An experimental trap net fishery, Lake Oahe, South Dakota, 1965 /

Large trap nets were evaluated as a commercial gear for capturing buffalo fish during July-September 1965. During the 72-day bigmouth buffalo dominated the catch (78.2% by weight). Eight sport species accounted for 3.6% of the total catch. Both 7.0-cm and 12.7-cm mesh (extended measure) were used in the back of the bailing crib of the nets to determine the effect of the 12.7-cm mesh in reducing the catch of sport species and nonmarketable size groups of commercial species.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) ; The commercial fishery in Lake Oahe, North and South Dakota, 1964-70 (Technical Paper 80) ; Age, growth, sexual maturity, and food of channel catfish in Central Lake Oahe, 1968-69 (Technical Paper 81).Includes bibliographical references. (p. 9).Large trap nets were evaluated as a commercial gear for capturing buffalo fish during July-September 1965. During the 72-day bigmouth buffalo dominated the catch (78.2% by weight). Eight sport species accounted for 3.6% of the total catch. Both 7.0-cm and 12.7-cm mesh (extended measure) were used in the back of the bailing crib of the nets to determine the effect of the 12.7-cm mesh in reducing the catch of sport species and nonmarketable size groups of commercial species.Mode of access: Internet