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  <dc:contributor>James M. Long</dc:contributor>
  <dc:creator>David R. Stewart</dc:creator>
  <dc:date>2015</dc:date>
  <dc:description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;In this study it was sought to quantify post-stocking growth, survival, and contribution of advanced size (178&amp;nbsp;mm total length [TL]) channel catfish&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;Ictalurus punctatus&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;fingerlings, something rarely done. Channel catfish populations were evaluated before (May 2010) and after (May to August 2011 and 2012) stocking. Relative abundance, stocking contribution, and growth were different (&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;P&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;lt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;0.05) in the two study impoundments (lakes Lone Chimney and Greenleaf, Oklahoma). For fish stocked in Lake Lone Chimney, stocking contribution was lower (3&amp;ndash;35%), and average length and weight of stocked fish by age-2 reached 230&amp;nbsp;mm TL and 85&amp;nbsp;g, whereas the stocking contribution (84&amp;ndash;98%) and growth in length (340&amp;nbsp;mm TL) and weight (280&amp;nbsp;g) were higher by age-2 in Lake Greenleaf. Given these unambiguous differences of post-stocking performance, benchmark metrics that represent population-level information such as relative abundance and average length and weight of the sample masked these significant differences, highlighting the importance of marking hatchery-fish and then following them through time to determine the effectiveness of stocking. These results suggest that stock enhancement programmes would benefit from studies that quantify post-stocking performance of hatchery fish.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</dc:description>
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  <dc:identifier>10.1111/jai.12797</dc:identifier>
  <dc:language>en</dc:language>
  <dc:publisher>Wiley</dc:publisher>
  <dc:title>Growth and contribution of stocked channel catfish, &lt;i&gt;Ictalurus punctatus&lt;/i&gt; (Rafinesque, 1818): the importance of measuring post-stocking performance</dc:title>
  <dc:type>article</dc:type>
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