Fisheries Section annual report, fiscal year 1995

FISHERIES SECTION ANNUAL REPORT Fiscal Year 1995
July 1, 1994- June 30, 1995
Wildlife Resources Division Department of Natural Resources
Social Circle, Georgia

Table of Contents

SUBJECT

PAGE

Overview of Fisheries Section Activities

1

Map of Fisheries Section region boundaries

2

A. Facts about fishing in Georgia, fisheries related revenues earned

5

and Fisheries Section expenditures

8. Private waters management

9

C. Public waters management

12

0. Trout production

17

E. Warmwater hatchery production

22

F. Public fishing area operation

27

G. Resource Studies

29

H. Maintenance and construction

32

Fisheries Section Activities
Fishing is the most popular wildlife related activity in Georgia, enjoyed by every age group. More than 900,000 resident anglers use the State's diverse freshwater fishery resources that offer more than 4,000 miles of trout streams, 12,000 miles of warmwater streams wider than ten feet and half a million acres of impoundments. Anglers spend more than $448 million yearly on fishing in Georgia. The ongoing programs of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Wildlife Resources Division, Fisheries Section (Section) during fiscal year 1995 (FY1995) included the management of public waters, development and management of public fishing areas, technical guidance in private waters, development and maintenance of boating access facilities, production and stocking of trout and warmwater fish, production of aquatic education materials and services, and survey projects and studies designed to benefit these resources. Detailed information on the Section's activities and program costs are listed in the tables in Appendices A-H. The statewide fisheries program is administered from the headquarters office in Social Circle and seven regional offices (Figure 1).
Over the July 4th weekend of 1994, Tropical Storm Alberto caused heavy rainfall (approximately 21 inches in the Town of Americus, for example) in southwest Georgia. Because of the extensive rainfall, the Flint River and other streams in that watershed f loaded the City of Albany and other towns along the river. The 500 year f load created considerable damage and suffering tor local residents. A considerable number of Wildlife Resources Division (WRD) personnel from all over the state provided rescue and flood relief assistance to the area from July 7 to July 24, 1994. The Section expended 631 mandays and approximately $ 91 ,000 on this effort.
The flood caused by Tropical Storm Alberto damaged the Lake Blackshear dam so severely that the lake had to be drained and the dam repaired. A positive result of the
draining ot the reservoir was that it provided an opportunity to enhance the fish habitat in
the reservoir. Three springs were identified in the lake that could possibly be developed as thermal refuges for striped bass in the summer (large adult striped bass cannot survive without these refuges). While the lake was down, enclosures were built around these springs to help retain the cool water in a larger area for a longer period of time (more than 3,000 cement-filled sandbags were used). If these enclosures are successful in helping large striped bass survive the summer, then a self-sustaining population of Gulf Coast striped bass could possibly be established in the lake. Plans are to monitor the effectiveness of these enclosures.
In FY1995, the Georgia Department of Natural Resources issued guidelines for eating fish tram Georgia waters to help ensure anglers understand the risks from environmental contaminants. This was a Joint effort between the WRD and the Environmental Protection Division. Section personnel played a maJor role in determining the waters to be sampled, collecting the fish, and developing the information for publications (such as the fishing regulations pamphlet) distributed to the public. Few contaminants are found rn fish in Georgia, and in most cases the levels are low. Development of these guidelines was a positive step in helping ensure that Georgia's anglers can safely enJoy the health benefits of eating fish, which provide a high protein food source, low in saturated tat. The sampling of fish statewide will continue, and the guidelines will be updated as necessary.

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l<EGIOJ'I Ill 'JYJ.\lTO J'I

Grady

REGIOJ'I V J.\lBJ.\t;IY

REGION VII l-tlCrlJ'I\OJ'lfJ Hill

Figure 1. Fisheries regions in Georgia and location of regional offices.

