FISHERIES SECTION ANNUAL REPORT Fiscal Year 1988 July 1, 1987 - June 30, 1988 Game and Fish Division Department of Natural Resources Atlanta, Georgia The Department of Natural Resources receives Federal Aid in fiRh and wildlife restoration. Under Title VI of 1964 Civil Rights Act and Section 501_. of the Rehabilitation Act 1973, the U. S. Department of the Interior prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, national or1g1.n or handicap. If you believe that you have been discriminated against in any program, activity, or facility as described above, or if you desire further information please write to: The Official of Equal Opportunity U. S. Department of the Interior Washington, D.C 20240 . Table of Contents SUBJECT PAGE Overview of Fisheries Section Activities 1 Map of Fisheries Section region and district boundaries 2 A. Facts about fishing in Georgia, fisheries related revenues 4 earned and Fisheries Section expenditures B. Private waters management 8 c. Public waters management 12 D. Trout production 20 E. Warmwater hatchery production 24 F. Public fishing area operation 29 G. Research and survey 32 H. Maintenance and construction 35 Fisheries Section Activities The Fisheries Section manages Georgia's fish populations in more than 4,000 miles of trout streams, 12,000 miles of warmwater streams and one-half mill ion acres of impoundments. over 1. 2 million people participate in freshwater sport fishing yearly in Georgia making it the most popular wildlife activity in the State. Freshwater fisheries are managed and protected by the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) through private and public water management; public fishing areas; trout production and stocking; warmwater hatchery production; research and surveys; and boat ramp construction and maintenance. Detailed information on the Section's activities and program costs is listed in the tables in Appendices A-H. The statewide fisheries program is administered from a central office in Atlanta, seven regional offices and eleven district offices (Figure 1). Under private waters management the Fisheries Section provided assistance to pond owners by conducting over 2,000 field investigations in Fiscal Year 1988 (FY1988). The DNR is the only government agency providing fish to Georgia pond owners and in FY1988 provided about 6. 7 million fish for over 2, 900 ponds. Under public waters management, routine standardized sampling has been used to identify problems and research needs in water bodies without the expense and manpower requirement of intensive research studies. The Section continued to sample all major state reservoirs in FY1988 and to develop a similar program for sampling streams and rivers. To offset the projected shortage of 4.3 million trips on small lakes in Georgia, expected to occur by 1990, the Section continued efforts to meet the Department goal of acquiring more land for constructing new public fishing lakes. The section completed the identification of potential fishing lake sites in the State in 1988. Emphasis is now being placed on acquiring the land where the best of these sites are located using the funds provided through the recent increases in fishing licenses. In addition, the new lake located on the Big Lazer Creek Wildlife Management Area in Talbot County was completed in FY1988 and the lake should be open to fishermen in the summer of FY1989. Presently over 200, ooo trout fishermen fish each year in Georgia. Trout stream habitat is limited to about 4,000 miles of stream, and the native trout populations cannot support this heavy use. To help meet the demand for trout fishing opportunities, the state hatcheries grow to catchable size and stock over 650,00 trout annually. Seven warmwater hatcheries produce fish to meet public waters stocking needs in Georgia. Major species are striped bass and striped bass x white bass hybrids. Over 400 thousand striped bass and over 3.3 million hybrids were produced and stocked by State hatcheries in FY1988. . . - Gainesville Region Ill - Walton Region V - Albany Region VII Richmond Hill Figure 1. Fisheries regions and districts in Georgia and location of regional offices. Broken lines mark district boundaries within regions. 