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OBJECTIVE 5 <br />APPROACH <br />The development of educational materials is crucial to the management of the sturgeon <br />fishery. If anglers are not able to accurately identify endangered pallid sturgeon which they <br />catch, the whole sturgeon fishery may need to be curtailed. Intensive efforts will be made to <br />contact sturgeon fishers and to provide them with regular information about our study of pallid <br />sturgeon and sturgeon chub. Regular workshops, educational programs, and news releases will <br />be directed to local news media to keep the general public informed about our studies and <br />findings. <br />We plan to build on the ideas developed by Sheehan, et al. (1999) to produce field <br />identification aids for anglers. As data become available we will also provide recommendations <br />for development of management plans. <br />ACCOMPLISHMENTS <br />An informational flyer was developed to alert anglers to the presence of radio tagged fish <br />in the population. These were distributed through the creel survey and by casual contacts with <br />anglers. Signs were printed to inform anglers about our activities and the presence of radio <br />tagged sturgeon in the Platte River and adjacent reaches of the Missouri River and these were <br />posted at all public access points along the lower Platte River. Both of these public relations <br />efforts are being coordinated with the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission. Presentations of <br />preliminary results have been given at the Nebraska Chapter American Fisheries Society meeting <br />in Chamberlain, SD and at the Missouri River Conference in South Sioux City, NE. <br />22 <br />