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The Section s aquatic education efforts continued to grow in FY 1995. The
"Mountain Streams" poster, the newest addition to the Aquatic Habitats Poster Serres, was completed and distributed to educators all over Georgia. These posters, along with the accompanying background information and lesson plans, help educators teach about aquatic resources. The Section's aquatic education coordinator worked with other southeastern aquatic education coordinators to develop a pocket identification guide to fishes in the southeast. These guides have been published and are now available to the public. Requests tor fish identification information occur frequently, and this guide will enable the Section to better meet those requests. Kids Fishing Events {KFEs) continue to increase in popularity with 258 events held with 19,410 children attending in FY1995. Approximately 18 % of the children were beginners and almost 88 % caught at least one fish. Sponsors were encouraged to meet the Section's goals for a KFE: have fun; learn how to fish safely; follow rules; catch a fish; and touch a fish.
Section staff devoted considerable resources to the finalization of agreements with Georgia Power Company (GPC) and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission relative to the relicensing of the Lake Sinclair Hydropower Project. Highlights of the final license conditions include improvements in the minimum flow releases from the dam to improve aquatic communities downstream, the acquisition of three new boating access sites (two on the river and one on the reservoir) for the construction of facilities by WRD, improvements to the shoreline management plan which will protect existing undeveloped lands on the reservoir and promote improvements to the shoreline, and GPC's commitment to improve exIsting camping and angler access to the reservoir.
Section staff assumed primary responsibility for the coordination and 1mplementat1on of recovery activities for the robust redhorse, an imperiled fish species discovered during the early phases of the relicensing process at the Sinclair Pro1ect. Act1v1t1es performed by Section staff during FY 1995 related to this responsibility include: 1.Organizing and helping lead meetings of agencies, power companies, and conservation groups to draft and implement a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to recover the robust red horse throughout the former range (Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina); 2. Serving a lead role (one staff member served as chairman) of the Robust Redhorse Conservation Committee, composed of all signatories to the MOU; 3. Assuming a lead role in identifying research needs related to the recovery of the species; 4. Collecting broodfish, locating and obta1ning hatchery space at state and federal hatcheries for the production of robust redhorse fingerlings, identifying suitable stocking sites, and coordinating the stocking of those fingerlings; 5. Monrtorrng the status of the Oconee River robust redhorse population and the stocked fingerlings.
The Fisheries Section also continued to provide public service in other areas. Samplrng continued on Georgia s maier reservoirs and streams to detect potential problems and monitor fish populations. Studies designed to identify management needs, assess fish populations, and evaluate ongoing programs were also continued. More than 4.6 million frsh produced at the Section s seven warm water hatcheries were stocked into more than 2,103 ponds to establish fish populations, either in newly constructed or in renovated ponds. The Section also had another highly successful season of producing and stocking striped bass and white bass x striped bass hybrid fingerlings in 1995. All production goals were exceeded. About 1. 1 million striped bass fingerlings and more than 5.2 million
_...,

hybrids raised in Georgia hatcheries were stocked in Georgia reservoirs. In addition, 86,904 advanced phase I (2-4 inches) and 51,660 advanced phase 11 (6-8 inches) striped bass reared at Richmond Hill and Bo Ginn National hatcheries were stocked into the Savannah River as part of a continuing project to restore striped bass in that river system. More than 883,000 catchable size trout were produced and stocked out of Georgia hatcheries into trout waters, in addition to more than 110,000 trout stocked by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
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Appendix A: Tables showing important facts about fishing in Georgia, information on revenue earned, and expenditures tor FY1995.
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Table A-1 . Important tacts about freshwater fishing and fishermen in Georgia.

Item

Number

Total resident Georgia anglers 16 years old and older. Total resident Georgia anglers 6 to 15 years old. Total annual fishing trips by Georgia fishermen (16 years old and older}. Total days spent fishing each year (16 years old and older). Average days spent fishing each year (16 years old and older).
Average one-way distance traveled on each fishing trip (16 years old and older). 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.

891,8008 259, 7008 13, 114,9008
14,268,9008 16.08 days 21.08 miles
$448.4b million $951.6b million
14.7 thousand
$17 .9b million

a

1991 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 August 1993. This is the most accurate data currently available.

b

The 1991 Economic Impact of Sport Fishing in Georgia published by the Sport

Fishing Institute. The calculations are based on data from the "1991 National

Survey of Fishing, Hunting and Wildlife-Associated Recreation."

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Table A-2. Revenue (to the nearest dollar) generated by the Fisheries Section from license sales in license year 1994-1995.

License Sales License Year 1994-1995 (April 1, 1994toMarch31, 1995)

Type of License

Number

Combination Hunting-Fishing

77,322

Resident Fishing

532,037

Resident Trout

111,656

One-Day Fishing

49,930

Non-resident Season Fishing

9,550

Non-resident 7-day Fishing

32,940

Non-resident Season Trout

5,411

Total

818,846

Be~eoue
673,Q26b 4,470,295
491,583 144,963 223,495 210,914
67,117 6,281,393

a

In addition to license sales shown, the Wildlife Resources Division sold 68,658

resident Wildlife Management Area (WMA) stamps for $1,263,989 and 1,295

non-resident Wildlife Management Area stamps for $93,071. These WMA

stamps are required to fish on any Public Fishing Area or hunt on any WMA.

No effort is currently made to determine which portion of revenue is generated

by which Wildlife Resources Division program.

b

This is only one half of the revenue generated. The remaining funds are

considered as being generated by hunters.

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a Table A-3 Fisheries Section expenditures (thousands of dollars) and rnan~ays by r~~ion ~nd ,erogram in FY199~. _

