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Management Brief: Purse Seining to Capture Large Numbers of Adult Threadfin Shad
Author(s) -
Buynak Gerard L.,
Kinman Benjamin T.,
Jackson Ralph V.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
north american journal of fisheries management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.587
H-Index - 72
eISSN - 1548-8675
pISSN - 0275-5947
DOI - 10.1577/1548-8675(1989)009<0121:mbpstc>2.3.co;2
Subject(s) - dorosoma , fishery , forage , gizzard shad , biology , fish <actinopterygii> , ecology
To improve the forage base in Kentucky reservoirs, adult threadfin shad Dorosoma petenense are stocked annually each spring. Purse seining proved efficient for capturing the large numbers of prespawning threadfin shad needed during a relatively short period for transfer between reservoirs.