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MECHANICAL FISH CONTROL <br />ANGLING VS. ELECTROFISHING <br />STREAM IN GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK; <br />WIDTH 11.46 M <br />PURPOSE: REMOVE RAINBOW TROUT SYMPATRIC WITH <br />NATIVE BROOK TROUT CONSISTENT WITH PARK <br />PHILOSOPHY TO MANAGE WITH NATIVE SPECIES <br />9-WEEK ANGLING SEASON; 668 ANGLERS <br />10 PEOPLE REQUIRED TO OPERATE 4 BACKPACK <br />ELECTROFISHERS <br />POPULATION ESTIMATE: 8904 RAINBOW TROUT <br />ANGLER HARVEST: 5655 RAINBOW TROUT <br />NEARLY 51% HARVESTED IN WEEKS 1 AND 2 <br />POST-SEASON POPULATION: 3249 RAINBOW TROUT <br />POPULATION REDUCTION: 63.50 <br />FISH CAUGHT BY ELECTROFISHING: 3.71/HOUR <br />FISH CAUGHT BY ANGLERS: 1.5/HOUR <br />FISH CHECKED BY 1 CREEL CLERK: 6.7/HOUR <br />CONCLUSION <br />ANGLING IS A COST EFFECTIVE METHOD FOR REMOVING <br />UNWANTED TROUT <br />SOURCE: LARSON ET AL. . (1986) <br />30