2 The Fisheries Section research and survey program continued in FY19BB. Projects included surveys of fish populations in fourteen reservoirs and five streams, studies related to trout stocking and hatchery production, and analyses of creel data and fishing pressure. To improve access to fishing habitat the State continued to construct and maintain boat ramps for public use. 3 . . Appendix A: Tables showing important facts about fishing in Georgia, information on revenue earned, and expenditures for FY1988 . 4 Table A-1. Important facts about freshwater fishing and fishermen in Georgia. Item Number Total resident Georgia anglers over 16 years old. Total annual fishing trips by Georgia fishermen. Total days spent fishing each year. Average days spent fishing each year. Average one-way distance traveled on each fishing trip. Total annual expenditure by all resident and non-resident fishermen in Georgia (16 years old and older). Economic impact of sport fishing on Georgia's economy Estimated number of jobs generated. Estimated sales tax generated from sale of sport fishing related items. 1,205,000 19,895,700 26,824,100 22.3 days 22.6 miles $948.6 million $1.4 billion 27.7 thousand $35.7 million source a a a a a b b b b a 1985 National Survev of Fishing, Hunting and Wildlife- Associated Recreation published by the U.S. Department of the Interior, u.s. Fish and Wildlife Service in March 1989. This is the most accurate data currently available. b The Economic Impact of Sport Fishing in the State of Georgia published by the Sport Fishing Institute in 1989. The calculations are based on data from the 11 1985 National Survey of Fishing, Hunting and Wildlife-Associated Recreation." 5 . Table A-2. Revenue (to the nearest dollar) generated by the Fisheries Section from license sales in license year 1987-88 (April 1,1987 to March 31, 1988) and revenue generated from the sale of permits to use Public Fishing Areas. License Sales License Year 1987-1988 (April 1, 1987 to March 31, 1988) Type of License No. Sold Combination Hunting-Fishing 72,137 Resident Fishing 610,805 Resident Trout 107,978 Non-resident Season Fishing 10,504 Non-resident 5-day Fishing 40,890 Non-resident season Trout 4,053 Total 846,367 Revenue 537,7508 4,216,268 313,617 203,830 200,636 40,167 5,512,268 Arrowhead McDuffie Baldwin Forest Evans County waters Creek Total Public Fishing Areas No Permits Sold 9,551 12,468 4,763 4,674 2.336 33,792 Revenue 9,551 12,468 4,763 4,678 2.336 33,796 a This is only one half the revenue generated. The remaining funds are considered as being generated by hunters. 6 , a Table A-3. Fisheries Section expenditures (thousands of dollars) and mandays by region and program in FY1988. Program b Atlanta I Total Total II Ill IV v VI VII Cost Mandays Private Waters Management 37.2 40.7 11.1 56.4 30.4 26.3 80.6 25.4 308.1 Public Waters Management 219.7 184.5 266.9 351.5 227.1 186.7 221.3 162.8 1,820.5 Aquatic Plant Control 12.4 90.1 102.5 Trout Production/Stocking 92.3 88.1 584.1 764.5 Warmwater Hatcheries 123.2 28.2 10.7 203.7 5.4 244.8 120.0 284.3 1,020.3 Public Fishing Areas -...J Research/Surveys 43.8 76.1 110.8 114.8 134.7 63.3 84.7 67.9 71.3 84.7 164.4 40.8 161.2 63.7 363.2 919.0 Facility Maintenance and New Construction 187.8 154.8 641.9 22.5 63.2 1,070.2 Total 827.2 532.4 1,162.3 759.6 1,147.5 693.5 646.4 599.4 6,368.3 a These figures may differ somewhat from the final6/88 Fiscal Accounting and Control System (FACS) printout since errors in the FACS printout were corrected in this table. b Expenses of Atlanta Office, with the exception of capital outlay expenses, were prorated as administrative costs to all programs. 