Nonreporting of Recaptures of Tagged Rainbow Trout from an Oregon Stream
- 1 April 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in The Progressive Fish-Culturist
- Vol. 42 (2) , 113-115
- https://doi.org/10.1577/1548-8659(1980)42[113:norotr]2.0.co;2
Abstract
Angler response to capture of tagged “catchable” rainbow trout (Salmo gairdneri) was analyzed from catches in Mill Creek, Oregon. From 13.4 to 24.8% of the tagged fish released in 1975, 1976, and 1977 were reported caught. This percentage represents only 18.4 to 52.4% of the estimated catches in 1975-77. Mail responses were the least effective type of recovery system: only 1.8 to 19.5% of the tagged fish caught by anglers were eventually reported. The most effective forms of recovery involved the use of creel surveyors and tag boxes. Only 56.7% of the tags on the catchable fish were reported within a week of recapture.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
- Downstream Movements and Catches of Two Strains of Stocked TroutThe Journal of Wildlife Management, 1978