TENNESSEE (Cont. ) 



12. Fish Rescue and Tagging Project. (FA: F-4-D)* 



This project is designed to rescue stranded fish in certain sections of 

 Cherokee and Norris Reservoirs. When water levels are lowered in winter, 

 isolated sections of the lake become cut off and large populations of fish be- 

 come stranded. Seines are used to collect the fish. Game fish are restored to 

 permanent waters of these reservoirs or used in other approved ways. Some 

 are tagged to provide information on creel census and population studies. 



Northeast Tennessee; began June 1951, continuing; $8,000; reports available. 



Address inquiries to: L. Price Wilkins, District Fish Biologist, University 

 of Tennessee Farm, Knoxville, Tenn. 



Tennessee Valley Authority 



1. Fish Harvesting on TVA Reservoirs. 



Fish are netted, caught by hook and line or removed from sinkholes and 

 tagged with monel metal jaw tags to indicate extent of harvest, nnovement of 

 species and to gain an idea of changes in population. These investigations are 

 carried out on both storage and mainstream reservoirs, but not on all reser- 

 voirs simultaneously. 



Storage reservoirs: Norris, Cherokee, Hiwassee, Nottely, Watauga, and 

 South Holston. Mainstream reservoirs: Fort Loudoun, Guntersville, and 

 Wheeler; began 1945, continuing; C. J. Chance and L,. F. Miller, Leaders; 

 reports available. 



Address inquiries to: Dr. A. H. Wiebe, Chief, TVA Fish and Game Branch, 

 Norris, Tenn. 



2. Spring Creel Census on TVA Reservoirs and Tailwaters. 



The census is designed to determine qualitative and quantitative trends in 

 catch, residence of fishermen, and fishing methods during a limited season, 

 April, May, and June on certain reservoirs and tailwaters. Census is taken daily 

 at particular stations but no attempt is made to census entire reservoir. 



Cherokee, Norris, and Wheeler Reservoirs; Watts Bar and Guntersville Dam 

 Tailwaters; began 1945, continuing; L. F. Miller and C. J. Chance, Leaders. 



Address inquiries to: Dr. A. H. Wiebe, as in No. 1 above. 



3. Annual Fall Fish Population In/entory of TVA Reservoirs. 



Information is collected on the success of reproduction and survival of young, 

 growth and size distribution of different species, available food for game fish, 

 trends in relative abundance of species, and the presence or absence of certain 

 species. Small areas, 1 to 5 acres, are treated with rotenone and all fish from 

 the area are removed, separated to species, counted, weighed and measured, 

 and scale samples taken. 



Reservoirs in the Tennessee Valley; hdqrs. Decatur, Alabama, and Norris, 

 Tennessee; began 1945, continuing; L. F. Miller and C. J. Chance, Leaders. 



Address inquiries to: Dr. A. H. Wiebe, as in No. 1 above. 



U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Branch of Fishery Biology 



1. Trout Stream Ecology. 



The objective is to determine the numbers of fish that can be harvested at 

 different levels of fishing intensity and still preserve the native trout fishing. 



National Park Service, State Fish and Game Departments of North Carolina, 

 Virginia and Tennessee cooperating; hdqrs. Eastern Federal Waters Investiga- 

 tions, Leetown, West Virginia; began 1953, continuing; Robert E. Lennon, Leader. 



Address inquiries to: Robert E. Lennon, Eastern Federal Waters Investiga- 

 tions, Kearneysville, W. Va. 



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