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Missouri River Oahe Reservoir commercial fishing investigations

Description

Missouri River Oahe Reservoir commercial fishing investigations. BCF vesselcrew and biologist removing catch from Lake Erie type trap net preparatory tomeasuring, weighing, fin clipping, and returning to water. Four such trapscaught nearly 100,000 pounds of mostly buffalofish and crappies in two months.

Credit

NOAA Central Library Historical Fisheries Collection

Display Date

1963

Location

South Dakota, Missouri River

Collection

Historic Fisheries