PROGRAM
C
Flood Relief Activities

----------------Expenditure by Region----------------

b

Headquarters

II

Ill

IV

V

VI

VII

2.2

1.6

1.8 12.0

10.2 42.7 20.7

0.2

TOTAL TOT AL MANDAYS

91 4

569

Private Waters Management

39.0 60.0

11.5 45.5

32.1 53.5 64.4 28.5

334.5

2,810

Public Waters Management

319.0 328.0 402.8 429.8 314.6 266.9 434.1 238.1 2,733.3 15,778

Aquatic Plant Control

6.7

48.7

247

Trout Production/Stocking

94.6 91.1 624.9

810.6

4,606

Warmwater Hatcheries

139 0 32.7

41.9 213.9

18.0 350.1 127.5 268.3 1,191.4

8,041

00

Aquatic Education

105.5 14.5

47.2 34.4

24.3 37.9 15.0 12.6

291.4

3,236

Public Fishing Areas

85.9 69.3

84.7 200.4

295.7

736.0

5,027

Resource Studies

46.0 35.0

61.4 119.3

46.8 77.9

7.5

393.9

3,326

Facility Maintenance and New Construction

639.4 18.0

10.6 17.0 616.9 48.9 29.9 16.4 1,397. I

2,379

Total

1,477.3 650.2 1,202.1 956.6 1,312.0 877.9 987.3 571.6 8,035.0 46,016.5

a These ligures may difler somewhat from the linal 6/95 Fiscal Accounting and Control System (FACS) printout since errors in the FACS printout were corrected for this report.
b Expenses of Fisheries Headquarters Olfice, with the exception or capital outlay expenses, were prorated as administrative costs to all programs. Mandays lor the Fisheries Headquarters Olfice were also prorated based on regional eflort.
C
These expenses reflect relief activities related to llooding caused by tropical storm Alberto.

Appendix 8: Tables showing information on the Fisheries Section Private Waters Management Program in FY1995.
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Table 8-1. Number of field investigations on private waters in each region in FYl 995.

Region

Balance

Aquatic Plant
Control

Fish Prestocking

General

Kill

Checks Management

Region Total

% of
Total

II
111
IV
V
0
VI
VII

22

21

6

49

5%

12

3

3

2

7

27

3%

247

57

37

9

36

386

370/o

133

15

3

8

160

16%

90

5

5

4

104

100/o

63

88

54

53

258

25%

12

15

12

2

41

4%

Statewide Total 0/o of Totals

579 56%

204

120

12

200/o

120/o

10/o

110 110/o

1,025

100%

Table 8-2. Total r111rnlier and acres of private ponds stocked with fingerling largemouth bass, bream and channel catfish in FY1995. Tt1ese fish are provided to pond owners to establish fishable populations in newly constructed or renovated ponds.

Region

Bass bream ponds stocked

Percent stocked at fertilized rate

Number

Acres

Number

Acres

Number and species stocked

Bluegill

Aedear Largemouth

sunfish

bass

Channel catfish

Catfish only ponds stocked
Number Acres

84

174

68,840

17,210

8,508

12,988

II

65

130

51,140

12,785

6,493

15,487

Ill

267

1,074

4

4

374,220

94,130

52,910 134,405

IV
......
V

181

881

239

2,228

10

15

401,240

95,525

45,960 50,775

3

903,615 204,215

120,033 156,373

VI

487

2,580

1,065,800 233,550

120,206 197,587

VII

57

267

2

17

138,970

26,410

10,335 20,150

Totals

1,380

- - - - - - - - - - ----- --- --~ -

7,334

.-- 3

3

----- ---- -- --- ----

3,003,825

683,825

364,445 587,765

25

31

27

25

217

387

39

122

150

747

238

551

27

81

723

t ,944

Appendix C: Tables showing information on the Fisheries Section Public Waters Management Program in FY1995.
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C 1. Aquatic pla111 111a11ageme11t activities i11 FY 1995.

Body of Water

County

Target Pest

Control Method

Acres Treated

No. of Traatment1

Cost of Treatmant

Managament Objective ; Traatmant Effectiven1111

Treatments in R11111rvoir1 end Lakes

Blackshear

Crisp/Worth

Giant Culgrass

Rodeo, 0 8 gal/acre.

6.6

Worth/Dooley

Nalcotrol 11. 0.2 gal/acre &

Driftgon, 0.2 gal/acre

1

1.016 Stop invasion. improve

access: good success with

control

Blackshear

Crisp, Worth, Dooly

bYilll.!!Ya

Plant introductions of various

20

types.

NA

11,729 Overall goal is to replace

problem plants with more

desirable species; during this

segment our objective was to

establish alternative plant

populations within the areas

infested with the problem

plant. Overall results were

lair 115-20% success of

olantinasJ.

Blackshear
vJ

Crisp, Worth. Dooly

!..~

Work contracted between

NA

Clemson U. and Crisp County

lo replace Lvpgbva with more

de sir able species.

NA

37,500 To evaluate health and

movement of l yrlbya and

macrophyte intro uclions.

Accomolished.

