Exploitation of burbot Lota lota in the Wind River drainage, Wyoming

• Main Author: Lewandoski, Sean Alois
• Other Authors: Chairperson, Graduate Committee: Christopher S. Guy
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Montana State University - Bozeman, College of Letters & Science 2015
• Subjects: Burbot; Fishery management; Wind River; Lota lota; lota
• Online Access: https://scholarworks.montana.edu/xmlui/handle/1/9446

Regionally important recreational fisheries exist for burbot (Lota lota) in the Wind River drainage of Wyoming; however, burbot populations in the region may not be stable and exploitation could be limiting these populations. We addressed this hypothesis by estimating exploitation from tagging data....