Fisheries Section annual report, fiscal year 1990

FISHERIES SECTION ANNUAL REPORT Fiscal Year 1990
July 1, 1989 - June 30, 1990
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

Georgia license sales verses population increases

4

A. Facts about fishing in Georgia, fisheries related revenues

5

earned and Fisheries Section expenditures

B. Private waters management

9

c. Public waters management

13

D. Trout production

22

E. Warmwater hatchery production

26

F. Public fishing area operation

31

G. Research and survey

34

H. Maintenance and Construction

37

Fisheries Section Activ~ties
Fishing is the most popular wildlife related activity in Georgia, enjoyed by every age group. The State's diverse freshwater fishery resources offer over 4, 000 miles of trout streams, 12,000 miles of warmwater streams and half a million acres of impoundments, used by more than 1.2 million resident fishermen. Anglers spend approximately $1 billion yearly on fishing in Georgia, a major contribution to the State's economy. The ongoing programs of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources 1 (DNR) Fisheries Section to augment freshwater fishing during fiscal year 1990 included developing and managing public fishing areas and private and public waters; constructing boat ramps; producing and stocking trout and warmwater fish; producing aquatic education materials and services; and conducting research and surveys to benefit these resources. 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).
The Fisheries Section continued to develop Public Fishing Areas in FY1990. A 1,060 acre site, formerly privately owned and called "Patrick 1 s Fishing Paradise", was purchased in August of 1989 for $1.5 million. The site is located 8 miles east of Tifton,
1 mile west of Enigma, just off u.s. Highway 82 in Berrien County
and only 10 miles east of Interstate 75. There are more than 80 manmade lakes and an extensive canal system located on the property. Current plans call for ten of the larger lakes (about 350 acres) to be managed for public fishing with some of the smaller ponds managed for special events such as fishing events for children and as waterfowl wintering areas.
The fish populations in all the lakes had to be improved before these lakes could support public fishing. This work has begun and the first lake opened to public fishing on September 22, 1990. Additional lakes will open to public fishing as they become available although renovation of the entire facility will take several years.
Efforts to build additional lakes also continued in FY-1990 with the awarding of a contract for the construction of the Dodge County public fishing lake at a cost of about $1.2 million. This proposed 100 acre lake will be constructed in FY-1991, and the fish populations established and ready for public fishing by July 1993 or earlier.
One of the priorities of DNR in FY1990 was to expand the protection and development of Georgia's freshwater fishery resources. To increase protection of the native striped bass populations, which have declined in several areas of the State, the Section identified 29 known or potential striped bass thermal refuges in Georgia waters and provided this information to the Environmental Protection Division (EPD). These refuges are springs

Region Ill - Walton

Region V - Albany

Region VI - Waycross

Region VII Richmond Hill

Figure 1. Map of fisheries regions and districts In Georgia and locaffon of regional offices. Broken Unes mark dlstr1ct boundaries within regions.
2

that maintain cool temperatures in summer months. They are critical to the survival of adult striped bass in the warmer months of the year since the large adult fish cannot survive in the higher summer temperatures normally occurring in Georgia's rivers and streams. Knowledge of the location of these refuges will assist the Environmental Protection Division in helping prevent the activities they are responsible for permitting (such as water use allocation, mining, dredging and filling, erosion and sedimentation
control, etc.) from impacting or altering these refuges.

The Department also continued efforts to determine the cause

of the decline of the Savannah River striped bass population and to

determine ways to enable the population to recover. A five year

contract with the University of Georgia (UGA), Cooperative Fish and

Wildlife Research Unit was signed to research this problem. In a

joint effort related to this research, the Department, with

assistance from the u.s. Fish and Wildlife Service, produced,

tagged and stocked in the Savannah River over 100,000 two-inch

striped bass.

An additional 10,000 advanced striped bass

fingerlings (six inches + in length) are planned to be tagged and

stocked in the fall of 1990. Evaluation of the success of these

stockings is a part of the research being done by UGA.

Despite a growing population in Georgia and DNR's efforts to meet the public's needs for recreational fishing opportunities, license sales have declined in recent years (Figure 2). This is a matter of concern for DNR, and research into the possible causes is planned to begin in FY-1991. The DNR Fisheries Section established an Aquatic Education program in FY1990 to promote children's fishing and to increase public awareness and understanding of Georgia's aquatic resources. The research into the cause of the decline in license sales should provide some guidance as to the direction this and other programs should take to better meet the needs of Georgia's citizens.

The Fisheries Section also continued to provide public service in other areas. Over 5.5 million fish produced at the Section's
seven warmwater hatcheries were stocked into over 2,800 ponds. Sampling continued on Georgia's major reservoirs and streams to detect potential problems. Two new boat ramps were built to provide more public access. The Fisheries Section grew out and stocked about 800,000 catchable size trout into trout streams, in addition to over 361,000 catchable trout raised and stocked by the u.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The popular striped bass and hybrid striped bass reservoir fisheries were continued with the stocking of over 900,000 Atlantic strain striped bass and over 2 million hybrids into Georgia reservoirs. The Section's research program also continued to identify management needs, assess fish populations, and evaluate ongoing programs statewide to help ensure the Section's effectiveness in managing and protecting Georgia's
fishery resources.