1,996 10,644 467 3,805 5,632 2,580 6,295 1,312 32,731 Appendix B: Tables showing information on the Fisheries Section Private Waters Management Program in FY1988. 8 Table B-1. Field investigations on private waters in FY1988. Region District Aquatic Grass Carp Fish Pre-stocking General Balance Vegetation Evaluations Kills Checks Management Total o/o of Total Calhoun 40 1 132 9 163 345 17 II Gainesville 16 5 10 3 25 10 69 3 Ill Walton 153 98 4 46 Thomson 64 96 156 49 1 4 305 15 33 399 19 IV Macon 42 11 17 6 48 Manchester 46 21 43 3 8 5 129 7 6 127 6 \0 v Albany 55 26 6 Cordele 83 13 9 1 88 4 8 113 6 VI Waycross 31 29 16 37 4 10 127 6 Metter 12 13 130 32 2 44 233 11 VII Richmond Hill 32 11 56 14 9 25 147 7 Total 574 226 673 157 306 %of Total 28 11 32 8 15 146 2,082 100 7 Table B-2. Office technical services for private water management in each district in FY1988. . . Region District Aquatic Balance Vegetation Rsh Fish Applications General Kills Reviewed Management Total %of Total Calhoun 196 481 45 227 111 1,060 10 II Gainesville 22 32 5 106 149 314 3 Ill Walton 275 431 38 553 Thomson 60 224 63 617 876 2,173 20 560 1,524 14 IV Macon 90 104 40 216 105 555 5 Manchester 34 174 23 122 212 565 5 1-' 0 v Albany 8 193 48 308 139 696 7 Cordele 51 56 36 200 108 451 4 VI Waycross Metter 57 461 176 702 35 374 85 403 368 1,764 17 172 1,069 10 VII Richmond Hill 14 116 24 128 293 575 5 Total %of Total 842 2,646 583 3,582 8 25 5 33 3,093 10,746 100 29 Table B-3. Total number and acres of private ponds stocked with largemouth bass, bream and channel catfish In F1988. Region District Bass-Bream Ponds Stocked Number Acres Calhoun 108 355 II Gainesville 90 229 Ill Walton Thomson ............ IV Macon Manchester v Albany Cordele 125 568 252 1,006 156 1,029 131 929 210 1,326 95 528 VI Waycross Metter 338 3,470 328 2,127 VII Richmond Hill 54 109 Total 1,887 11,676 Percent Stocked at Fertilized Rate Number Acres Number and Species Stocked Bluegill Redear Largemouth Channel Sunfish Bass Catfish 11 17 158,280 33,195 16,259 33,304 0 0 92,764 23,191 11,635 28,173 5 4 236,640 57,160 21,374 44,957 22 16 433,370 99,280 54,797 122,601 13 7 292,710 85,490 48,651 48,967 24 15 401,600 98,150 53,499 53,098 8 4 534,532 126,523 67,789 116,033 19 11 223,266 54,254 27,481 59,656 2 1 1,077,536 253,884 151,974 191,794 5 4 803,968 182,917 111,330 137,773 2 7 46,990 11,750 10,985 25,305 10 6 4,301,656 1,025,794 575,774 861,661 Catfish Only Ponds Stocked Number Acres 39 67 44 50 59 91 184 287 57 174 53 467 162 527 102 567 171 553 139 410 63 140 1,073 3,333 . . Appendix C: Tables showing information on the Fisheries Section Public Waters Management Program in FY1988. 12 Table C-1. Management and development activities of the Fisheries Section in FY1988. Type of Activity Fish attractor construction and maintenance Assistance to DNR Parks, Recreation and Historic Sites Division Assistance to city of Tallapoosa; Kings Bay Naval Submarine Base; and Georgia Southern College Assistance to the DNR Game Management Section Improvement of forage fish population in Lake Burton Repair of trout stream improvement structures Description Fish attractors were inspected, constructed andjor refurbished at the following reservoirs; Bartletts Ferry, Burton, Chatuge, Walter F. George, Goat Rock, Lanier, Nottely, Oliver and Sinclair. Management recommendations and assistance were provided for the lakes at James H. "Sloppy" Floyd, Fort Mountain State and Reed Bingham parks. Assistance was provided in managing lakes and ponds controlled by these agencies. Assistance was provided in managing Goldmine Lake on the Paulding County Wildlife Management Area and Stamp Creek on the Pine Log Wildlife Management Area. Assistance was provided in collecting live fish to feed bald eagles reared by the coastal hacking program on the Altamaha Waterfowl Refuge. Assistance was also provided in the construction of a timber loading ramp at Sapelo Island and a waterfowl impoundment on the Rum Creek Wildlife Management Area. Threadfin shad were collected from Lake Lanier by electrofishing and transported to Lake Burton to provide additional forage. Approximately 66 trout stream improvement structures were repaired in several Northeast Georgia streams. This work was done in cooperation with the U.S. Forest Service and Trout Unlimited volunteers. 