Perch studies in Green Bay

Progressive Fish-Culturist
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Abstract

For years the commercial fishermen of southern Green Bay contended that the minimum length of 8 inches for yellow perch in that are should be reduced because (1) the perch population was stunted, incapable of reaching the size of 8 inches in any numbers, and (2) the larger perch tended to desert the southern part of the bay after spawning in may. To throw light on this perennially controversial problem, the Fish and Wildlife Service and the Wisconsin Conservation Department in 1948 initiated a cooperative program of study which included the marking of roughly 10,000 to 30,000 spawning-run perch annually, 1948-51, and the investigation of the age and size of fish taken in commercial nets. In general, the views of the commercial fishermen were substantiated.

Publication type Article
Publication Subtype Journal Article
Title Perch studies in Green Bay
Series title Progressive Fish-Culturist
DOI 10.1577/1548-8640(1953)15[133:PSIGB]2.0.CO;2
Volume 15
Issue 3
Year Published 1953
Language English
Publisher Taylor & Francis
Contributing office(s) Great Lakes Science Center
Description 2 p.
First page 133
Last page 134
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