3

Georgia License Sales vs. Population Increases
Resident Combination and Fishing Licenses

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1980

1982

1984

1986

1988

1990

Year

Figure 2. License sales from 1980 to 1990.

Appendix A:

Tables showing important facts about fishing in Georgia, information on revenue earned, and expenditures for FY1990.

5

Table A-1.

Important. facts about freshwater fishing and fishermen in Georgia.

Activity

Humber

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

Source is the "1985 National survey 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

Source is the "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."

6

Table A-2.

Revenue generated by the Fisheries Section from license sales in license year 1989-90 (April 1,1989 to March 30, 1990) and revenue generated from the sale of permits to use Public Fishing Areas. 8

License Sales
to License Year 1989 - 1990
(April 1, 1989 Karch 30, 1990)

Type of License

No. Sold

Combination Hunting-Fishing

72,345

Resident Fishing

557,167

Resident Trout

99,004

Non-resident Season Fishing

10,024

Non-resident 5-day Fishing

43,067

Non-resident Season Trout

3.929

Total

785,536

Revenue 539, 338b
3,846,208 287,533 194,521 211,310 38,935
5,117,845

Arrowhead McDuffie Baldwin Forest Evans County
Total

PUblic Pishinq Areas No Permits Sold 6,096 3,664 1,238 3.070 14,068

Revenue 11,979 6,229 3,504 9.106 30,818

a

Effective 2/22/89 a new regulation went into effect which

provided fishermen the option of either paying a $3.00 daily

fee ($1.00 per day was the old fee) or having a valid wildlife

area management stamp in their possession when fishing on

certain public fishing areas. As of the date of this report

no decision has been made as to what portion of wildlife

management area stamps will be credited to the Fisheries

Section so no information on the sale of these permits is

included.

b

This is only one half the revenue generated. The rema1n1ng

funds are considered as being generated by hunters.

7

a
Table A-3. Fisheries Section expenditures (thousands of dollars) and mandays by region and program in FY1990.

PROGRAM

b ATLANTA

TOTAL TOTAL

II

Ill

IV

v

VI

VII COST MANDAYS

Private Waters Management

27.9 45.5

15.0

55.2

51.5 28.2

66.3 23.0

312.6

2,174

Public Waters Management

163.8 211.5

308.1 280.0 232.7 154.9

284.5 201.2 1,836.7

10,125

Aquatic Plant Control

12.0

0.0

0.0

0.0 122.2

0.0

0.0

0.0

134.2

642

Trout Production/Stocking

80.0 110.1

707.3

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

897.4

3,661

Warmwater Hatcheries
00
Aquatic Education

97.1 39.8

35.6 0.0

25.4 0.0

181.7 0.0

13.6 341.8

0.0

0.0

123.2 270.0 1,088.4

0.0

0.0

39.8

5,787 139

Public Fishing Areas

62.3 83.9

0.0

66.0

60.1 97.2

329.2

0.0

698.7

3,991

Research/Surveys

99.1 119.7

111.4 241.8 109.2 182.4

179.0 68.5 1,111.1

7,144

Facility Maintenance and New Construction

1,421.2

0.0

8.4

10.0 289.1

0.0

0.0 359.6 2,088.3

1,095

Total

2,003.2 606.3 1,175.6 834.7 878.4 804.5

982.2 922.3 8,207.2

34,758

a
These figures may differ somewhat from the final6/90 Fiscal Accounting and Control System (FACS) printout since errors in
the FACS printout were corrected in this project.
b
Expenses of Atlanta Office, with the exception of capital outlay expenses, were prorated as administrative costs to all programs. Mandays for the Atlanta Office were also prorated based on expenditures.

Appendix B:

Tables showing information on the Fisheries Section Private Waters Management Program in FY1990.

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Table B-1. Field investigations on private waters in each district in FY1990.

Region

District

Aquatic Balance Vegetation

Fish Pre-stocking General

Kills

Checks Management

Total

%of Total

Calhoun

44

31

7

139

221

14

II Gainesville

24

10

4

47

5

90

6

Ill Walton

130

18

2

62

Thomson

84

67

55

43

33

245

15

28

277

17

IV Macon

65

15

3

32

Manchester

61

9

8

33

14

129

8

10

121

7

1-'
0

v Albany

12

8

6

2

6

34

2

Cordele

98

1

4

103

6

VI Waycross

25

15

31

Metter

30

48

41

9

10

90

6

3

46

168

10

VII Richmond Hill

38

37

17

27

30

149

9

Total

611

259 174

397

%of Total

38

16

11

24

186

1,627 100

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Table B-2. Office technical services for private water management in each district in FY1990.

Region

District

Aquatic Balance Vegetation

Fish Fish Applications General Kills Reviewed Management

Total

%of Total

Calhoun

111

271

37

139

94

652

6

II Gainesville

46

116

28

143

93

426

4

Ill Walton Thomson

317

495

40

393

1,150

2,395

21

164

298

52

607

187

1,308

12

IV Macon

134

119

74

314

156

797

7

..........