13 Table c-2. Fish Kills Investigated by the Fisheries Section in FY1988. Type of Fish Kill Municipal Pollution Industrial Pollution Agricultural Pollution Disease ..... +="' Undetermined Total Number of Incidents 1 9 3 9 15 37 Fish Killed No. Value Fines Collected by DNRc 1,160 711.50 11,000.00 39,780 13,113.34 11,840.00 1,234 5208 929.45 b 6,000.00 57,371 55,041.85 100,065 69,796.14 28,840.00 a Estimates of the number of fish killed by disease are not normally calculated using accepted fish kill counting guidelines, so these values are less accurate than those obtained during more exhaustive investigations. b Values for fish killed by disease are normally not calculated, so no values are included here. c Fines collected as of June 30, 1988 by the Environmental Protection Division for the FY1988 fish kills. Table C-3. Fish surveys conducted by the Fisheries Section in FY1988. Type of Survey Standardized sampling of reservoirs Sampling Method Seining, gill netting, electrofishing and a general reconnaissance survey Stream sport fish monitoring Electrofishing and a general reconnaissance survey Collection of baseline fish Electrofishing population data to evaluate possible impacts of scheduled ...... highway construction U'1 Survey of reservoir fish El ectrofi shi ng population Inventory striped bass use of SCUBA and a general springs as summer refuges reconnaissance Body of Water Allatoona, Bartletts Ferry, Blue Ridge, Blackshear, Burton, Carters, Chatuge, Clarks Hill, Hartwell, High Falls, Jackson, Juliette, Lanier, Nottely, Oconee, Rabun, Seminole, Sinclair, Tobesofkee, Tugaloo, Walter F. George and West Point reservoirs Altamaha, Ocmulgee, Ohoopee, Satilla and St. Marys rivers Panther Creek and North Fork Broad River George W. Andrews, Goat Rock, Oliver and Worth reservoirs Flint, Ogeechee and Savannah rivers Table C-4. Herbicide treatments applied in controling aquatic weeds statewide in FY1988. Body of Watsr Streams Ebenezer Creek Ebenezer Creek Slream Total Reservoirs Blackshear Blackshear County Effingham Effingham Crisp/Sumter Dooly Blackshear Crisp/Worth Blackshear Crisp Blackshear Blackshear CrispjWorth Crisp Jackson Worth Worth Reservoir Tota1 Publicly-Owned Small Lakes Uttle Ocmulgee State Park Butts/Newton Dougherty Dougherty Wheeler Sloppy Aoyd SP Upper lake Sloppy Aoyd SP Lower lake Small Lake Total Grand Totals Chattooga Chattooga Target Pest Alligatorweed Duckweed Lyngbya Parrotfeather, Bacopa, Spatterdock Najas Alligatorweed, Giant cutgrass Char a Giant cutgrass, Cattails, Najas, Milfoil, Lotus Alligatorweed, Giant cutgrass, Hyacinth Giant cutgrass, Cattails, Hyacinth Lyngbya Egaria, Milfoll, Najas, Bladderwort, Ulies Potamogeton, S. watergrass Pithophora, Najas Pithophora, Najas Paes Affected 10 24 34 300 10 500 4 35 5 50 Not Estimated 60 964 220 5 2 227 1,225 Acres Treated 9.3 24.0 33.3 62.0 5.0 285.0 3.3 2.9 4.7 22.6 30.0 10.0 425.5 100.0 5.1 2.0 107.1 565.9 Number of Treatments .... Success of Treatments 95 75 2 12 85 50 2 100 80 90 80 8 95 7 90 50 34 95 3 95 95 5 41 16 Table c-5. Environmental reviews and assessments commented on by the Fisheries Section in FY1988. Aqency Georqia Department of Natural Resources Plans and Permits Environmental Protection Division Permits 4 u.s. Government Aqency Permits, Projects and Plans Army Corps of Engineers Permits 30 Water supply lakes, recreational lakes, dredge and fill projects, stream channelization, wetlands, discharge and pre-discharge notification, flood control projects, dikes, road and bridge