Annual Cycle of Sportfishing Activity at A Warmwater Discharge Into Galveston Bay, Texas
573-577 A SURVEY OF SPORTFISHING ACTIVITY AT THE P. H. ROBINSON GENERATING STATION DISCHARGE INTO GALVESTON BAY, TEXAS WAS TAKEN FROM 21 OCT. 1968 THROUGH 8 NOV. 1969. DURING 108 DAILY CHECKS, 1063 FISHERMEN WERE INTERVIEWED AND 2635 FISH COUNTED. FISHING ACTIVITY WAS RELATED TO SEASON AND TEMPERATU...
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fttexasamunigalv:oai:tamug-ir.tdl.org:1969.3/23569 2023-11-12T04:25:14+01:00 Annual Cycle of Sportfishing Activity at A Warmwater Discharge Into Galveston Bay, Texas Landry AM Strawn K Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 1973 http://hdl.handle.net/1969.3/23569 unknown 51224.00 http://hdl.handle.net/1969.3/23569 TEXAS SPORT FISHING THERMAL POLLUTION BAYS HEATED WATER SURVEYS WATER TEMPERATURE FLOW RATES ARIUS-FELIS CYNOSCION-ARENARIUS LEIOSTOMUS-XANTHURUS MICROPOGON-UNDULATUS POGONIAS-CROMIS SCIAENOPS-OCELLATA GALVESTON BAY Journal 1973 fttexasamunigalv 2023-10-30T16:15:40Z 573-577 A SURVEY OF SPORTFISHING ACTIVITY AT THE P. H. ROBINSON GENERATING STATION DISCHARGE INTO GALVESTON BAY, TEXAS WAS TAKEN FROM 21 OCT. 1968 THROUGH 8 NOV. 1969. DURING 108 DAILY CHECKS, 1063 FISHERMEN WERE INTERVIEWED AND 2635 FISH COUNTED. FISHING ACTIVITY WAS RELATED TO SEASON AND TEMPERATURE OF THE HEATED EFFLUENT. MAXIMUM FISHING PRESSURE AND LARGEST CATCHES OCCURRED DURING THE PERIOD DEC. 1968 THROUGH APRIL 1969 AND NOV. 1969 WHEN DISCHARGE WATER TEMPERATURES AND FLOW RATES WERE MINIMUM. LOWEST ANGLING ACTIVITY AND CATCH RATES WERE RECORDED FROM JUNE THROUGH SEPT. 1969 WHEN WATER TEMPERATURES APPROACHED 40 DEGREES C IN THE UPPER PART OF THE FISHING AREA. ATLANTIC CROAKER, MICROPOGON UNDULATUS; SEA CATFISH (HARDHEAD), ARIUS FELIS; SAND SEATROUT, CYNOSCION ARENARIUS; BLACK DRUM, POGONIAS CROMIS; RED DRUM, SCIAENOPS OCELLATA; AND SPOT, LEIOSTOMUS EXANTHURUS, IN ORDER OF DECREASING ABUNDANCE, ACCOUNTED FOR 96.7% OF THE FISH COUNTED DURING THE STUDY. SEINE, TRAWL, AND TRAMMEL NET DATA TAKEN FROM THE OUTFALL AREA INDICATED THAT CREEL SURVEY DATA OF FISHING PRESSURE AND ANGLING SUCCESS WERE VALID INDICATORS OF FISH CONCENTRATION.--COPYRIGHT 1974, BIOLOGICAL ABSTRACTS, INC. http://gbic.tamug.edu/request.htm Journal/Newspaper Red drum Texas A&M University Galveston Campus: DSpace Repository |
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TEXAS SPORT FISHING THERMAL POLLUTION BAYS HEATED WATER SURVEYS WATER TEMPERATURE FLOW RATES ARIUS-FELIS CYNOSCION-ARENARIUS LEIOSTOMUS-XANTHURUS MICROPOGON-UNDULATUS POGONIAS-CROMIS SCIAENOPS-OCELLATA GALVESTON BAY |
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TEXAS SPORT FISHING THERMAL POLLUTION BAYS HEATED WATER SURVEYS WATER TEMPERATURE FLOW RATES ARIUS-FELIS CYNOSCION-ARENARIUS LEIOSTOMUS-XANTHURUS MICROPOGON-UNDULATUS POGONIAS-CROMIS SCIAENOPS-OCELLATA GALVESTON BAY Landry AM Strawn K Annual Cycle of Sportfishing Activity at A Warmwater Discharge Into Galveston Bay, Texas |
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TEXAS SPORT FISHING THERMAL POLLUTION BAYS HEATED WATER SURVEYS WATER TEMPERATURE FLOW RATES ARIUS-FELIS CYNOSCION-ARENARIUS LEIOSTOMUS-XANTHURUS MICROPOGON-UNDULATUS POGONIAS-CROMIS SCIAENOPS-OCELLATA GALVESTON BAY |
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573-577 A SURVEY OF SPORTFISHING ACTIVITY AT THE P. H. ROBINSON GENERATING STATION DISCHARGE INTO GALVESTON BAY, TEXAS WAS TAKEN FROM 21 OCT. 1968 THROUGH 8 NOV. 1969. DURING 108 DAILY CHECKS, 1063 FISHERMEN WERE INTERVIEWED AND 2635 FISH COUNTED. FISHING ACTIVITY WAS RELATED TO SEASON AND TEMPERATURE OF THE HEATED EFFLUENT. MAXIMUM FISHING PRESSURE AND LARGEST CATCHES OCCURRED DURING THE PERIOD DEC. 1968 THROUGH APRIL 1969 AND NOV. 1969 WHEN DISCHARGE WATER TEMPERATURES AND FLOW RATES WERE MINIMUM. LOWEST ANGLING ACTIVITY AND CATCH RATES WERE RECORDED FROM JUNE THROUGH SEPT. 1969 WHEN WATER TEMPERATURES APPROACHED 40 DEGREES C IN THE UPPER PART OF THE FISHING AREA. ATLANTIC CROAKER, MICROPOGON UNDULATUS; SEA CATFISH (HARDHEAD), ARIUS FELIS; SAND SEATROUT, CYNOSCION ARENARIUS; BLACK DRUM, POGONIAS CROMIS; RED DRUM, SCIAENOPS OCELLATA; AND SPOT, LEIOSTOMUS EXANTHURUS, IN ORDER OF DECREASING ABUNDANCE, ACCOUNTED FOR 96.7% OF THE FISH COUNTED DURING THE STUDY. SEINE, TRAWL, AND TRAMMEL NET DATA TAKEN FROM THE OUTFALL AREA INDICATED THAT CREEL SURVEY DATA OF FISHING PRESSURE AND ANGLING SUCCESS WERE VALID INDICATORS OF FISH CONCENTRATION.--COPYRIGHT 1974, BIOLOGICAL ABSTRACTS, INC. http://gbic.tamug.edu/request.htm |
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Annual Cycle of Sportfishing Activity at A Warmwater Discharge Into Galveston Bay, Texas |
title_short |
Annual Cycle of Sportfishing Activity at A Warmwater Discharge Into Galveston Bay, Texas |
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Annual Cycle of Sportfishing Activity at A Warmwater Discharge Into Galveston Bay, Texas |
title_fullStr |
Annual Cycle of Sportfishing Activity at A Warmwater Discharge Into Galveston Bay, Texas |
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Annual Cycle of Sportfishing Activity at A Warmwater Discharge Into Galveston Bay, Texas |
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annual cycle of sportfishing activity at a warmwater discharge into galveston bay, texas |
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1973 |
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