Manchester

39

83

32

192

225

571

5

v Albany

43

90

45

284

185

647

6

Cordele

41

26

19

166

71

323

3

VI Waycross

93

226 105

654

Metter

137

216 173

457

451

1,529

14

279

1,262

11

VII Richmond Hill

28

92

33

595

442

1,190

11

Total %of Total

1,153 10

2,032 638

18

6

3,944 36

3,333 11,100 100 30

Table B-3. Total number and acres of private ponds stocked with largemouth bass, bream and channel catfish In FY1990.

Region District

Bass-bream ponds stocked
Number Acres

Percent stocked at fertilized rate
Number Acres

Number and species stocked

Bluegill

Redear Largemouth Channel

sunfish

bass

catfish

Catfish only ponds stocked
Number Acres

Calhoun

II Gainesville

.....

111 Walton

N

Thomson

IV Macon Manchester
v Albany
Cordele

VI Waycross Metter

VI Richmond Hill

Total

75 250
83 205
147 444 240 1,149
150 758 95 415
146 774
79 485
286 1,745 343 1,957
84 266
1,728 8,448

0

0

98,580

0

0

84,426

1

0

8

7

167,484 406,320

4

10

41

27

341,880 199,352

10

11

8

4

350,300 199,322

1

2

4

3

717,920 759,400

0

0

85,040

6

5

3,410,024

24,655

12,339 21,056

20,732

10,362 28,515

41,857 101,535

22,284 62,457

41,287 137,242

85,480 49,838

41,878 26,421

56,654 33,045

76,080 49,743

44,754 27,118

73,246 76,318

172,180 187,600

85,280 95,110

153,035 184,840

21,410

13,033 24,633

831,110 441,036 829,871

35

26

52

60

65

79

225

371

60

165

24

48

89

284

106

546

189

427

209

653

61

178

1,115 2,837

Appendix C:

Tables showinq information on the Fisheries Section Public waters Manaqement Proqram in FY1990.

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Table c-1.

Manageme~t and development activities of the Fisheries Section in FY1990.

Type of Activity Fish attractor construction and maintenance
Assistance to DNR Parks, Recreation and Historic Sites Division
Assistance to cities of Tallapoosa and Savannah, Chatham and Glynn counties, and the Jekyll Island and Stone Mountain Park Authorities Assistance to the DNR Game Management Section
Repair of trout stream improvement structures

Description
Fish attractors were inspected, constructed and/or refurbished at the following reservoirs: Bartletts Ferry, Burton, Clark Hill, Walter F. George, Goat Rock, Lanier, Nottely, Oliver, and Sinclair.
Management recommendations and assistance were provided for the lakes at James H. "Sloppy" Floyd and Fort Mountain State Park.
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.
Eight trout stream improvement structures in 15 streams in Northeast Georgia were repaired.

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Table c-2.

Fish kills investigated by the Fisheries Section in FY1990.

Type of Pish Kill

NUmber of Incidents

Fish Killed

No.

Value

Fines Collected by DNR8

Municipal Pollution
Industrial Pollution
Agricultural Pollution
DiseasejNaturalb
Undetermined
.......
VI
Entrainment/Impingement
Total

1

1,160

711.50

8

14,701

9,098.88

5

27,550

5,053.91

11

41,362

47,663.79

9

7,980

7,270.14

4

8,549

5,806.46

38

101,302

75,604.68

11,000.00 12,340.00
6,000.00
29,340.00

Fines collected as of June 30, 1990 by the Environmental Protection Division for the FY1990 fish kills.
b Estimates of the number and values of fish killed by disease or natural causes are not normally calculated using accepted fish kill counting guidelines, so these values are less accurate than those obtained during more exhaustive investigations.

Table C-3.

Fish surveys conducted by the Fisheries Section in FY1990.

'l'ype of survey

Sampling Method

Body of water

standardized sampling of Reservoirs

Seining, gill netting,
electrofishing and a general reconnaissance survey

Allatoona, Bartletts Ferry, Blue Ridge, Blackshear, Burton , Carters, Chatuge, Clarks Hill, Hartwell, High Falls, Jackson, Juliette, Lanier, Nottely, Oconee,
Rabun, Richard B. Russell, Seminole, Sinclair, Tobesofkee,
Tugaloo, Walter F. George and West
Point reservoirs

Stream Sport Fish Monitoring

Electrofishing and a

Altamaha, Ocmulgee, Oconee, satilla

general reconnaissance and st. Marys rivers

survey

Striped bass population Electrofishing

.......

monitoring

0\

Inventory and

Electrofishing

distributional survey of

fish in vicinity of

proposed West Georgia

Regional Reservoir.

Sampling as part of cooperative management
program with the u.s. Forest Service and South
carolina.

Electro fishing

Pre-impoundment evaluation of proposed
site for low-flow dam.

Electrofishing

Savannah River estuary

Tallapoosa River and tributaries to be impacted by proposed West Georgia Regional Reservoir.

