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Abstract
Twenty-six Nebraska water bodies representing two ecosystem types (small standing waters and large standing waters) were surveyed during 2008 and 2009 with tandem-set hoop nets and experimental gill nets to determine if similar trends existed in catch rates and size structures of channel catfish Ictalurus punctatus captured with these gears. Gear efficiency was assessed as the number of sets (nets) that would be required to capture 100 channel catfish given observed catch per unit effort (CPUE). Efficiency of gill nets was not correlated with efficiency of hoop nets for capturing channel catfish. Small sample sizes prohibited estimation of proportional size distributions in most surveys; in the four surveys for which sample size was sufficient to quantify length-frequency distributions of captured channel catfish, distributions differed between gears. The CPUE of channel catfish did not differ between small and large water bodies for either gear. While catch rates of hoop nets were lower than rates recorded in previous studies, this gear was more efficient than gill nets at capturing channel catfish. However, comparisons of size structure between gears may be problematic.
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Catch of channel catfish with tandem-set hoop nets and gill nets in lentic systems of Nebraska |
| Series title | American Fisheries Society Symposium |
| Volume | 77 |
| Year Published | 2011 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | American Fisheries Society |
| Publisher location | Bethesda, MD |
| Contributing office(s) | Nebraska Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit |
| Description | 8 p. |
| Larger Work Type | Article |
| Larger Work Subtype | Journal Article |
| Larger Work Title | American Fisheries Society Symposium |
| First page | 573 |
| Last page | 580 |
| Country | United States |
| State | Nebraska |
| Online Only (Y/N) | N |
| Additional Online Files (Y/N) | N |
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