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10150
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Wilson discusses catch-and-release fishing in North Carolina. The program came to the state in 1954 on trout streams in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The program is an approach to having more fish available to catch and emphasizes the recreational rather than the consumptive value of fish.
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16908
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At one time spotted bass were probably native to some stretches of rivers in the western part of the state; however, current populations have been introduced either by wildlife agency stocking programs of the 1970s, or more recently by fishermen. While anglers enjoy the fish's scrappiness, its introduction could have a negative impact on other bass. Ingram examines the state's four geographic reasons to see how spots are affecting other bass populations like large and smallmouth.
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1384
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Regulation of crappie populations is used to promote the development of larger fish, which sportsmen prefer.
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26648
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The Waccamaw silverside is known to exist only in Lake Waccamaw and the upper Waccamaw River in North Carolina. Due to threats of eutrophication and poor water quality, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has proposed to list the fish as threatened and to designate its critical habitat.
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Friend of Wildlife (NoCar Oversize SK 431 F74x), Vol. 33 Issue 1, Jan/Feb 1986, p6