I

Chattooga River

'

.
Little Satilla River
'

Table C-4. Herbicide treatments applied In controling aquatic weeds statewide In FY1990.

Body of Walllr Reservoirs Blackshear Blackshear

CounlyWIMn Traatrnents Made
Crisp/Sumter Dooley

Blackshear
Blackshear Blackshear Blackshear

Crisp/Sumter WorthfDooly lee CrlspjWorth Crisp
Crisp

Blackshear
Goat Rock Goat Rock Jackson

SumpterjWorth Crisp Harris
Harris Butts/Newton

Jackson Juliette, 1989

Newton Monroe

Juliette, 1989

Monroe

Worth

Dougherty

Worth

Dougherty

Total

Publlcallv-O.vned Smlll lakes

Total

GRAND TOTAL

Target Pest
lyngbya Parrotfeather, Bacopa, Spatterdock Giant cutgraas
Char a Giant Cutgrass, Milfoil, Lotus luclwlgia, Water willow, Alligatorweed Alligatorweed
Brazilian elodea Brazilian elodea Alligatorweed, Giant Cutgrass Pithophora Eurasian watermilfoil Eurasian watermllfoil Giant Cutgrass, Water Hyacinth lyngbya

Not available Weighted means

Acnl8 Affecled
300 15
50
35 4 10
6
230
50 35 20 15 19 NA 160 949
0 949

Acnl8 Treated
104.0 15.0
15.0
30.0 4.0 5.0
2.0 82.0 46.0 25.0 20.0 15.0 19.0 27.0 20.0 429.0
0 429.0

Number of Traatrnents
6 2
2
3 3
1
5 3 2 2 2 5 39 0 39

""'Succesa of
Trealrnents
84 74
95
95 95 80
90 25 25 95 95 98 95 95 75 8ft'
0
8f1'

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Table C-5.

Environmental reviews and assessments commented on by the Fisheries Section in FY1990.

Agency

Georgia Department of Natural Resources Plans and Permits

Environmental Protection Division Permits and

15

Variances

u.s. Government Agency Permits, Projects and Plans

Army Corps of Engineers Permits

21

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

11

Forest Service Plans

1

Nuclear Regulatory Commission Power Plant

1

Relicensing

Soil Conservation Service Projects

1

Tennessee Valley Authority Plans

1

Total

57

a Each project, plan or permit is counted only once, even though the Section may have provided comments on more than one occasion.

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Table C-6.

Cooperative projects between the Fisheries Section and other agencies in FY1990.

cooperating Agency

Description o~ Project

Cost

Auburn University

Diagnostic services in the identification and control of fish diseases was provided
(Project F-16).

$8,000

Auburn University

Taxonomist services in the identification of fish collections
from the Ocmulgee River.

$4,004

Auburn University

The Fisheries section in agreement with the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies have established at the Auburn University Experiment Station a cooperative
project for the purpose of studying
genetics and breeding of fishes in the southeast (Project F-42).

$10,000

Auburn University

Technical assistance was provided by the University in determining
toxicity and/or efficacy of certain chemicals used in striped bass
husbandry and assistance in getting
said chemicals cleared by IR-4, the
Food and Drug Administration, and
the Environmental Protection Agency.

$5,000

N.C. State University

Technical assistance was provided by the University in designing research and survey studies and in computer
processing of data (Project FW-1).

$9,8488

New York University
Medical center and the Alabama Dept. of Conservation and
Natural Resources.

Scientific study to determine differences in striped bass stocks based upon DNA analysis.

$13,000

university of Georgia

The Fisheries section is a
cooperator with the University of Georgia in supporting the u.s. Fish
and Wildlife Services Cooperative Fisheries Research Unit located at the University.

$12,000

University of Georgia

The University of Georgia, in cooperation with the Fisheries section, performed striped bass
research and restoration on the savannah River (Project F-52).

$102,296

This is a joint project within the Game and Fish Division. Tha $9,B4B is the section's share of the total contract cost of $19,700.

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Table C-7.

Technical assistance provided to other government agencies by the Fisheries Section in FY1990.

Agency Assisted

Description of Assistance

u.s. Forest Service
.
u.s. Fish and Wildlife
Service (USFWS)
u.s. Army Corps of
Engineers (CORPS)
u.s. Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) and DNR Environmental Protection Division (EPD)
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
u.s. Soil Conservation
Service (USSCS} Georgia Marine Extension Service

Conducted balance checks and population surveys on Murry, Peeples and Conasauga lakes located in the Chattahoochee National Forest; conducted population survey on Rock Creek lakes.
Collected Gulf Coast striped bass brood stock to be spawned by the USFWS to produce fingerlings for stocking public waters. Assistance was provided collecting fish from and managing Banks Lake. Fish for mercury analysis were collected for USFWS from the Okefenokee Swamp.
Collected water temperature data on Lake Lanier to assist in defining the largemouth bass spawning season to enable the CORPS to stabilize water levels during that period. Assisted the CORPS in placing fish attractors in Lake Lanier.
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 programs of both agencies. Reviewed several variance requests for EPD.
Provided fish for use in the TVA contaminant monitoring program.
Reviewed numerous plans for the construction of ponds on trout streams.
Assistance was provided in conducting a commercial eel trapping study.

