Fate and Chance Encounters: Mark-Recapture Studies in an Open Fish Population
Reeling in a behemoth is a chance encounter with a formidable fish, and your decision whether to keep or release your catch seals the fish’s fate. If Read More…
mark recapture
Film Friday: Evaluating Non-Native Fish Populations in the San Joaquin River
Today’s Film Friday is a video we made to highlight our mark-recapture study evaluating non-native fish populations on the San Joaquin River.
Improving our Odds
For the last few years, we’ve been conducting a study in the San Joaquin River for which we deploy multiple fyke traps in the spring and early Read More…
One fish, two fish – Using mark-recapture to estimate population size
Have you ever reeled in a fish and seen a strange tag sticking off it? Chances are, that fish was part of a mark-recapture study. Capture-mark-recapture techniques Read More…
New Video: Evaluating Non-Native Fish Populations in the San Joaquin River
Our newest video features our ongoing project to study the non-native fishes of the San Joaquin River in California’s Central Valley. Non-native fishes outnumber natives in the Read More…