D. A. Gravenhof, M. R. Wuellner, E. A. Renner, M. J. Fincel
{"title":"Estimating predation rates of stocked juvenile Chinook Salmon using novel acoustic predation transmitters","authors":"D. A. Gravenhof, M. R. Wuellner, E. A. Renner, M. J. Fincel","doi":"10.1002/nafm.10992","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/nafm.10992","url":null,"abstract":"ObjectiveAcoustic telemetry is a tool commonly used to better understand the fates of fish following a stocking event. Until recently, predation on stocked fish could only be inferred by observing and identifying abrupt changes in tag detection histories. Recently, a novel predation transmitter has provided better insight into how predation affects poststocking survival. The main objective of this study was to use these transmitters to estimate predation rates on stocked juvenile Chinook Salmon <jats:italic>Oncorhynchus tshawytscha</jats:italic> in a landlocked system (Lake Oahe, South Dakota). Our secondary objectives were to determine how quickly predation was occurring, the time of day of predation events, and if there were differences in size between predated and nonpredated fish.MethodsIn 2021 and 2022, we surgically implanted Innovasea V5D 180‐kHz transmitters in 110 juvenile Chinook Salmon. These tagged Chinook Salmon were stocked at two locations on Lake Oahe along with a large cohort of untagged individuals. The tagged Chinook Salmon were passively tracked using an array of Innovasea VR2W 180‐kHz acoustic receivers.ResultAcross the two study years, we observed a mean predation rate (±SE) of 32.9 ± 6% on the tagged Chinook Salmon. Predation on the tagged Chinook Salmon occurred relatively quickly, with a mean time to predation of 86.7 ± 10.8 h. Additionally, 70% of the observed predation occurred during the daytime. Interestingly, results indicated that total length did not differ between fish that were preyed upon or and those that were, but there was a difference in total weight between the two groups.ConclusionOur results provide insight into recruitment bottlenecks within this population and offer information to other researchers regarding the advantages and limitations of this novel technology. Understanding how to mitigate predation could help to guide future stocking strategies to ensure a better return on investment for costly stocking programs.","PeriodicalId":19263,"journal":{"name":"North American Journal of Fisheries Management","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-03-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140032602","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
S. F. Colborne, M. D. Faust, T. O. Brenden, T. A. Hayden, J. M. Robinson, T. M. MacDougall, H. A. Cook, D. A. Isermann, D. J. Dembkowski, M. Haffley, C. S. Vandergoot
{"title":"Estimating internal transmitter and external tag retention by Walleye in the Laurentian Great Lakes over multiple years","authors":"S. F. Colborne, M. D. Faust, T. O. Brenden, T. A. Hayden, J. M. Robinson, T. M. MacDougall, H. A. Cook, D. A. Isermann, D. J. Dembkowski, M. Haffley, C. S. Vandergoot","doi":"10.1002/nafm.10973","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/nafm.10973","url":null,"abstract":"Both electronic tags (e.g., acoustic and radio transmitters) and conventional external tags are used to evaluate movement and population dynamics of fish. External tags are also sometimes used to facilitate the recovery of internal electronic tags or other instrumentation because healing can make it difficult to identify fish with internal tags based on appearance alone. With both tag types, tag shedding and failure of electronic tags can affect accuracy and precision of study results.","PeriodicalId":19263,"journal":{"name":"North American Journal of Fisheries Management","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-02-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139770282","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
George Whitman, Jordan Messner, Rachel C. Johnson, Malte Willmes, Brian P. Kennedy, Carson Jeffres
{"title":"Forensic geochemistry identifies the illegal introduction of Walleye into Lake Cascade, Idaho","authors":"George Whitman, Jordan Messner, Rachel C. Johnson, Malte Willmes, Brian P. Kennedy, Carson Jeffres","doi":"10.1002/nafm.10985","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/nafm.10985","url":null,"abstract":"The illegal introduction of fish species can disrupt ecosystems, collapse food webs, and undermine recreational fishing opportunities. Determining whether introduced fish are locally reproducing is important for resource managers. Here, we used the geochemical analysis of otoliths to investigate the potential illegal introduction of a Walleye <i>Sander vitreus</i> caught in 2022, in Lake Cascade, Idaho. Lake Cascade is known for its recreational Yellow Perch <i>Perca flavescens</i> fishery and has no documented resident population of Walleye.","PeriodicalId":19263,"journal":{"name":"North American Journal of Fisheries Management","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-02-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139770225","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Gary C. Longo, Melissa A. Head, Sandy L. Parker-Stetter, Ian G. Taylor, Vanessa J. Tuttle, Alicia A. Billings, Stéphane Gauthier, Michelle M. McClure, Krista M. Nichols
{"title":"Population genomics of coastal Pacific Hake","authors":"Gary C. Longo, Melissa A. Head, Sandy L. Parker-Stetter, Ian G. Taylor, Vanessa J. Tuttle, Alicia A. Billings, Stéphane Gauthier, Michelle M. McClure, Krista M. Nichols","doi":"10.1002/nafm.10969","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/nafm.10969","url":null,"abstract":"Understanding the genetic structure of harvested fishery species is crucial for accurate stock assessments and effective management strategies. There have been several rangewide population genetic analyses of Pacific Hake <i>Merluccius productus</i>; however, a thorough focus on the heavily harvested coastal stock off the west coast of North America is missing. Recent observations of spatial–temporal variability in life history and migratory patterns of the coastal population have brought into question whether this variation may be related to genetic differentiation.","PeriodicalId":19263,"journal":{"name":"North American Journal of Fisheries Management","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-02-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139770286","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