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Table c-a.

Other a9tivities of the Fisheries Section in FY1990.

Type of Activity Southern Division of the American Fisheries Society
Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission
DNR, Game and Fish Study Committee
Interagency Savannah Harbor Environmental (Salinity) Study Task Group
Inter-Agency Hazard Mitigation Team

Description
Fisheries Section biologists served on the Division's Pollution, Trout, Warmwater Streams, Striped Bass and Reservoir committees.
One biologist served as a technical member of the Commission's Scientific and Statistical Committee.
Several biologists served on this committee which was set up to advise the Director on Game and Fish Division matters.
One regional supervisor continued to serve as technical advisor/study leader and coordinated a sediment screen/bioassay evaluation of savannah Harbor river bottoms.
Participated in inter-agency hazard mitigation team to assess impacts of the February 1990 floods in northwest Georgia.

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Appendix D:

Tables showing information on the Fisheries Section Trout Production Program in FY1990.

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Table 0-1. Trout production (lbs), conversion ratios, and costs at state hatcheries in FY1990. Species

a
Cost

Hatchery

Brook Rainbow Brown

Total

Total

Perlb

Buford

Net weight gain Conversion ratio

22,889 114,107

1.55

1.52

14,667 151,663

1.40

1.52

$283,471

$1.87

Burton

Net weight gain Conversion ratio

138,590 1.45

462 139,052

1.61

1.45

$244,970

$1.76

Summerville

Net weight gain

N w

Conversion ratio

37,954 1.70

37,954 1.70

$71,592

$1.89

Total

Net weight gain b
Conversion ratio

22,889 290,651

1.55

1.51

15,129 328,669

1.41

1.51

$600,033

$1.83

Cost per pound to stock trout from state hatcheries:

$0.44

Total production and distribution costs per pound:

$2.27

a
Does not Include cost of distribution, major capital improvements or administrative cost of Atlanta office.
b Weighted means.

Table 0-2. Number and weight (lbs) of each species of trout stocked into Georgia's public waters from state and federal hatcheries during FY1990.

Brook

Rainbow

Brown

Total

Facility
-
State hatcheries Buford catchables fingerlings

Burton

catchables

N

~

fingerlings

Summerville catchables fingerlings

Federal hatcheries Chattahoochee
catchables fingerlings

Total catchables fingerlings

Number Weight

Number Weight

Number Weight

Number Weight

58,345 25,119

224,039 97,317 21,792 1,164

367,388 135,505

15,000

302

118,337 40,059

26,250

744

12,260 7,127 14,435 4,472

294,644 129,563 21,792 1,164

381,823 139,977

15,000

302

118,337 40,059

26,250

744

361,183 108,523

33,000

353

58,345 25,119

1,070,947 381,404 96,042 2,563

361,183 108,523

33,000

353

26,695 11,599

0

0

1,155,987 418,122 96,042 2,563

Table D-3. Number and weight (lbs) of catchable trout by species and habitat type stocked from all hatcheries in FY1990.

BROOK umber Weight

Streams by County Bartow Catoosa Chattooga Cherokee Dade Dawson Fannin Floyd Gilmer Gordon Habersham Haralson Lumpkin Murray Paulding Pickens Polk Rabun Stephens Towns Union Walker White Whitfield

10,700
2,100 3,500
4,200 2,388 2,850 1,110 1,150 4,432

4,429
878 1,537
1,722 1,053 1,104
434 831 1,847

Total

32,430 13,835

Tailwaters Blue Ridge Hartwell Lanier

25,540 10,976

RAINBOW

BROWN

Number Weight Number Weight

TOTAL Number Weight

9,306 5,475 5,040
800 1,100 9,400 79,050 21,687 43,000 1,850 26,415 16,985 97,900 20,000 10,625 3,185 4,050 112,075 30,240 59,668 83,313 13,969 87,782
600

3,177 1,833 1,740
277 375 3,203 22,065 7,443 14,077 640 9,293 5,672 31,615 6,683 3,568 1,195 1,367 39,552 11,144 21,283 25,873 4,736 30,488 202

10

37

3,000 1,235

15

43

6,852 210
1,550 6

2,129 65
479 25

2,445 830

743,515 247,501 14,088 4,843

9,306 5,475 5,040
800 1,100 20,100 79,050 21,687 43,000 1,850 28,525 16,985 104,400 20,000 10,625 7,400 4,050 121,315 33,300 62,328 84.469 13,969 94,659
600

3,177 1,833 1,740
277 375 7,632 22,065 7,443 14,077 640 10,208 5,672 34,387 6,683 3,568 2,960 1,367 42,734 12,313 22,196 26,729 4,736 33,165 202

790,033 266,179

21,700 11,900 147,662

6,398 5,325 67,650

12,107

6,601

21,700 11,900 185,309

6,398 5,325 85,227

Total

25,540 10,976

181,262 79,373 12,107 6,601 218,909 96,950

Reservoirs Russell
Total

100,000 100,000

39,575 39,575

100,000 100,000

39,575 39,575

Small Lakes Black Rock Conasauga Dockery Nancytown Rock Creek Vogel Winfield Scott
Total

