A browse utilization study of big game winter ranges within the Flathead Forest of the Continental Management Unit.

Pittman-Robertson Federal Aid Project.

At the crossroads, 1974 : a report on California's endangered and rare fish and wildlife

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Status and management of spring-run chinook salmon

Runs have dwindled in many parts of California and additional protection or management actions are needed to protect the fish from further declines. The following is a report requested by the Fish and Game Commission on the status and current management of spring-run chinook salmon stocks. Fish counts presented in this report were developed by a variety of methods. Some of them are estimates of total run-size or spawning escapement, while others are indices of abundance derived from counts of maturing fish in their holding areas. It is important to note the stock assessment method used. Index area counts will always underestimate the true run size, often by a very large margin.

Informational report: Bycatch reduction devices used in the Pink Shrimp trawl fishery

The California Fish and Game Commission (Commission) has the authority to require one or any combination of Bycatch Reduction Device (BRD) types in the trawl fishery within California waters for Pacific ocean shrimp (Pandalus jordani), most commonly referred to as pink shrimp. The purpose of this report is to provide the Commission with the best available information about the BRDs used in the pink shrimp trawl fishery. The mandatory requirement for BRDs occurred in California in 2002, and in Oregon and Washington in 2003, resulting from an effort to minimize bycatch of overfished and quota managed groundfish species. Three types of BRDs currently satisfy the requirement for this device in the California fishery: 1) the Nordmøre grate (rigid-grate excluder); 2) soft-panel excluder; and 3) fisheye excluder; however, the design, specifications, and efficacy differ by BRD type. Although no data has been collected on BRDs directly from the California pink shrimp fishery, extensive research on the efficacy and differences among BRD types has been conducted by the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) since the mid-1990s. Rigid-grate excluders are widely considered to be the most effective of the three BRD types at reducing groundfish bycatch. Over 90 percent of the Oregon pink shrimp fleet use rigid-grate excluders. The majority of the current California pink shrimp fleet also uses rigid-grate excluders, according to a telephone survey conducted by the California Department of Fish and Game (Department) in 2007-2008 of pink shrimp fishermen who have been active in the California fishery in recent years. Hinged rigid-grate excluders have been developed in recent years to reduce the bending of the BRD on vessels that employ net reels to stow and deploy their trawl nets, and they have been used successfully on both single- and double-rig vessels in Oregon. Soft-panel excluders have been demonstrated to be effective at reducing groundfish bycatch, although excessive shrimp loss and other problems have also been associated with this design. Fisheye excluders have been used in the California fishery in the past, but they were disapproved in Oregon and Washington in 2003 because they were found to be less effective at reducing groundfish bycatch than other designs. The reputation of the United States west coast pink shrimp fishery as one of the cleanest shrimp fisheries in the world is largely attributed to the effectiveness of BRDs at reducing groundfish bycatch. Nevertheless, BRD research and development is still a relatively new field and additional modifications and methods may further reduce bycatch rates in the pink shrimp fishery.(PDF contains 12 pages.)

The Amplifier - v. 8, no. 5

In this issue...Fish and Game Commission, Peace Corps, Great Falls Brewery, George D. McDonald, Glee club, Intramural basketball, Sugar Bowl, Metals Bank

Bulletin.

Some nos. issued in rev. eds.

Biennial report of the Department of Fisheries of the State of Oregon to the ... Legislative Assembly.

Report year ends Dec. 31.

Report.

Report year ends Sept. 30.

Report.

Report year ends June 30.

Biennial report.

Vol. for 1927/28 issued as Montana wild life, v. 1, no. 6.

Annual Report

Mode of access: Internet.

Annual Report

Issued by the Conservation Commission 1911-1926

Report

Mode of access: Internet.

Report

1874/75 Has Title: First Report of the State Fish Commissioners of Iowa; 1875/77-1897'have Title: Biennial Report of the Fish Commission; 1898-1928/30, State Fish and Game Warden; 1930/32-1932/34, Report of the State Fish and Game Commission

Report

On cover: 1875/76- Ohio State Fish Commission 1875/76-