 |
A Final Report on the Use of Hormones to Ovulate Striped Bass, Roccus saxatilis (Walbaum) During the 1964 striped bass spawning season, 383 female striped bass were treated with hormones at the Moncks Corner Striped Bass Hatchery and 337 (88%) were induced to ovulate as a result of the treatment. Three hundred and seventeen of the successful females were spawned in the hatchery for a yied of 322 million eggs and a hatch of 100 million fry. Chorionic gonadotropin was the most successful hormone used. Approximately 60 million fry were stocked in the Wateree Reservoir, a 13,710 acre impoundment, and early seining results indicate a significant survival.
Pages 525-538 |
1964 |
The Biology of the Brown Shrimp, "Penaeus Aztecus", in Impoundments
Pages 539-549 |
1964 |
President's Comments at Opening of Law Enforcement Sessions
Pages 550-551 |
1964 |
Pages 551-555 |
1964 |
Selection of Game, Fish and Boating Enforcement Personnel
Pages 556-559 |
1964 |
Use of Aircraft in Wildlife Law Enforcement
Pages 559-562 |
1964 |
Aircraft Employment in Wildlife Law Enforcement
Pages 562-564 |
1964 |
Law Enforcement's Place in a Modern Conservation Agency
Pages 565-569 |
1964 |
Pages 570-573 |
1964 |
Protection of the Alligator in Florida is a Major Law Enforcement Problem
Pages 574-576 |
1964 |
Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission Public Relations for the Wildlife Officer
Pages 576-581 |
1964 |
A Report on Florida's Boating Law after Two Years Operation
Pages 581-584 |
1964 |
Report of the Law Enforcement Section
Pages 584- |
1964 |
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1963 |
Pages 3-4 |
1963 |
Washington's Interest in and Relation to Your State Wildlife Program
Pages 5-9 |
1963 |
Eleven Years of Ruffed Grouse Censusing in Western North Western North Carolina Andrew J. Weber, Frank B. Barick
Pages 13-15 |
1963 |
Florida Wild Turkey Movement and Longevity as Determined By Band Returns
Pages 16-20 |
1963 |