Adaptive management in action: using chemical marking to advance fish recovery programs in the Murray–Darling Basin

Baumgartner, Lee J.

doi:10.1071/mf15353

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“…Conservation and fishery managers have become increasingly reliant on the release of captive‐reared individuals to augment or repatriate wild populations (Baumgartner, ; Halverson, ). Assessing the relative growth and survival of stocked individuals in addition to monitoring natural recruitment can increase the efficiency of population augmentation programmes.…”

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Efficacy of fluorescent calcein mark retention and identification in endangered Colorado pikeminnow Ptychocheilus lucius

Gilbert

Durst

Diver

et al. 2019

Fisheries Management Eco

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Distinguishing hatchery‐reared fishes from wild conspecifics can be required to quantify the success of augmentation programmes. This study estimated the probability of identifying calcein‐marked, hatchery‐reared Colorado pikeminnow Ptychocheilus lucius Girard from external and internal structures. Both control and marked fish held in the laboratory were correctly identified 80% of the time after 300 days. A fluorometer was more accurate 180 days post‐marking, whereas visual observation was more discriminating at 300 days. There were no differences in detection rates among structures in laboratory fish, and for most structures of fish held outdoors, detection rates were <20%. Overall, a strong negative effect of light on mark persistence was observed. Also, an initial positive effect of fish size on mark fluorescence and a negative effect of fish growth were detected. These results suggest the potential use of calcein as a batch‐marking tool would be aided by future studies that better quantify light exposure and calcein mark persistence in both field and experimental settings.

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