Populations
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Biennial surveys conducted at three Central Arizona reservoirs show healthy bass populations
At Saguaro Lake, 124 largemouth were caught during the two-night survey.
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Testing Underway for Pilot Project to Restore Salmon Populations
in McCloud River Above Shasta Reservoir
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A collaborative effort to strengthen native oyster populations
Surveys in the cove have found that hard surfaces, such as pilings and mangrove roots, support much greater densities of oysters than the estuary bottom.
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Catfish Populations Hurt by Noodling
Conservation Agent Eric Abbott nabbed four men handfishing and possessing this fish in the Tarkio River in Atchison County in August 2012.
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Time to address dwindling salmon and steelhead populations
With dismal fish returns, Idaho places stringent restrictions on steelhead seasons
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Biologists and anglers team-up to bring big bass populations back to the fabled fishery
Little Rock, Arkansas — They’ll pour in by the thousands — tiny largemouth bass, no bigger than a human finger, making their way from plastic sacks to freedom. Altogether, some 100,000 black bass fingerlings will be released into the Arkansas River from anglers competing in the Simmons Bank Big Bass Bonanza, helping the fabled fishery bounce back from what biologists call a dramatic decline in spawning habitat.
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Striped bass populations to be at their highest in 14 years
Biologists from the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Inland Fisheries office in Wichita Falls recently completed electrofishing and gillnet surveys on Possum Kingdom Reservoir, finding striped bass populations to be at their highest in 14 years.
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Horseshoe Crab Populations Improving in Mid-Atlantic Bays
Every spring, John Rodenhausen looks forward to seeing a few horseshoe crabs on the beach at the Chesapeake Bay Foundation's headquarters outside Annapolis.