75 190 300 118
375 308

2,400 4,650 9,100 8,500 10,420 2,200 8,900
46,170

806 1,598 2,684 2,992 3,351
820 2,704
14,955

500 155

2,900 4,650 9,100 8,575 10,420 2,500 8,900

961 1,598 2,684 3,182 3,351
938 2,704

500

155

47,045 15,418

GRAND TOTAL

58,345 25,119 1,070,947 381,404 26,695 11,599 1,155,987 418,122

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Appendix E:

Tables showing information on the Fisheries Section Warmwater Hatchery Production Program in FY1990.

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Table E-1. Total numbers and cost per fish of warmwater species produced at state hatcheries in FY1990.

Species

Acres

Number

Number per acre

Cost per fish($)

Channel catfish fingerling intermediate harvestable

16.17 10.90
5.68

1,918,907 170,121 21,842

118,671 15,543 3,968

0.093 0.476 0.763

Bluegill fingerling

31.96 7,080,499

221,543

0.032

Redear sunfish fingerling

10.50 1,971,530

187,765

0.044

Largemouth bass fingerling

15.52

930,038

59,925

0.129

Shoal bass fingerling

4.40

62,221

14,141

0.535

Striped bass fry fingerling advanced fingerling

b 5.61 1.20

5,673,000 1,141,230
30,965

b 203,428
25,804

0.009 0.020 0.205

Striped-white bass hybrid fry fingerling

b 2,600,500

9.39

491,686

b 136,399

0.009 0.049

White-striped bass hybrid fry fingerling
Total

b 16.35
127.68

12,559,500 1,561,200
c
36,213,239

b 47,217
d 120,459

0.009 0.118
d 0.056

a Cost of each production phase includes cost of previous phase.

b
Not applicable, these fry are hatched in jars and then places 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 are not included in these figures.

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Table E-2. Number of each warmwater fish species produced at state hatcheries in FY1990.

Species

Summerville Walton

McDuffie Cordele

Steve Cocke

Bowens Mill

Richmond Hill

Total

Channel catfish fingerling Intermediate harvestable

185,016

790,424 21,580

485,200 119,927
960

313,354 49,496

144,913

1,918,907 169,423 22,540

Bluegill fingerling

252,071

823,945 1,998,265

1,316,423 1,341,255 1,348,540 7,080,499

Redear sunfish fingerling

169,144

351,983 . 386,402

199,835 514,000

350,166 1,971,530

1'\.)

Largemouth bass

CX'I

fingerling

197,150 337,800

150,288 181,000

63,800

930,038

Shoal bass fingerling

9,052

53,169

62,221

Striped bass fry fingerling advanced fingerling

970,004

5,673,000 171,226 30,965

5,673,000 1,141,230
30,965

Striped-white bass hybrid fry fingerling
White-striped bass hybrid fry fingerling

40,586

316,534

2,600,500 2,600,500

451,100

491,686

289,486

12,559,500 12,559,500

789,199

165,981 1,561,200

Total

421,215 1,598,680 4,504,475

931,673 2,372,051 2,825,454 23,559,691 36,213,239

Table E-3. Cost per fish (dollars) of warmwater fish species produced at state hatcheries in FY1990.

Species

Summerville Watton McDuffie Cordele

Steve Cocke

Bowens Richmond

Mill

Hill

Channel catfish fingerling Intermediate harvestable

0.114

0.057 0.523

0.105 0.514 8.4na

0.104 0.385

0.203

Bluegill fingerling

0.082

0.026

0.015

0.038

0.033

0.046

Redear sunfish fingerling

0.040

0.038

0.044

0.063

0.036

0.054

Largemouth bass

fingerling

N

\0

Shoal bass

fingerling

0.082

0.046

1.625

0.132 0.349

0.226

0.433

Striped bass fry fingerling advanced fingerling

0.012

0.009 0.062 0.205

Striped-white bass hybrid fry fingerling

0.098

0.035

0.009 0.070

White-striped bass hybrid fry fingerling

0.127

0.081

--

a cormorant predation significantly reduced the population of catfish in one pond resulting in a highly Inflated cost for the remaining fish.

0.009 0.167

Table E-4. Number of warmwater fish distributed from state hatcheries in FY1990. Totals include fish provided by federal hatcheries, surplus brood stock and fish available as by-products of other programs.