Worth

Dougherty

Giant Culgrass

Rodeo, 0.8 gal/acre, Nalcolrol II. 0.2 gal/acre & Driltgon,
0.2 aal/acre

21.3

1

2,601 Stop invasion. improve

access: good success with

control

Sinclair

Hancock

Giant Cutgrass

Rodeo, 0.8 gal/acre. Nalcolrol II. 0 2 gal/acre & Driltgon,
0.2 gal/acre

13.3

1

1.989 Stop invasion. improve

access: good success with

control

Julietle

Monroe

Eurasian Watermilfoil

Aquakleen 12.4 DI. 200 lbs/acre

32.3

2

12.038 Stop spread within lake and

downstream: good control

with minimal impact to non-

targeted plants

little Ocmulgee State Park

Wheeler Telfair

Variable leaf rnilfoil

Aquakleen 12.4 DI. 200 lbs/acre

10

1

2,973 Open boat trails: good

success with control

little Ocrnulgee State Park

Wheeler Telfair

Variable leaf 111ilfoil Diquar. 2 gals/acre

10

1

2. 130 Improve access: good

success with control

Reed Bingham

Cook

Hydrilla

Korneen, 16 gals/acre

9.25

1

1,557 Improve access; good

success with control

C 1. Co11tir111cd

Body of Water Bolinghroke Ponrl

County Monroe

General Management Activities

All impacted

All impacted

Target Pest Hydrilla

Control Method Aquathol I<. 5 gals/acre

All impacted

Operational Planning

To be delermined
Grand Total

To be dete1111i11eil To be dr.lerr11i11ecl

Chemical Purchase

Acres Treated
2

No. of Treatment,
1

Cost of Treatment
1,043

Management ObjectlvH: Treatment Effeclivene11
Eradicate to prevent spread downstream: good success with control

NA NA 124.B

NA

13,729 Administrative planning

associated with all herbicide

treatments, other

managemenl aclivities, and

reporting.

NA

3,920 Ulilized available CORPS

funding lo purchase

chemicals for future use.

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92.225

Table C-2. Fish kills investigated by the Fisheries Section in FY 1995.

Number of

Fish Killed

Type of Fish Kill

Incidents

Number

Value

Fines collected by DNRa

Municipal Pollutionb

3

1,597c

$958c

$13,900

Industrial Pollution

3

3,467

$712

$6,100

Agricultural Disease/Natural

1

4

$0

6

2,154

NAd

Undetermined

8

1,597

$364

Total

21

8,819

$2,034

$20,000

......

t...,,

a

Fines collected as of June 30, 1995 by the Environmental Protection Division for the FYl 995 fish kills.

b

Includes fish kills caused by sewage discharges from county waste treatment facilities as well as city

facilities.

C

The number of fish killed and values only represent two fish kills. The third fish kill was on Potato Creek near

Griffin, Georgia. This fish kill occurred during flood relief operations by Section personnel in response to the

impacts of tropical storm Alberto on Southwest Georgia. Personnel were therefore not available to complete

a precise fish count; based on visual estimates, several thousand fish of unknown value were killed. The

numbers are not included in this table.

d

Estimates of the number of fish killed by disease or natural causes are not normally calculated using accepted

fish kill counting guidelines. Estimates for the value of the fish are therefore rarely calculated.

Table C-3. Environmental reviews and assessments commented on by the Fisheries Section in FY1995.

Agency

Numbera

City of Warner Robins. Georgia - Floodplain Buy-Out Plan

1

Forsyth County Board of Commissioners - Development Impacts on Buford Hatchery

1

Ecology and Environment. Inc. - Natural Gas Looping Project

1

Georgia Oepanment of Natural Resources

Environmental Protection Division Permits and Variances

Erosion and sedimentation - 25 ft. Variances

79

Erosion and Sedimentation - Trout Stream Variances !100 ft.)

35

Supplemental Environmental Pro1ect Plans

1

Surface Mining Permits

1

Draft Biological Monitoring Plan

1

Water Withdrawal Permits

1

Discharge (NPDES) Permits

1

Water Quality Certifications

2

Georgia Mountains Regional Development Center

Development projects in Forsyth County

1

Georgia, Alabama. Florida and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Jornt studies on Alabama-Coosa-Tallapoosa and Apalachicola-

1

Chattahoochee-Flint Basins

U.S. Government Agency Permits. Projects and Plans

Army Corps of Engineers Permits

2

Army Corps of Engineers PreDischarge Permits

1

Army Corps of Engineers Plans and Proiects

3

Federal Energy Regulatory Comm1ss1on License Issues

10

Fish and Wildlife Service Plans

1

Forest Service Plans

1

Total

136

0 Each proJect, pian or permit is counted onty once, even though the Section may have provided comments on more than one occasion. Only those proiects that the Section prepared comments on are included in these numbers. Numerous other documents were reviewed but not commented on.

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Appendix D: Tables showing information on the Fisheries Section Trout Production Program in FY1995.
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a
Table D-1. Tro111 production (lbs), conversion ratios, and cosls al stale hatcheries in FY1995.

Hatchery Buford

Net Weight Gain Conversion ratio

Species

BROOK RAINBOW BROWN

1,164 1. 70

58,408 1.67

58,901 1.33

Total 118,473
1.51

Burton

Net Weigh! Gain Conversion ralio

123,718 1.48

20,745 1.26

144,463 1.45

Summerville Net Weight Gain
00
Conversion ratio

38,928 1.31

26 0.74

38,954 1.31

Total

Net Weight Gain Conversion ratio

1,164 1.70

221,054 1.50

79,672 1.31

State cost per pound to stock trout:
Total production and distribution costs per pound:
a
Conversion ratios used in totals are weighted means. b
Costs do not include administrative costs of the headquarters staff.

301,890 1.45

b Cost

Total $283,059

Per lb $2.39

$214,405

$1.48

$60,338

$1.55

$557,802

$1.85

$0.43
$2.28

Table 0-2. Number and weigt1t (lbs) of each species of trout stocked into Georgia's public waters from state and federal

hatcheries during FY1995.

