Effect of post-capture handling on mortality in Northern Pike
By: by John Burr.
Contributors: Alaska. Division of Sport Fish.
Series: Fishery data series -- no. 98-34.
Publisher: Alaska Dept. of Fish and Game, Division of Sport Fish
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Anchorage, Alaska
Language: eng
Subjects: Northern pike -- Mortality.; Fishes -- Alaska.; Alaska -- Arctic-Yukon-Kuskokwim (AYK) Region.
Other titles: Federal aid in sport fish restoration (Alaska)
Description: Northern pike, Esox lucius, captured with hook and line gear were subjected to one of two handling regimes to assess the effect of catch and release practices on the short term (48 h) mortality of this species.  Handling regimes were selected to reflect known angler practices.  Northern pike were captured in hoop nets to provide a control for the experiment.  After 48 h the only observed mortality was for fish caught in hoop net gear (0.04, SE=0.04).

Northern pike Esox lucius captured with hook and line gear were subjected to one of two handling regimes to assess the effect of catch and release practices on the short term (48 h) mortality of this species. Handling regimes were selected to reflect known angler practices. Northern pike were captured in hoop nets to provide a control for the experiment. After 48 h the only observed mortality was for fish caught in hoop net gear (0.04, SE=0.04).
Notes: "December 1998"

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Partially financed by the Federal Aid in Sport Fish Restoration Act ... under Project F-10-13, Job No. R-3-4(e).