Species
Channel catfish fry fingerlin~ interme late harvestable
Bluegill fingerli':t harvest le
Redear sunfish fingerling

Private Waters

Reservoirs

Rivers& Streams

Publicly Owned Small Lakes

Public Fishing
Areas

Other Fisheries Agencies

829,871

7,084

26,600

46,305 64,150

100,000 101,900 99,014
20,372

275,545

3,410,024

35,000 253,116 242,538

796,515 14

831,110

80,369

104,029

33,600

226,300

a
Total
100,000 1,287,305
163,164 20,372
4,737,193 14
1,275,408

Largemouth bass

fingerling

441,036

25,000

16,571 16,615

9,110

w

0

Shoal bass

fingerling

37,803

508,332 37,803

Striped bass fry fingerling advanced fingerling

970,004

100,705

2,222,000
135,851 11,075

2,222,000 1,105,855
111,780

Striped-white bass hybrid fry fingerling

1,278,106

500 2,323

500 1,280,429

White-striped bass hybrid fry fingerling

1,700,000 n1,991

900,500

2,600,500 771,991

Walleye fry

7,200,000

7,200,000

Total

5,512,041 12,032,554

216,679 484,215 606,534 4,570,623

a
Totals do not include fry produced and distributed to other state hatcheries for later production phases.

23,422,646

Appendix F:

Tables showing information on the Fisheries Section Public Fishing Area Operation Program in FY1990.

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Table F-1. Public Fishing Areas cost and use data for FY1990.

Region

Area

Ownership

Number of lakes

Total
a
Acreage

Total Operating Cost($)

Total Trips

Trips/ Acre

Gross Cost/Trip
($)

I

Arrowhead

State

2

25.2

83,893 11,088

440.0

7.57

Ill McDuffie

State

IV Baldwin Forest State

13

126.0

66,015

5

51.3

53,587

8,878

173.1

6.04

IV Rum Creek

GA Power

1

3,600.0

6,467

v Williams

State

b

1

48.0

12,118

v Big Lazer

State

.....,

VI Paradise

State

N

VI Evans County

State

1

195.0

85,113 23,952

c

76

0.0

282,586

3

94.0

43,781

6,168

122.8 65.6

3.55 7.10

VI Treutlen County
Total

Private

1

189.0

4,328.5

2,817 636,377

d 50,086

d 128.9

d 5.32

a
Total acreage open to public fishing.
b Lake was reopened to fishing on 30 June 1989 after being restocked, however no creel data is available.
c
Area is not yet open for fishing.

dTotals are based on the four areas for which this information was available.

Table F-2. Harvest and catch rate of fish caught from three Public Fishing Areas in FY1990 for which information was available.

Species

Arrowhead
-
a Number Avg. Wgt

Big Lazer Creek Number Avg. Wgt.

Evans County Number Avg. Wgt.

Channel catfish b
Sunfish

17,380 3,412

1.38 0.19

12,814 88,094

1.04 0.27

189 12,543

2.05 0.41

Largemouth bass

168

1.40

488

1.26

504

2.31

Crappie

1,278

0.49

..........,,

Other

Total

20,960

1.19

2,167 103,563

0.26 0.37

2,860 17,374

0.89 0.57

Fish Caught per trip
Number c
Weight

1.89 2.25

4.30 1.60

2.82 1.62

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 FY1990.

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Table G-1. Mandaya, cost and funding eouroe for rue~ and .urvey atudiesln each region during FY1990.

Recioa
Northwest
Northeast
East Central

SCudy
AA evaluation of the fish populations and sport fishing of
Blue Ridge Reservoir.
A survey of the black crappie population In Allatoona Reservoir.
Mgler harvest of stocked trout In the Blue Ridge tallwater.
Development of a stream classification syatem for evaluating trout stocking in Georgia.
The effect of sample size on the precision of creel estimates
generated by a non-uniform probability accesa survey.
Evaluation of trout fingerling stocking In small headwater trout streams. Evaluation of walleye Introductions into Lake Nottely.
Calcium chloride addition at Buford Hatchery. Evaluation of walleye introductions into lakes Burton and Seed.
Trout stream easement program for private lands in Georgia.
Standardized sampling of wild trout streams.
A fishery survey of the Richard Russell Reservoir.
A .urvey of the Lake Oconee black crappie population and
fishery.
The effect of three stocking rates on growth, survival, angler
succesa and harvest of brown trout in the lower 27 km of the Chattahoochee river.
Creel census of the Richard Rusaell dam tailwaters (survey).

West Central
Southwest South Central
Coastal
Atlanta Office Total

Evaluation of hybrid basa stocking In Lake Oconee.
Evaluation of rainbow trout stocking In Richard Russell Lake.
A survey of the black crappie population of Lake Sinclair.
A fish population and sport fishery survey of the Upper
Ocmulgee River. Effects of watershed use on stream fish communities.
Dynamlca of the largemouth basa fishery In Lake George. Food habits of juvenile largemouth basa In Lake George. Stream sport fish monitoring. Changes in the sport fishery, population structure, and growth of largemouth basa In an upper coastal plain stream under a 14-lnch minimum length limit. Population dynamics of American shad In the Altamaha River.
Umlted life history comparison of selected fishes of the Savannah and Ogeechee rivers. Reproductive .ucoesa of striped basa in the Ogeechee River. Savannah and Ogeechee river creel surveys.
Administrative

Difference betwlltl thl1 fiQure and Table A-311 due to rounding.