--- ------------ - - - -- ---- --- ---

------------- ----

BROOK

RAINBOW

BROWN

TOTAL

Facility

Number

Weight Number

Weight Number

Weight Number

Weight

STATE HATCHERIES Buford catchables finger lings
Burton catchables finger lings
Summerville catchables finger lings
'-0
FEDERAL HATCHERIES Chattahoochee catchables fingerlings
Walhalla catchables fingerlings
Others catchables fingerlings

104

233 153,919

69,215 172,763

65,226 326,786 134,674

75,000

4,277

52,000

1,893 127,000

6,170

329,831 129,291

92,904 24,979

33,476 1,570

422,735 24,979

162,767 1,570

126,645

45,168

6,992

2,225 133,637

47,393

260,156 7,500

106,000 304

12,000

4,553

260,156 7,500

106,000 304

12,000

4,553

TOTAL catchables finger lings

104

233 882,551 354,227 272,659 100,927 1,155,314 455,387

82,500

4,581

76,979

3,463 159,479

8,044

-------------------~~--------

--- --- ---- --- - -- -----------

Table D-3. Number and weight (lbs) of catchable trout by species and habitat type stocked from all hatcheries in FY1995.

Facility

BROOK Number Weight

RAINBOW

BROWN

Number Weight Number Weight

TOTAL Number Weight

STREAMS BY COUNTY

Bartow

14,366 5,104 1,000

Catoosa

2,330

832

194

Chattooga

5,167 1,746

194

Cherokee

1,692

586

Dade

150

48

Dawson

8,850 3,746 10,300

Fannin

69,5n 29,533

Floyd

26,507 9,421 1,652

Gilmer

49,250 17,997

Gordon

2,513

808

Habersham

25,579 10,521 11,675

Haralson

15,923 5,895 1,170

Lumpkin

22

93

56,479 22,050 35,979

Murray

24,494 8,767 1,874

Paulding

6,170 2,192

535

Pickens

7,496 2,925 2,050

Polk

2,226

754

97

Rabun

87,378 34,713 30,550

Stephens

27,650 10,850 23,000

Towns

50

50

45,050 17,701 21,225

Union

71,414 29.938 9,250

Walker

17,409 6,183

276

White

86,146 32,349 13,300

--W-h-i-tf-ie-l-d-------T-o-ta-l ---------

-------
------7-2

-----------1-4-3

---6-5-4-,-24-10-60

- 131
254,790

-------
164,321

318

15,366 5,422

62

2,524

894

62

5,361 1,808

1,692

586

150

48

4,018

19,150 7,764

69.5n 29,533

526

28,159 9,947

49,250 17,997

2,513

808

4,225

37,254 14,746

372

17,093 6,267

12,754

92.480 34,897

596

26,368 9.363

170

6.705 2,362

747

9,546 3,672

31

2,323

785

11,039 117,928 45,752

8,122

50,650 18.972

7,529

66,325 25,280

3,301

80,664 33.239

88

17,685 6,271

4,988

99,446 37,337

40--0

131

58.948 ---8-1-8-,-6-0-9 -3-1-3-,8-8-1-

TAILWATERS

Slue Ridge

18,600

Hartwell

12,000

--L-a-n-ie-r--------

32- ------9-0 ---1-3-3-.-3-7-9

--T-o-ta-l--------- ------3-2 ------9-0 163,979

6,784

18,600 6.784

4,553

12,000 4,553

61,537 72.874

-1-0-7-,-5-3-8 -1-0-7-.-5-3-8

--4-1-,-7-0-9 --4-1-,-7-0-9

------22--74--10--,,--59--44--99

-1-0-3-.-3-3-6
114,673

RESERVOIRS

Lanier

----TR--ou--tsa--sl--e--ll --------------

-------------

-------------

-----------------

------

-------

SMALL LAKES

Slack Rock

2,729 1,035

2,729 1,035

Conasauga

1,6n

530

1,677

530

Dockery

12,200 5,368

12,200 5,368

Nancytown

12,000 4,468

12,000 4,468

Rock Creek

14,000 5,949

14,000 5,949

Unicoi

Vogel

2,050

818

800

270

2,850 1,088

--W-i-n-fi-e-ld--S-c-o-tt-Total

-------
-------

-------
-------

--------61--49--,,--37--50--60

---8-,-3-9-5 --2-6-,-5-6-3

-----8-0-0

------270

19,700
----6-5-,-1-5-6

8,395
--2-6,-8-3-3

GRAND TOTAL

104

233 882.551 354,227 272,659 100,927 1,155,314 455,387

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Table D-4. Number and weight (lbs) of fingerling trout by species and habitat type stocked from all hatcheries in FY1995.

