In addition to monitoring sportfish communities through annual surveys,
TWRA sponsor's research aimed at answering specific questions about our
fisheries management. Recent reservoir studies have investigated factors
affecting sportfish spawning and survival, competition potential,
stocking success, and evaluated harvest restrictions. Some studies are
conducted in-house, but most studies are contracted to universities where
students are able to use the data to obtain graduate degrees in fisheries
science. Results are often published in some of the most prestigious
journals of the fisheries profession.
Recent Research
Listed below are the results of some recent reservoir research.
Click on a title to view the Executive Summary
Statewide Sauger Recruitment Study
(Tennessee Tech Univ. 1998)
Normandy Water Level Study (Tennessee Tech Univ.
1998)
Norris Lake Striped Bass Study (Mississippi State
Univ. 1999)
Statewide Crappie Population Studies (Tennessee Tech
Univ. 2000)
Statewide Walleye Recruitment Study (Tennessee Tech
Univ. 2001)
Florida Bass Genetic Enhancement Studies (TWRA
Ongoing)
Recruitment Variability, Status of Largemouth
Bass Populations, and Stocking Efficacy in
Tennessee River Impoundments. (Tennessee Tech Univ. 2003)
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