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Originally Posted by Marque
Math geek, I talked to a biologist doing a creel survey the other day that told me that LDWF has 7 gill nets placed through the estuary and that 5 of them are checked randomly each week. They fish retrieved are autopsied and documented. I had no idea they did that and didn't know if that buy was pulling my leg. Seems like a report generated from that kinda research would be a pretty useful to a lot of us. Was this guy messing with me? If not, is that something they publish or is it confidential?
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Yes they really do run gill nets in the area. I have seen them running them several times. In general they make a set and run the boat around to scare the fish into the net. I have not seen them leave out the nets. They also drag seines to sample baitfish, shrimp and crabs. It is hard to get a hold of the data they collect. During their creel surveys, they sometimes remove the otoliths from trout and redfish. The survey guys/gals in the white trucks are not enforcement officers (black trucks), they are friendly, interesting folks if you have time to talk to them.