The commercial fishery in Lake Oahe, North and South Dakota, 1964-70 /

Ten species were commercially harvested in Lake Oahe, among which bigmouth buffalo predominated (63.8% of the total weight), smallmouth buffalo and goldeye ranked second, and third. Variations in the seasonal and annual production of buffalo were governed by market conditions and availability. Production and minor species depended on the amount of fishing effort directed toward the harvest of buffalo. Gill and loop nets were principal fishing gears. The fishing season usually extended from April through December; most fishing was in May through August.Title page shows variation in author name as "Joseph H. Higham".Part of "Twelve Papers on Lake Oahe, North and South Dakota".Bound with: Ecological changes during the transitional years of final filling and full impoundment (1966-70) of Lake Oahe, an Upper Missouri River storage reservoir (Technical Paper 71) ; Physical and chemical characteristics of Lake Oahe, 1968-69 (Technical Paper 72) ; Invertebrate macrobenthos of Lake Oahe, 1968-69 (Technical Paper 73) ; Limnetic crustacean zooplankton of Lake Oahe, May-October 1969 (Technical Paper 74) ; Species and age composition of trap net catches in Lake Oahe, South Dakota, 1963-67 (Technical Paper 75) ; Evaluation of trawls for monitoring and harvesting fish populations in Lake Oahe, South Dakota (Technical Paper 76) ; Age, Growth, and maturity of thirteen species of fish from Lake Oahe during the early years of impoundment, 1963-68 (Technical Paper 77) ; Population trends, growth, and movement of bigmouth buffalo, Ictiobus cyrinellus, in Lake Oahe, 1963-70 (Technical Paper 78) ; Goldeye, Hiodon alosoides, in Lake Oahe: Abundance, age growth, maturity, food and the fishery, 1963-69 (Technical Paper 79) ; Age, growth, sexual maturity, and food of channel catfish in Central Lake Oahe, 1968-69 (Technical Paper 81) ; An experimental trap net fishery, Lake Oahe, South Dakota, 1965 (Technical Paper 82).Includes bibliographical references. (p. 15).Ten species were commercially harvested in Lake Oahe, among which bigmouth buffalo predominated (63.8% of the total weight), smallmouth buffalo and goldeye ranked second, and third. Variations in the seasonal and annual production of buffalo were governed by market conditions and availability. Production and minor species depended on the amount of fishing effort directed toward the harvest of buffalo. Gill and loop nets were principal fishing gears. The fishing season usually extended from April through December; most fishing was in May through August.Mode of access: Internet