construction permits, and raw water intakes. Army Corps Projects and Plans 6 Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Licenses 13 Fish and Wildlife Service Plans 1 Forest Service Plans 1 Total 55 a Each project, plan or permit is counted only once, even though the Section may have provided comments on more than one occasion. Only those projects that the Section prepared comments on are included in these numbers. Numerous other documents were reviewed but not commented on. 17 Table C-6. Technical assistance provided to other government agencies by the Fisheries Section in FY1988. Agency Assisted Description of Assistance u.s. Forest Service U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and DNR Environmental Protection Division (EPD) Floyd County, Georgia Conducted balance checks and population surveys on Murray, Peeples and Conasauga lakes located in the Chattahoochee National Forest. Reviewed timber sale prescriptions and provided trout distribution, density and standing crop data for watersheds in three ranger districts. Collected Gulf Coast striped bass brood stock to be spawned by the USFWS to produce fingerlings for stocking public waters. Assisted USFWS staff in teaching a coldwater culture course. Operated acid rain monitoring units in cooperation with these agencies, and collected fish samples from several bodies of water statewide for analysis under the radiological, trend and toxic substances monitoring proqrams of both agencies. Provided guidance in the renovation and reactivation of Mayo's lock and Dam on the Coosa River. 18 Table C-7. Other activities of the Fisheries Section in FY1988. Type of Activity Southern Division of the American Fisheries Society Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission Hosted visitor from Union of Soviet Socialist Republic Oeser i p_t ion Fisheries Section biologists served on the Division's Pollution, Trout, Warmwater Streams, Striped Bass, Small Impoundment, and Reservoir committees. One biologist served as a technical member of the Commission's Scientific and Statistical Committee. Fisheries personnel in Region III briefed Mr. Viatcheslar L. Melnik, Director of Soviet Traveling Exhibition and Mr. William B. Davis, Exchange Coordinator of U.S. Information Agency on Georgia's fishery resources. 19 Appendix D: Tables showing information on the Fisheries Section Trout Production Program in FY19BB. 20 Table D-1. Trout production (lbs.) conversion ratios and costs at state hatcheries in FY1988. Species a Cost Hatchery Brook Rainbow Brown Total Total Per lb. Buford Net weight gain Conversion ratio 4,227 135,951 1.71 1.54 12,530 1.44 152,708 1.54 $267,258 $1.75 Burton Net weight gain Conversion ratio 122,275 1.40 1,018 123,293 1.70 1.41 $193,740 $1.57 Summerville Net weight gain 36,915 36,915 $57,248 $1.55 .N.... Conversion ratio 1.51 1.51 Total Net weight gain b Conversion ratio 4,227 295,141 1.71 1.48 13,548 1.46 312,916 1.48 $518,246 $1.66 State's cost per pound to stock trout: $0.38 Total production and distribution costs per pound: $2.04 a Does not include administrative cost of Atlanta office. b Weighted means. Table D-2. Number and weight (lbs.) of each species of trout stocked into Georgia's public waters from state and federal hatcheries during FY1988. Brook Rainbow Brown Total Facility Number Weight Number Weight Number Weight Number Weight State hatcheries Buford catchables fingerlings Burton catchables N N fingerlings Summerville catchables Federal hatcheries Chattahoochee catchables Walhalla fingerlings Total catchables fingerlings 5,559 3,4n 290,029 123,517 18,566 12,578 1,300 77 469,638 165,192 19,297 468 15,733 4,249 118,330 40,470 314,154 139,572 1,300 77 485,371 169,441 19,297 468 118,330 40,470 312,402 88,202 5,559 0 3,477 0 1,190,399 417,381 19,297 468 312,402 88,202 72,295 567 72,295 567 34,299 16,827 73,595 644 1,230,257 437,685 92,892 1'112 Table D-S. Number and weight (lbs.) of