Facility

BROOK Number Weight

RAINBOW

BROWN

Number Weight Number Weight

TOTAL Number 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

7,500

304

Walker

White

--W-h-i-tf-ie-ld
--T-o-ta-l ---------

-------------

-------

----------7--,--5--0--0

----3-0-4

2,000 24,979 26,979

80

2,000

1,570

24,979

7,500

-
1,650

----3-4-.-4-7-9

80
1,570 304
1,954

TAILWATERS

Blue Ridge

Hartwell

--L-ar-n-e-r---------T-o-ta-l-

-------
-------

-------------

----7-5-,-0-0-0 ----7-5-,-0-0-0

-

4,277 4,277

--5-0-,-0-0-0 50,000

1.813 1,813

---11-22-55-,.-00-00-00

---6-.-0-9-0 6,090

RESERVOIRS

Lanier
--R-u-ss-e-ll------- ------- -------
-T--o-ta-l--------- ------- ------- ---------

-------

---------

SMALL LAKES

Black Rock

Conasauga

Dockery

Nancytown

Rock Creek

Unrco1

Vogel

---T-W--oi--tna--fli--e--ld----S--c--o--tt----

-------
-------

-------

-----------------

------

------
-------

------
------

GRAND TOTAL

82,500 4,581 76,979 3,463

- ---------
159,479 8,044

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Appendix E: Tables showing information on the Fisheries Section Warmwater Hatchery Production Program in FY1995 .
., .,

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

hatcheries in FY1 995.

a

Number

Cost Per

Species

Acres

Number

Per Acre

Fish (S)

Bluegill Fingerling

27.58 5,768,641

209,160

0.032

Redear sunfish Fingerling

6.30 1,158,589

183,903

0.049

Largemouth bass Fingerling

11.27

849,559

75,382

0.119

Channel catfish Fry Fingerling Intermediate Harvestable

7.40 17.79 17.30
7.49

2,624,800 904,337 434,815 52,162

354,703 50,834 25,134 6,964

0.024 0.102 0.395 0.887

Striped bass Fry Fingerling Advanced fingerling Intermediate

b 6.400,000

9.16 1,114.405

4.00

107,992

1.80

12,375

b 121,660
26,998 6,875

0.010 0.049 0.399 1.304

Hybrid striped-white bass Fry Fingerling

b 6.80

2,300,000 760,224

b 111,798

0.010 0.041

Hybrid white-striped bass Fry Fingerling

b 22.44

13,074.000 4,926,185

b 219.527

0.010 0.033

White bass Fry Fingerling

b

275,000

b

0.29

151.216

521,434

0.010 0.014

Shoal bass Fingerling
Totals (all sizes)

3.40 143.02

100,348
C
41,014.648

29,514 d
132.608

0.531 d
0.033

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

b Not Apphcable, these try were hatched in jars and placed in aquaria.

C
Ditterences 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. white bass and hybrid fry are not included in these figures .

_.._...,

Table E-2. Number of each warmwater fish species produced at state hatcheries in FY1995.
------. ---- - - -- - - -----

- --- ----- ---

Steve Bowens Richmond

Species

Summerville

Walton McDuffie Cordele

Cocke

Mill

Hill

.. ----------------

Bluegill

Fingerling

809,467 1,446,287

1,169,580 980,990 1,362,317

Total 5,768,641

Redear sunfish Fingerling

36,274

79,143 361,425

215,930 312,365

153,452 1,158,589

Largemouth bass Fingerling

174,066 165,680

166,221 269,300

74,292

849,559

Channel catfish Fry Fingerling Intermediate Harvestable

131,680 9,758

560,000 241,663
40,368

2,064,800 9,000
244,667 4,594

161,565 161,359
6,300

267,890

92,539 19,031
900

2,624,800 904,337 434,815 52,162

Striped bass

t.) ./-

Fry

Fingerling

Advanced fingerling

Intermediate

850,859

6,400,000 263,546 107,992 12,375

6,400,000 1,114,405
107,992 12,375

Hybrid striped-white bass Fry Fingerling

23,332

2,300,000

2,300,000 23,332

Hybrid white-striped bass Fry Fingerling

634,677

2,698,838

13,074,000 13,074,000

736,892 1,131,498

461,172 5,663,077

White bass Fry Fingerling

151,216

275,000

275,000 151,216

Shoal bass Fingerling
Totals(all sizes)

36,274

33,086

1,838,791

3,817,498
- -- - -- --- ---

. 5- ,0-7-8--,-3- 1- 7--

67,262

2,685,10- 9-

2,962,043
----~--

24,596,616

100,348 41,014,648

Table E-3. Cost per fish (dollars) warmwater fish species produced at state hatcheries in FY1995.

Species
Bluegill Fingerling
Redear sunfish

Summerville a

Walton 0.021

McDuffie

- ---- --- -- - --------- ~

Steve

Cordele

Cocke

--- -------------

0.010

0.038

---- ---------

Bowens Richmond

Mill

Hill

------- - -----

0.040

0.043

Fingerling Largemouth bass

0 121

0.061

0.023

0.067

0.038

0.084

Fingerling Channel catfish

0.110

0.079

0.036

0.154

0.284

Fry Fingerling Intermediate Harvestable
Striped bass

0.127 0.951

0.015 0.093
0.744

0.027 0.403 0.403 1.643

0.097 0.227 1.149

0.074

0.151 1.422 1.578

L1.'J,

Fry

Fingerling

Advanced fingerling

Intermediate

0.030

0.010
o. 111
0.399

Hybrid striped-white bass Fry

1.304

Fingerling
Hybrid white-striped bass Fry

0.253

0.010

Fingerling White bass

0.018

0.020

0.035

0.040

0.010 0.112

Fry

Fingerling Shoal bass

0.014

0.010

Fingerling a - - - - - - - - - - - -- ---- --- --- ---

- - --- -- - --------

-

0--.5-

6-

6
----

--

0.513 -- - ---- - -------------

A total of $14,262 was expended to produce bluegill but no production was realized due lo contamination of the fish population with green sunfish.

