TN00198 LONGNOSE GAR LEPISOSTEUS OSSEUS
| Result | Management Action | ||
| Beneficial | Other management practices [specified in comments] | ||
| Adverse | Other management practices [specified in comments] | ||
| Existing | Other management practices [specified in comments] |
| References/Result | Reference Numbers |
| Adverse | 1244 |
| Beneficial | 1244 |
| Existing | 1244 |
Comments on Management Practices
EXISTING: 999(B)=HARVESTING PREDATORY SPECIES, SUCH AS BASS, TO REDUCE COMPETITION; IF GAME FISH ARE OVERPOPULATED, HARVESTING MORE OF THE OVERPOPULATED FISH MAY ALLOW FOR AN INCREASE IN THE SPECIES BY OPENING UP LIVING SPACE, SUGGESTED PREDATOR:PREY RATIO BETWEEN 1:3 AND 1:6; THIS RATIO INCLUDES IMMATURE PREY AS NON-PREDATOR *1244*. 999(A)=NOT YET PROVEN THAT REDUCTION OF SPECIES RESULTS IN IMPROVED HARVEST OF DESIRABLE SPECIES; REDUCING GARS WITHOUT ALLOWING FOR BASS TO FILL THE VOID MAY RESULT IN CROWDING ON NON-PREDATORY SPECIES *1244*.