Empirical estimation of recreational exploitation of burbot, Lota lota , in the Wind River drainage of Wyoming using a multistate capture–recapture model

• Published in: Fisheries Management and Ecology
• Main Authors: Lewandoski, S. A., Guy, C. S., Zale, A. V., Gerrity, P. C., Deromedi, J. W., Johnson, K. M., Skates, D. L.
• Other Authors: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Geological Survey, Montana State University
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2017
• Subjects: Ecology; Aquatic Science; Wind River; Bull Lake; Burbot; Lota lota; lota
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/fme.12226; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Ffme.12226; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/fme.12226; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full-xml/10.1111/fme.12226; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/am-pdf/10.1111/fme.12226

Abstract Burbot, Lota lota (Linnaeus), is a regionally popular sportfish in the Wind River drainage of Wyoming, USA , at the southern boundary of the range of the species. Recent declines in burbot abundances were hypothesised to be caused by overexploitation, entrainment in irrigation canals and ha...