Research
Meaningful work to improve angling
Research provides a proactive approach in managing, sustaining and enhancing the fisheries in our lakes, rivers and streams. SVSFE has taken on the initiative to pursue projects to understand and cooperatively help manage our fisheries with local fisheries managers and partners. Many projects require continual or rotational surveys to validate results and to obtain a better understanding of the state of the fishery. Some examples include; spawn assessments, fish population & lake surveys, recruitment surveys, maintenance programs and lake exploration for fish introductions. In the end, decisions are based on assessment results which lead to quality management decisions. To summarize theses activities, reviews, final reports and general notices/articles are created in order to share the information with users. Below is a list of various media of these activities plus other initiatives the group has undertaken. In addition there are reports from other organizations/agencies have completed or partnered on in the area.
1. SVSFE Summaries/Newsletters (24)
- 2019 SVSFE Spring Newsletter (31)
- 2014 Beaver Lake Walleye Spawning Shoal Creation Project RFCPP Prj 00837 (15)
- 2011 Projects planned for the Duck Mountains (14)
- 2015 Integrated Fisheries Assessments & Initiatives Summary of Summaries FWEF Prj 15-004 (13)
- 2017 SVSFE Projects Newsletter – July (11)
- 2012 SVSFE Projects Newsletter – June (11)
3. SVSFE Enhancement (35)
- 2017 West Wastjask Lake Musky Introduction – Intermediate Report FWEF Prj 16-019 (33)
- 2018 Glad Lake Pike Transfer (27)
- 2018 Depth Mapping of Local Lakes (21)
- 2019 Beautiful Lake Walleye Transfer (20)
- 2019 Whitefish Lake Spawn Assessment (20)
- 2019 Glad Lake Maintenance Program – Pike Transfer & Stocked Trout Assessment (16)
4. SVSFE Education (22)
- 2015 Integrated Fisheries Assessments & Initiatives Summary of Summaries FWEF Prj 15-004 (13)
- 2018 Online Angler Survey (11)
- 2018 SVSFE Fish Camp (11)
- 2016 Beautiful Lake Transfer Project (11)
- 2018 Whitefish Lake End of Spring Trap Netting Survey & Enhancement/Monitoring of Walleye Spawning Habitat (10)
- 2012 Integrated Fisheries Assessments Phase Two – 10. Adult Walleye Transfer and Public Awareness FEF Prj 11-035 (9)
MB Department of Mines and Natural Resources (8)
- Investigations on Certain Waters in the Duck Mountains (McLoed, 1942) (18)
- An Investigation of Certain Waters in the Porcupine Mountains – Armit Lake (Haye, 1952) (16)
- A Report on the Fishes of Childs Lake (Haye, 1951) (13)
- An Investigation of Certain Waters in the Porcupine Mountains – Pickerel Lake (Haye, 1952) (13)
- An Investigation of Certain Waters in the Porcupine Mountains – Whitefish Lake (Haye, 1952) (11)
- An Investigation of Certain Waters in the Porcupine Mountains – Bell Lake (Haye, 1952) (9)
Other (5)
- Manitoba Fish Habitat Inventory: Garland River, South Garland Creek, North Duck River, Sclater River, and Pine River Watersheds (Schneider, 1995) (18)
- Gull Lake – About Fishes and Fishing (Harvey House, 1972) (14)
- Wellman Lake Bathymetric, Seine Netting, Water Quality, and Invertebrate Surveys (UCN, 2008) (14)
- Stream Analysis and Fish Habitat Design – A Field Manual (Newbury, 1993) (13)
- 2009 Whitefish Lake Tributaries Fish and Habitat Survey FEF Prj 09-023 (12)
University of Manitoba (16)
- Angler harvest and other causes of mortality of stocked salmonids in lakes in the Duck Mountain Provincial Park, MB (Matkowski, 1984) (11)
- Seasonal Growth Rates within a Population of Walleye, in West Blue Lake, MB (Glenn, 1969) (9)
- An Evaluation of a Coulter Counter Method for the Determination of Primary Productivity, and an Assessment of Seasonal Phytoplankton Biomass and Species Composition at West Blue Lake, MB (Cliff, 1972) (9)
- The utilization of organic acids by planktonic heterotrophs in West Blue Lake, MB (Hendzel, 1972) (9)
- Growth, feeding and distribution of of yellow perch fry during their first summer in West Blue Lake, MB (Wong, 1972) (9)
- Diel movement of walleye in West Blue Lake, MB as determined by ultrasonic tracking (Kelso, 1976) (9)