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Red River Catfish Guide In A Nut Shell

By Rosella Campbell


Formed in 1989, the technical committee of Red River Fisheries was to oversee the shared stocks of fish in this river. The goals included determination of populations of the fishes, come up with protection measures, develop standardized assessment on fisheries and develop future action plans. The red river catfish guide was adopted by both states that are around it.

Among the recommendations was a special regulation of protecting the population of the fish from large over-harvests. The possession limit of catfishes was set to a maximum of five with only one fish to exceed twenty four inches. This was made in line with the North Dakota 1990 fishing and the 1991 for Minnesota.

So as to make determination of the populations of the bigger catfishes in this water course, a series of estimation of the populations was done. The sampling procedures were intensely conducted partly to evaluate impacts on 1990 regulations of channel catfish and the other part was set to determine the fish population on the waterway and the populations size structure of the catfishes in Red River.

Both states have conducted surveys on anglers depending on this water body so as to determine watercourse usage by residents and nonresidents, the rates of harvest, general location and time of year when harvesting mostly occurred among others. Creels were carried on for four month during summer by Minnesota and later again by North Dakota during open water months. This was done in order to determine the impact of experimental spring fishing.

During the 1998 springs, the process of evaluating impacts that would accrue from making the watercourse open to public fishing commenced. The watercourse had been closed before so as to prevent overfishing of certain species. Spring fishing incorporated series of limits on sizes and possession during the period of 2000 to 2004 which was to monitor the amount of harvest. Conservations officials from both states were the ones to enforce these regulations.

From the data which had been obtained from the survey that had been conducted, the obstructive limits during springs and the high liberal limits which were put in place for the remaining year showed no significant or completely no bearing on the populations. The department of games and fishes of North Dakota made an all seasonal daily proposal and possession limit. This new regulation had to be evaluated to monitor whether the aims and objectives were being met.

From the period of 1995 to 2001, the North Dakota department on game and fish collaborated with the Minnesota DNR in carrying out routine sampling of this Red water way. This whole project was aimed at determining the populations of this fish in general, the number and size structure of the various species and also serves in developing trend line that checked for changes in the population of the catfish.

In a bid to ensure that fishing turns out to be highly user friendly, the committee has proposed on steps which will aim to standardize the procedures on Red River. Logical biology, ability to be enforced and be assessed in order to guarantee that fishing turns better and enjoyable are among the grounds to be ensured in the regulations.




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