catchable trout by species and habitat type stocked from all hatcheries in FY1988. Brook Number Weight Streams by County Bartow Catoosa Chattooga Cherokee Dade Dawson Fannin Floyd Gilmer Gordon Habersham 20 62 Haralson Lumpkin 725 353 Murray Paulding Pickens Polk Rabun 1,182 581 Stephens 19 61 Towns 1,220 598 Union Walker White 2,100 938 Whitfield Rainbow Brown Total Number Weight Number Weight Number Weight 9,495 5,490 4,975 730 890 19,900 73,525 18,700 47,800 1,975 33,767 18,450 121,033 20,500 13,630 9,500 4,900 141,538 36,400 77,596 101,146 11,210 108,125 685 3,240 1,967 1,712 260 351 7,709 21,026 6,399 15,302 660 11,871 6,094 37,827 7,067 4,644 3,444 1,610 50,802 13,155 28,037 30,793 4,021 37,459 226 3,200 864 2,933 1,178 1,100 297 700 189 1,200 324 4,600 1,406 3,100 837 9,495 5,490 4,975 730 890 19,900 73,525 18,700 51,000 1,975 36,720 18,450 122,858 20,500 13,630 9,500 4,900 143,420 37,619 83,416 101,146 11,210 113,325 685 3,240 1,967 1,712 260 351 7,709 21,026 6,399 16,166 660 13,111 6,094 38,4n 7,067 4,644 3,444 1,610 51,572 13,540 30,041 30,793 4,021 39,234 226 Total 5,266 2,593 881,960 295,676 16,833 5,095 904,059 303,364 Tailwaters Blue Ridge Hartwell Lanier 273 822 19,600 16,700 155,166 6,251 7,197 68,910 17,466 11,732 19,600 16,700 172,905 6,251 7,197 81,464 Total 273 822 191,466 82,358 17,466 11,732 209,205 94,912 Reservoirs Russell 70,284 25,874 70,284 25,874 Total 70,284 25,874 70,284 25,874 Small Lakes Black Rock Conasauga Dockery Nancytown Rock Creek Vogel Winfield Scott 20 62 3,300 4,800 10,000 6,000 9,500 6,089 7,000 1,073 1,583 2,654 1,867 2,499 1,711 2,086 3,300 4,800 10,000 6,020 9,500 6,089 7,000 1,073 1,583 2,654 1,929 2,499 1,711 2,086 Total 20 62 46,689 13.473 0 0 46,709 13,535 GRAND TOTAL 5,559 3,477 1,190,399 417,381 34,299 16,827 1,230,257 437,685 23 . Appendix E: Tables showing information on the Fisheries Section Warmwater Hatchery Production Program in FY1988. 24 Table E-1. Total numbers and cost per fish of warmwater species produced at state hatcheries in FY1988. Species Acres Number Avg. no. per acre a Cost per fish($) Channel catfish fingerling intermediate harvestable 19.84 3.30 1.00 1,733,255 93,332 1,284 87,362 28,282 1,284 Bluegill fingerling 37.48 8,636,430 230,428 Redear sunfish fingerling 12.19 2,332,945 191,382 Largemouth bass fingerling 18.04 1,162,557 64,443 Shoal bass fingerling 2.80 50,992 18,211 Striped bass fry fingerling b 5.86 4,704,000 493,548 b 84,223 Striped-white hybrid bass fry fingerling b 24.60 13,845,000 3,283.222 b 133,464 White-striped hybrid bass fry fingerling b 0.60 660,000 80,146 b 133,577 Total 125.71 c 37,076,711 d 142,134 a Cost of each production phase includes cost of previous phase. b Not applicable, these fry are hatched in jars and then placed in aquaria. c Differences between the production totals in this table and the distribution totals in Table E-4 result from handling, holding, and transporting mortalities. the use of surplus fish as forage to maintain spawning stocks, and the stocking of fish produced on federal hatcheries. d Weighted means. Striped bass and hybrid fry numbers were not used in calculating these values. 0.095 0.315 4.710 0.027 0.039 0.118 0.587 0.009 0.066 0.009 0.038 0.009 0.034 d 0.048 25 Table E-2. Number of each warmwater species produced at state hatcheries in FY1988. Species Summerville Walton McDuffie Cordele Steve Cocke Bowens Mill Richmond Hill Total Channel catfish fingerling Intermediate harvestable Bluegill fingerling Redear sunfish fingerling Largemouth bass N fingerling 0'\ Shoal bass fingerling Striped bass fry fingerling Striped-white hybrid bass fry fingerling White-striped hybrid bass fry fingerling Total 185,143 425,243 1,284 736,200 93,332 256,233 130,436 1,733,255 93,332 1,284 333,709 1,117,709 1,866,033 1,151,458 1,822,500 2,345,021 8,636,430 92,325 166,761 669,600 260,321 736,000 407,938 2,332,945 171,067 341,500 151,440 414,000 84,550 1,162,557 33,273 