Table E 4 Number or warrnwaler fish slocked in slale walers by slale and federal halcheries in FY1995. Totals include fish provided by
federal halcheries, surplus brood Slock and fish availabl~ as by-product~of_oJ._h~~ J)r_oi:ir~rii~ ___________________ _

~p~cies Bluegill
fingerling

Redear sunfish fingerling

Largemoulh bass fingerling

Channel catfish fry fingerling intermediale harvest able

Robust redhorse

IJ

fingerlings

C,

Striped bass

fry

fingerling

adv. fingerling

Intermediate

Striped-white bass hybrid fry fingerling

While-striped bass hybrid fingerling

While bass fry fingerling

Shoal bass fingerling

Grass carp lntermediale

Privale Walers 3,003,825 683,825 364,445
587,764

Reservoirs
183,036 218,800
10,000 8,194

Rivers & Streams
31,000

992

1,085,669

86,904 52,643

23,332 5,242,457
135,200

100,000 16,000
99,397

Publicly Owned
Small Lakes 84,730 30,400 49,475 34,075 22,160
200
2,540

Public Fishing
Areas
615,144
3,240
8,868
21,620 126,015
15,548

Kid's

Other

Fishing

Fisheries

a

~v~nts ___ Agencies._ -----~!~~-

7,040

3,710,739

7,680

725,145

4,500

641,324

16,005 320,271 51,749

83,943
470 1,950,000
567 550
2,300,000
299,446

218,800 753,407 476,640 67,297
1,662
1,950,000 1,086,236
87,454 52,643
2,300,000 23,332
5,544,443

100,000 151,200

99,397

Total
a

4,639,859 ------~-----

--

6,906,688
---------

--~---

3--8--6-,-9--3--6-

223,580

82 790,517

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

407,245

4,634,976

82
1-7,-98-9-,8-01

Appendix F: Tables showing information on the Fisheries Section Public Fishing Area Operation Program in FY 1995.

Table F-1. Public Fishing Areas cost data for FY1995.

-------- ------- -------------------

----------------- --- -~-

Region

Area

Arrowhead

111

McDuffie

Ownership
-- -~ -------------
State
State

Number of Lakes

Acreage Open to Fishing

-----~---~---~- -------~-

2

25.2

13

118.0

Total Operating Cost($)
. ------ - --- ---- - - -
69,321
84,708

IV

Baldwin Forest

State

5

31.0

41,877

I..J

IV

Rum Creek

GA Power

1

3,600.0

846

00

IV

Marben Farms

State

22

200.8

167,482

IV

Big Lazer

Stale

1

195.0

32,963

VI

Paradise

State

71

230.0

162,774

VI

Evans County

State

3

92.0

58,696

VI

Dodge County

State

1

104.0

72,418

VI

Treutlen County

Private

189.0

1,798

Total
-- ---- --- .

---- -- -- -~

- - --

-------

4,785.0
--------- -

692,883

Appendix G: Tables showing information on the Fisheries Section Resource Studies in FY1995. 29

Table G-1. Cost for resource studies in each region during FY1995.

Region

l

Study Title

Northwest (I) Northeast (II) East Central (Ill)
West Central (IV) Southwest (V)
Coastal (VII\ Headouarters Total

Development of a stream classification system tor evaluating trout stocking in Georgia

I

Evaluation of walleye introductions into lakes Burton and Seed.

Standardized samplrno of wild trout streams.

Evaluation of non-reporting In a reward taggrng study.
Creel census of the Richard B. Russell tailwaters.
Critical temperature/duration of exposure model for sub-adult and adult brown and rainbow trout
Effects of watershed use on stream fish communities.
An investIgatron rnto the dynamics of the largemouth bass fishery in Lake Walter F George.

Effects of water withdrawals on the Spnng Creek fishery and associated aouatIc resources.

Effects of Hydrilta on water ouality in Lake Seminole Evaluation of shoal bass stockrno in the Flint River Reoroduct1on of stnoed bass in the Ocieechee River

AdmIn1strat1ve

Cost($)
35.000
17.202 44.232
25.704
52.428 41.124
46.818 46.744
7.760
14.023 9.352
7.500
45.961 393.848

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Table G-2 Final reports and publications completed by the Fisheries Section in FY1995.

Author Bettross, E. A., Jones, J. F. and Saul, B.M. Grizzle, J.M., Mauldin, A.C.
Hirst, S.C.

Publication
Release of largemouth bass under differential size limits. Final repon on Spon Fish Restoration Project.
Age-related changes in survival of larval and juvenile striped bass in different concentrations of calcium and sodium. Tran. Am. Fish. Soc. 123:1002-1005.
Effects of water withdrawals on the Spring Creek fishery and associated aquatic resources. Final report on Spon Fish Restoration Project.

