Survival of red drum fry stocked into Christmas Bay, Texas

• Main Author: Matlock, G.C.
• Format: Book
• Language: unknown
• Published: Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Coastal Fisheries Branch 1988
• Subjects: red drum; Sciaenops ocellata; fry; stocking; Christmas Bay; Red drum
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.3/19406

7 pgs. Red drum fry (2.5 days old) were stocked into Christmas Bay in May 1979 to enhance native populations. No stocked fish were recaptured in bag seines during 4 months after stocking. Reasons for this apparent lack of success are unknown. However, additional research is needed to determine the f...