17,719 50,992 410,084 4,704,000 4,704,000 83,464 493,548 730,177 561,183 13,845,000 13,845,000 776,870 1,214,992 3,283,222 426,034 1,640,680 3,713,744 1,592,982 660,000 80,146 660,000 80,146 2,398,354 3,749,370 23,555,547 37,076,711 Table E-3. Cost per fish (dollars) of warmwater species produced at state hatcheries in FY1988. Species -- Channel catfish fingerling . intermediate harvestable Summerville Walton McDuffie Cordele 0.095 0.042 4.710 0.095 0.315 Steve Cocke Bowens Mill Richmond Hill 0.135 0.191 Bluegill fingerling 0.052 0.020 0.020 0.029 0.025 0.034 Redear sunfish fingerling 0.049 0.065 0.032 0.057 0.028 0.047 N...... Largemouth bass fingerling 0.119 0.077 0.097 0.110 0.363 Shoal bass fingerling 0.307 1.114 Striped bass fry fingerling 0.046 0.009 0.160 Striped-white hybrid bass fry fingerling 0.050 0.036 0.030 0.009 0.036 White-striped hybrid bass fry fingerling 0.009 0.034 Table E-4. Number of warmwater fish distributed from state hatcheries in FY1988. Totals include fish provided by federal hatcheries, surplus brood stock and fish available as by-products of other programs. Publicly Owned Public Other .. Private Rivers & Small Fishing Fisheries a Species Waters Reservoirs Streams Lakes Areas Agencies Total White amur adult 367 367 Channel catfish fingerling intermediate harvestable 853,661 8,000 62,125 349,100 123,390 7,614 109,650 73,332 1,284 1,497,926 88,946 1,284 Bluegill fingerling harvestable 4,301,656 22,845 1,316,581 75,970 231,000 5,948,052 250 250 Redear sunfish fingerling 1,025,794 10,856 380,295 18,810 50,000 1,485,755 Largemouth bass fingerling 575,774 80,200 50,333 27,115 733,422 Shoal bass fingerling 0~0" Striped bass fry fingerling 383.350 50,992 1,755,000 83,464 50,992 1,755,000 466,814 Striped-white hybrid bass fry fingerling 3,271,319 2,675,000 2,675,000 3,271,319 White-striped hybrid bass fry fingerling 80,146 220,000 220,000 80,146 Walleye fry 7,550,000 Total 6,764,885 11,380,641 2,177,168 276,484 492,381 4,733,714 25,825,273 a Totals do not include fry produced and distributed to other state hatcheries for later production phases. b Differences between the distribution totals in this table and the production totals in Table E-2 result from handling, holding and transporting mortalities. the use of surplus fish as forage to maitain spawning stocks, and the stocking of fish produced on federal hatcheries. . . Appendix F: Tables showing information on the Fisheries Section Public Fishing Area Operation Program in FY1988. 29 Table F-1. Public Fishing Areas cost and use data for FY1988. Region Area Ownership Number of lakes Total a Acreage Total Operating Cost($) Total Trips Trips/ Acre Arrowhead State Ill McDuffie State IV Baldwin Forest State IV Rum Creek v b Williams v b Big Lazer GA Power State State 2 25.3 12 123.0 5 51.3 1 3,600.0 1 48.0 1 195.0 76,098 63,258 49,339 18,560 6,841 64,475 15,594 15,812 8,505 617.6 128.6 165.8 VI Evans County State 3 84.0 39,854 6,330 75.4 w 0 VI Treutlen County Private 1 189.0 975 c c Total 26 4,315.6 319,400 46,241 163.1 a Total acreage open to public fishing. b Williams and Big Lazer were closed to public fishing due to repairs and construction. c Totals are based on the areas for which this information is available. Table F-2. Harvest and catch rate of fish caught from two Public Fishing Areas in FY1988 for which information was available. Arrowhead Evans County Species Channel catfish b Sunfish Number a Avg. Wgt. 22,873 1,362 1.19 0.17 Number 226 9,646 a Avg. Wgt. - 3.09 0.31 Largemouth bass 26 1.91 800 1.28 Crappie 1,076 0.47 Other w 1-' Total 24,261 c 1.13 524 12,272 0.43 c 0.44 Fish caught per trip Number Weight 1.56 1.77 1.93 0.88 a Weights in pounds. b Primarily bluegill and redear sunfish. c Weighted means. . . Appendix G: Tables showing information on the Fisheries Section Research and Survey Program in FY1988. 