Cost($) 9,900
9,450
21,060 21,600
57,728
9,400
25,600 10,400 50,200
5.200 10,600 27,207 17,341
39,021
10,045 41,829 76.533 29,807 31,188 53,464
24,504 148,452
33,982 121,770
4,354
52,852
24,468
14,635 29,385 99,092 1,111,067

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Mandays 28
193
223 14
367
65
170 82
324
30 80 158 101
227
58 501 448 173 130 372
243 850 196 804
42
218
160
80 284 336 6,957

l<'und
Source OJ
OJ
OJ
OJ
OJ
OJ
OJ
OJ OJ
OJ OJ
OJ OJ
OJ
OJ
CORPS
OJ OJ OJ OJ
OJ OJ
OJ
OJ OJ
STATE
OJ
OJ
OJ

Table G-2.

Final reports and publications completed by the Fisheries Section in FY-1990.

Author

PUblication

FINAL REPORTS

Beisser, G.

An evaluation of the access and roving non-uniform probability creel surveys
used in Georgia.

Beisser, G.

The fish populations and sport fishery of Allatoona Reservoir, 1980-1987.

Durniak, J. P.

A fisheries survey of the upper Chattooga River.

Rabern, D. A.

Factors influencing year class strength of walleye in Lake Burton, Georgia.

Evans, J.

A survey of the largemouth bass fishery on Lake Sinclair.

SCJ:ENTJ:FJ:C PUBLJ:CATJ:ONS

Quinn, s. P.

Flathead catfish abundance and growth in the Flint River, Georgia. Proceedings Annual Conference Southeastern Association of Fish and
Wildlife Agencies., 42:141-148 Published in 1990

...
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Appendix H:

Table showing the Fisheries Section maintenance and construction projects in FY1990.

37

Table H-1. Facility maintenance and construction projects in FY1990.

ProJect

Project Description

lon-tapi tal" Outlay Costs

C!eital Outlal Costs Total

Fisheries

CMP" Mandays

FacH ity Maintenance and Repair

Summerville Hatchery

Two SHP pumps and piping for pumping trout wastewater to treatment ponds were installed. Existing drainage system was also modified to enable wastewater to be transported. Additional pipes and valves for a recirculation system for the
hatchery were installed.

27,139

28,019

164

Burton Hatchery

The Assistant Hatchery Manager residence was renovated by
enlarging the master bedroom, installing central heat and air painting and reroofing.

8,400

4,842

70

Richmond Hill Hatchery

The Hatchery Manager's residence was renovated by expanding the living space, replacing the roof and exterior siding.

34,699

Richmond Hill Hatchery

The levees were rebuilt and 8 hatchery production ponds regraded. Electrical service lines to these ponds were repaired.

52,458

15,921

357

w
00

Statewide Emergency Repair

Erosion damage to the dam and road at Big lazer Public Fishing Area was repaired.

1,986

12

New Construction

Dodge County Public Fishing Area

Ash Construction Company was contracted to clear Dodge County Public Fishing Area construction site.

31,430

Dodge County Public Fishing Area

Enterprise Contractors, Inc. was contracted to construct the Dodge CountY Public Fishing Area.

1,188,924

Paradise Public Fishing Area

Walden, Ashworth and Associates was contracted to develop a master plan for the renovation of Paradise Public Fishing
Area.

14,700

Richmond Hill Hatchery

Walden, Ashworth and Associates provided consulting services in connection with proposed hatchery storage building and
barracks.

8,800

Richmond Hill Hatchery

Satllla Construction Co. was contracted to construct the barracks and storage building.

235,992

Richmond Hill Hatchery

A utility building for the Assistant Hatchery Manager's residence was constructed.

5,968

Richmond Hill Hatchery

Underground electrical service and drainage pipes were constructed, a water chiller purchased and pavement at the
hatchery resurfaced.

108,800

Project

Project Description

llon-Capi tat OUtlay Costs

C!!ital OUtl!!l Costs Total

Fisheries

DiP' Mandays

Boathouse on Clarks Hill

A boathouse was constructed on Clarks Hill Reservoir to store the boat used on Clarks Hill creel survey.

9,970

Boat Ramp Construction

Construction was COITpleted on two boat ra...,s one located on

6,151

100,320

76

the Little River in McDuffie County, the other on the Satilla

River in Atkinson County. Field data was collected and plans

prepared for ramps proposed in Union, Charlton, Greene,

Chatham Floyd, Tattnall and Burke counties.

Sub Total

96,134 1,704,904

83,481

679.00

Fort Valley Administrative These are the costs and mandays associated with operation and

101,007

364

Costs

administration of the statewide facility maintenance and

repair and boat ramp construction programs that are not

directly applicable to a specific project.

Atlanta Administrative Costs These are the calculated prorated share of non-capital outlay

186,246

423

expenses and mandays appl led to management of capital outlay

projects by the Atlanta Office.

Total Expenditures

383,387 1,704,904

83,481 1,466

w Noncapital outlay expenditures of the Fisheries Section assigned to specific projects as well as the administrative costs of both the Fort Valley and \0 Atlanta offices.

The capital outlay funding for these projects was provided through the Consolidated Maintenance Program funded through the Game and Fish Division budget. Those funds are not Included in the Section expenditures.