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<br />All fish collected per seine haul were examined briefly in the field to <br /> <br />. . <br />identify and enumerate common, nongame .fish species and release these fish. <br />All gamefish were separated and kept for length measurements, scale and <br /> <br />. - <br />stomach samples. Stomachs were removed from larger fish (>25 mm) and <br />preserved in diluted 10% formalin. Smaller fish were preserved whole to meet <br />needs of the standardized monitoring data base; the remainder of the fish <br />sampled were preserved in formalin for identification or screening at the CSU <br />Larval Fish Lab. Apart from the requirements of the standardized sampling <br />design, extra seine hauls would be made in a given backwater if the presence <br />of gamefish species warranted extra effort to increase the sample size. Also, <br />additional backwaters outside RM 185-140 were sampled in a similar manner to <br />increase the sample size of gamefish. Stomach contents were analyzed for the <br />number and taxonomic identity of all fish species ingested. Other food items <br />were identified only to Order or Family when possible, but not enumerated. <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />9 <br />