32 Table G-1. Man~ys. cost and funding source for research and survey studies in each region during FY1988. Region Northwest Northeast East Central West Central South West South Central Coastal Atlanta Office Total Study Evaluation of the fish populations and sport fishing of Blue Ridge Reservoir. A survey of the black crappie population in Allatoona Reservoir. An evaluation of access point and roving non-uniform probability creel surveys in Georgia. Evaluation of fish populations and sport fishing of Allatoona Reservoir. Evaluation of trout fingerling stocking in small headwater trout streams. Evaluation of the walleye introductions into Lake Nottely. A fisheries survey of the Upper Chattooga River. Factors influencing year class strength of the walleye population of Lake Burton Hatchery. Black bass exploitation survey on Lake Lanier. A fishery survey of the Richard Russell Reservoir. The effect of three stocking rates on growth, survival, and angler success and harvest of brown trout in the lower 27 km of the Chattahoochee river. Creel census of the Richard Russell dam tailwaters. Use of the Lake Rutledge fishery following renovation. A survey of the black crappie population of Lake Sinclair. A survey of the largemouth bass fishery on Lake Sinclair. A fisheries survey of Jackson Lake. Dynamics of the largemouth bass fishery in Lake George. Biology of the flathead catfish in the Aint River. Survey of four major reservoirs in Southwest Georgia. Food habits of juvenile largemouth bass in Lake George. Stream sport fish monitoring program. Population dynamics of American shad in the Altamaha River. -Umited life history aspects of selected fishes of the Savannah and Ogeechee rivers. A fisheries survey of the Ogeechee River. Evaluation of triploid grass carp to control filamentous algae in fish rearing ponds at Richmond Hill Fish Hatchery. Savannah River creel survey. Administrative Cost($) 51,241 43,042 10,248 10,248 25,596 29,504 29,488 38,100 12,000 32,553 18,820 6,963 16,727 9,591 42,308 29,112 13,248 111,000 3,000 25,900 24,500 88.107 73,119 9,100 23,807 6,125 24,700 110,843 918,990 Mandays 270 697 82 97 148 198 200 232 60 232 134 Fund Source OJ OJ OJ OJ OJ OJ OJ OJ OJ OJ OJ 49 126 68 345 292 60 692 18 161 153 680 414 38 144 45 345 315 6,295 OJ CORPS OJ OJ OJ OJ OJ OJ OJ OJ OJ STATE OJ OJ STATE OJ 33 ' ' Table G-2. Final reports and publications completed by the Fisheries Section in FY-1988. Author FINAL REPORTS Beisser, G. Durniak, J., et al. Ell is, F. Keefer, L. Martin, C. Mauldin A. and J. McCollum Probst, W. Publication A survey of the fish populations and sport fishery of Carters Reservoir. Return of stocked trout from Lake Lanier. A fisheries survey of the upper Flint River. Survey of the lchawaynotchaway/Chickasawhatchee Creek fishery. A survey of potential public fishing area lake sites within the East Central Region, Georgia. The Lake Rutledge fishery following renovation. Evaluation of successive year class strength of juvenile American shad in the Ogeechee River. SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS Quinn, S. Quinn, S. Effectiveness of restricted areas in reducing incidental catches of game fish in a gill-net fishery. North American Journal of Fishery Management 8:224-230. Analysis of the stomach contents of flathead catfish in the Flint River, Georgia. Annual Proceedings of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies 41:85-92. 34 Appendix H: Table showing the Fisheries Section maintenance and construction projects in FY1988. 35 Table H-1. Facility maintenance and construction projects in FY1988. Projed Projeet Delcripdoa ~.....Outlay Colts ~Dital Outla.t ~,ts f1dleriel CMP Tetal M.-t.ays FACILITYMAINTENANCEA.ND REPAIR Buford Hatcheay Funds were encumbered to modify two raceways and add additional pumps and pipin1 in order to test the efficiency of usins calcium chloride to protect hatcheay fish from the hip iron and manpnese found in the river -ter durin1 autumn. 90,000 30 McDuffie Hatcheay and Public F11hin1 Area Ren