Appendix H: Table showing the Fisheries Section maintenance and construction projects in FY1995.

Table H 1. Facility rnai11te1ia11ce and co11str11ctio11 projects statewide during FY 1995.

Project

Project Description

Non-Capita!" Outlay Costs

~ a l Qutlait ~OIi!
Fisheries CMP

Total Mandaya

Facility Ma111tenance and Repair

Public Fishing Area I Hatchery The main drain line at Walton Hatchery was repaired. Repair of

1,950

23,305

20

Repair

the darn on pond #4 at Baldwin Forest PFA was begun; raceways

and vats at Cordele Hatchery were repaired.

Boat Ramp Repair - Statewide Replacement signs were constructed for 34 boating access sites

92,444

156,509

510

Program al Fort Valley

statewide. EJCtensive repairs/improvements were made to ramps

at Gum Creek and Boy Scout Slough at Lake Blackshear, at the

Flint River in Macon County near Montezuma, at the Ocmulgee

River in Jasper County at SR83, at Idle Hour Park on Bartletts

Ferry in Harris County and at the Jacks Creek Boat Ramp on Lake

Nottely. Minor repairs were made on many other ramps

statewide.

Boat Ramp Maintenance

Routine maintenance and repair on statewide boat ramps was

110,766

694

Regional Activities and Costs

handled by regional personnel.

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loJ

Charlie Elliott Wildlife Center

Parking areas were constructed or enlarged at Greenhouse, Boar,

42,720

83,254

142

(Marben PFA) Development

and Shepard lakes and at Stump Pond. ApproJCimately 1.5 miles

of surface roads were improved. Gravel service boat ramps were

constructed at Clubhouse, Upper Raleigh, Lower Raleigh, Little

Raleigh, Hillside and Stump ponds. Temporary gravel boat ramps

were constructed at Whitetail and Dairy ponds. Concrete slab

boat ramps and service piers were constructed at Shepard and

FoJC lakes with associated handicapped accessible parking areas

and paths to the ramps. A handicapped fishing trail was also

constructed at Shepard Lake. Angler access trails were

constructed at Crossroads Lake and Lower Raleigh and Dairy

ponds. Also, a wooden bridge was built across the upper end of

Boar pond to improve access.

Cordele Hatchery Repair Richmond Hill Hatchery

The Cordele Hatchery holding house was enlarged.
Funds were obligated for maintenance of hatchery drainage ditches and culvert replacement Actual work on the ditches will be comnleted in FY 1996.

29,955

13,047

Table H 1. Conti1111ed.

Project Bowens Mill Fisheries Office Repair
Sub - Total New Construction Boal Ramp Construction

Project Description
Repairs were made to the Fisheries office building New shingles were installed on the roof, new carpet installed, sheet rock repaired, and interior and exterior surfaces painted.

Non-Capital" Outlay Costs
247,880

~al!ital Ql!llft~ t";oU! Fisheries CMP
5,654

Total Manday1

293,023

18,701

1,366

A new boat ramp was constructed at Rotary Park in Colurnbus,

16,730

200,010

161

Georgia on the Chattahoochee River. The land on which the ramp

was built was leased from the City. The completed ramp was

approximately 290 feet in length and 30 feet wide. A service pier

was purchased for installation at the site but installation will occur

during the nex I year. A new parking lot was constructed at the

new boat ramp constructed during FY 1994 on the Ocrnulgee River

at State Route (SRI 96 in Houston County. Plans were

completed, permits obtained and materials acquired for new boat

ramps at Brier Creek in Screven County and on the Savannah

River at Poor Robin Landing in Screven County. Because of high

water levels during this year, these two ramps will be completed

early in FY 1996. The second of two new ramps was completed

on the St Marys River in St. Marys in Camden County. Plans for

the ramp on the Chattahoochee River at Campbellton Road in

Fulton County were begun. It is likely that this project will be

completed during FY 1996. Plans were completed for the ramp on

the Sapelo River at U.S. Highway 17 in McIntosh County.

Renovation of Bennett Lake Darn and Marjorie Lake Dam at Charlie Elliot Wildlife Center

Funds were obligated for !he reconstruction of the Bennett and Marjorie Lake Darns. Actual work on the darns will be completed in FY1996.

539,285

Sub-Total
Headquarter Administrative Costs

This is the calculated prorated share of non capital outlay expenses and rnandays applied to management of capital outlay
nrn;_....,.,_ '- ,,.._ Atl--,,. nllira

16,730 100,115

739,295

0

161

852

Table H 1. Co11ti11ued

Project Total Expenditures

Project Description

Non-Capital" Outlay Costs
364,725

Ca~i!al Outlait ~0111 Fisheries CMP

I 1.aJ2.J1a

18,701

Total Mandava
2,379

Non capital outlay expenditures of the Fisheries Section assigned to specific projects as well as the administrative costs of the Headquarter's office.

h The capital outlay funding for these projects was provided through the Consolidated Maintenance Program ICMPI funded through the Wildlife Resources Division budget. Those funds are not included in the Section expenditures.

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