Percid Community Synthesis

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• Impacts of Introductions and Removals on Ontario Percid Communities
  

  
  1996. Krishka, B. A., R. F. Cholmondeley, A. J. Dextrase, and P. J. Colby. Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources.
  Summary: The impacts of several introduced species of fish, invertebrates and plants, and the removal or ‘control’ of several fish species on percid communities and associated management implications are reviewed. Recommendations on the introductions or removals with respect to percid communities are offered.
  Document: Impacts of Introductions and Removals on Ontario Percid Communities (PDF, 1 MB, 116 p.)

• Regional Summaries of Walleye Life History Information Based on Ontario’s Fall Walleye Index Netting (FWIN) Program, 1993 to 2001
  

  
  2003. Morgan, G. E., M. D. Malette, R. S. Kushneriuk, and S. E. Mann. Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources.
  Summary: This report presents regional summaries of life history characteristics of walleye populations from 390 Ontario lakes and large rivers.  These waterbodies wee sampled between 1993 and 2001 using the fall walleye index netting (FWIN) standard.
  Document: Regional Summaries of Walleye Life History Information Based on Ontario’s Fall Walleye Index Netting (FWIN) Program, 1993 to 2001 (PDF, 277 KB, 17 p.)

• Regulatory Control of Walleye Sport Fisheries in Ontario
  

  
  2000. Rietveld, H. J., E. W. Armstrong, D. A. Baccante, R. M. Korver, R. Leith, R. A. S. Mathers, T. E. Mosindy, D. M. Reid, B. J. Ritchie, J. Seyler and R. L. Wepruk. Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources.
  Summary: This report describes the response of walleye dominated fish communities to angling exploitation and examine several techniques used by fisheries management agencies to control exploitation.  It recommends a review of the current regulatory structure with a view to simplifying and rationalizing and eliminating regulations which have been shown to be ineffective.
  Document: Regulatory Control of Walleye Sport Fisheries in Ontario (PDF, 438 KB, 72 p.)

• Strategies for Managing Walleye in Ontario
  

  
  2004. Kerr, S. J., A. J. Dextrase, N. P. Lester, C. A. Lewis and H. J. Rietveld. Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources.
  Summary: This report consolidates findings and recommendations of various Percid Community Synthesis working groups and provides a summary of current knowledge of walleye and the fisheries they sustain. Recommendations for future walleye management in Ontario are included.
  Document: Strategies for Managing Walleye in Ontario (PDF, 387 KB, 35 p.)

• Walleye Stocking as a Management Tool
  

  
  1996. S. J. Kerr, B. W. Corbett, D. D. Flowers, D. Fluri, P. E. Ihssen, B. A. Potter and D. E. Seip. Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources.
  Summary: This report summarizes the deliberations of the walleye stocking working group of the provincial Percid Community Synthesis exercise. A total of forty-eight recommendations are made with regard to walleye stocking in Ontario. A walleye stocking decision tree is also presented.
  Document: Walleye Stocking as a Management Tool (PDF, 1 MB, 88 p.)

• Walleye Habitat: A Synthesis of Current Knowledge with Guidelines for Conservation
  

  
  1997. S. J. Kerr, B. W. Corbett, D. Kinsman, J. H. Leach, D. Puddister, L. Stanfield, N. Ward, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources. N. J. Hutchinson, Ministry of Environment and Energy.
  Summary: A review and comparison of the preferred habitat requirements of walleye at various life history stages. The potential impacts of several common activities on walleye habitat are examined and various mitigative strategies are identified. Based on a review of more than 400 field projects, the authors offer guidelines for the protection, rehabilitation and creation of walleye habitat.
  Document: Walleye Habitat: A Synthesis of Current Knowledge with Guidelines for Conservation (PDF, 268 KB, 98 p.)