In this study, the adult population of Otsego Lake walleye was estimated in order to evaluate the success of the walleye stocking program. Spawning walleye were trap netted at five locations in April 2008, marked with a dorsal fin punch and visible implant elastomer, and recaptured in May using boat electro-fishing and in September by NYSDEC experimental gill net survey. Catch per unit effort a...

human infection with echinococcus granulosis is a common disease throughout south america, the mediterranean littoral, the middle east, central asia and east africa, which usually occur in children and young adults. formation of avascular cystic lesions in the liver, kidney, pancreas, bones, vitreus and brain can cause protean of signs and symptoms. intracranial cysts usually present with focal...

Steller sea lion, Eumetipias jubatus, counts made on rookeries in the Gulf of Alaska, Aleutian Islands, and the Bering Sea from 1976 to 1991 were compared to annual estimates of walleye pollock, Theragra Chalcogramma, harvest to examine possible relationships between Steller sea lion abundance and commercial pollock fishing. Comparisons were made between Steller sea lion counts and pollock fish...

Title of Document: OPTIMAL MULTISPECIES HARVESTING IN BIOLOGICALLY AND TECHNOLOGICALLY INTERDEPENDENT FISHERIES Stephen Andrew Kasperski, Ph.D., 2011 Directed By: Lars Olson, Professor and Department Chair, Agricultural and Resource Economics Department and Richard Just, Distinguished University Professor, Agricultural and Resource Economics Department Single species management of multispecies ...

To better understand the risks and benefits of eating wild-harvested fish from the Northwest Territories, Canada, levels of total mercury (HgT) and selenium (Se) and composition of omega-3 fatty acid (n-3 FA) were measured in muscle tissue of fish harvested from lakes in the Dehcho Region, Northwest Territories, Canada. Average HgT levels ranged from 0.057 mg/kg (cisco) to 0.551 mg/kg (northern...

Time series analysis of population abundance is not based on assumptions about the dynamics of populations, but sometimes the results can be interpreted biologically. At other times the results are dicult to interpret. To better understand the results of a time series analysis of a walleye ®sh population, as it related to the walleye's life history, I compared a time series analysis of walleye...