P. T. Kroboth, A. M. Herndon, C. L. Broaddus, J. R. Fischer
{"title":"Precision of four calcified structures for age estimation of Black Carp","authors":"P. T. Kroboth, A. M. Herndon, C. L. Broaddus, J. R. Fischer","doi":"10.1002/nafm.10983","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/nafm.10983","url":null,"abstract":"Black Carp <i>Mylopharyngodon piceus</i> is an emerging invasive species in North America with an expanding population in the Mississippi River basin. Current aging methods use a suite of structures for age estimation, and a single structure is needed to minimize processing time, to maximize consistency of age and growth measurements, and to allow for back-calculation of individual fish length at age.","PeriodicalId":19263,"journal":{"name":"North American Journal of Fisheries Management","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-02-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139770140","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Luc LaRochelle, Laura Haniford, Declan Burton, John F. Bieber, Jessica A. Robichaud, Cory D. Suski, Andy J. Danylchuk, Steven J. Cooke
{"title":"Do live-well additives influence the physiological and behavioral recovery of Largemouth Bass?","authors":"Luc LaRochelle, Laura Haniford, Declan Burton, John F. Bieber, Jessica A. Robichaud, Cory D. Suski, Andy J. Danylchuk, Steven J. Cooke","doi":"10.1002/nafm.10975","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/nafm.10975","url":null,"abstract":"There is an ongoing effort to enhance the welfare and survival of black bass <i>Micropterus</i> spp. released after angling tournaments. Live-well additives are substances added to live-well water that are intended to help fish recover during retention. Aside from claims made by manufacturers, little information is available on the additives' effectiveness for recovery or their potential welfare consequences. Thus, our objective was to test whether live-well additives influence fish physiology and postrelease behavior.","PeriodicalId":19263,"journal":{"name":"North American Journal of Fisheries Management","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-01-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139656634","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Steven M. Sammons, Jason E. Dattilo, Steven J. Rider
{"title":"Assessing electrofishing effort required to estimate species richness of fishes in nonwadeable rivers of Alabama, USA","authors":"Steven M. Sammons, Jason E. Dattilo, Steven J. Rider","doi":"10.1002/nafm.10952","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/nafm.10952","url":null,"abstract":"Much of the fish biodiversity in the southeastern USA is found in lotic systems, but assessment of fish community structure in large nonwadeable rivers has lagged compared to streams. Sampling designs that adequately estimate species richness are a prerequisite to creating bioassessment metrics but thus far has not been attempted in highly biodiverse rivers in the southeastern USA east of the Mississippi River.","PeriodicalId":19263,"journal":{"name":"North American Journal of Fisheries Management","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-01-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139516935","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kyle Shertzer, Scott Crosson, Erik Williams, Jie Cao, Rick DeVictor, Chris Dumas, Geneviève Nesslage
{"title":"Fishery management strategies for Red Snapper in the southeastern U.S. Atlantic: A spatial population model to compare approaches","authors":"Kyle Shertzer, Scott Crosson, Erik Williams, Jie Cao, Rick DeVictor, Chris Dumas, Geneviève Nesslage","doi":"10.1002/nafm.10966","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/nafm.10966","url":null,"abstract":"Red Snapper <i>Lutjanus campechanus</i> is an iconic species in the southeast U.S. Atlantic Ocean, sought by both commercial and recreational fleets. Five stock assessments over the past quarter century have shown Red Snapper to be experiencing overfishing. Highly restricted landings since 2010 have been insufficient to end overfishing because fishing effort is not species specific but rather applies generally to a complex of reef-associated species. Consequently, Red Snapper are discarded as bycatch when regulations prohibit their retention, and many of the discarded fish die from hook injury, barotrauma, or depredation.","PeriodicalId":19263,"journal":{"name":"North American Journal of Fisheries Management","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-01-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139516930","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Theresa L. Liedtke, Julianne E. Harris, Christina J. Wang, Trent M. Sutton
{"title":"Bringing partners together: A symposium on native lampreys and the Pacific Lamprey Conservation Initiative","authors":"Theresa L. Liedtke, Julianne E. Harris, Christina J. Wang, Trent M. Sutton","doi":"10.1002/nafm.10970","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/nafm.10970","url":null,"abstract":"<h2> CONFLICT OF INTEREST STATEMENT</h2>\u0000<p>The authors declare they have no conflict of interest.</p>","PeriodicalId":19263,"journal":{"name":"North American Journal of Fisheries Management","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-01-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139482562","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Weirs: An effective tool to reduce hatchery–wild interactions on the spawning grounds?","authors":"Jeremy T. Wilson, Thomas W. Buehrens","doi":"10.1002/nafm.10961","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/nafm.10961","url":null,"abstract":"Hatchery-produced salmon and steelhead <i>Oncorhynchus mykiss</i> mitigate for habitat loss and support valuable commercial, recreational, and tribal fisheries. However, excessive interactions between hatchery and wild fish can also cause harm to wild populations. Weirs have been implemented as a management tool to remove returning hatchery-origin Chinook Salmon <i>O. tshawytcha</i> adults to reduce the proportion of hatchery-origin spawners (pHOS) in spawning areas used by their wild counterparts. Using a decade of data since new weirs were implemented, our objective was to evaluate the efficacy of this management approach.","PeriodicalId":19263,"journal":{"name":"North American Journal of Fisheries Management","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-01-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139498446","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}