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- Title
Efficiency of Northern pike (Esox lucius) stocking in metropolitan France at large spatial and temporal scales.
- Authors
Guillerault, Nicolas; Loot, Géraldine; Blanchet, Simon; Millet, Paul; Musseau, Camille; Cucherousset, Julien; Santoul, Frédéric
- Abstract
Stocking and electrofishing occurrence and abundance data for northern pike Esoxlucius L. in >3800 km of French rivers across 7 years were compared to assess the effect of recreational fisheries stocking programmes on wild pike populations. A positive relationship was found between the additive effect of stocking and the size of the stocked pike. However, the stocking programmes implemented in France by recreational fishery managers from 2008 to 2013 increased the probability of pike occurring in the river network, without increasing abundance in well‐established pike populations, because pike stocked in their early‐life stages were used in most of the stocking programmes.
- Subjects
FRANCE; FISH populations; FISHERIES
- Publication
Fisheries Management & Ecology, 2021, Vol 28, Issue 5, p486
- ISSN
0969-997X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/fme.12494