Fish community assessment and inventory of SARA-listed fishes in Point Pelee National Park, Ontario, 2021 / by Jason Barnucz, Robin C. Gáspárdy, Julia E. Colm, and D. Andrew R. Drake.: Fs97-13/1408E-PDF

"Point Pelee National Park (PPNP) contains several fish species listed under the Species at Risk Act (Lake Chubsucker [Erimyzon succetta]; Grass Pickerel [Esox americanus vermiculatus]; Spotted Gar [Lepisosteus oculatus]; Warmouth [Lepomis gulosus]; Channel Darter [Percina copelandi]), but fish community sampling has occurred infrequently. In August 2021, Fisheries and Oceans Canada conducted fish community sampling in Girardin Pond, Lake Pond, and Redhead Pond to evaluate the composition of the fish community. Fyke net sampling in Girardin and Redhead Pond included 24 net sets across 24 sampling locations with total soak time of 495 hours. Bag seine sampling in Lake Pond included seven sampling locations with total effort of 21 seine hauls. Fyke net catches totaled 333 fishes representing 14 species with Warmouth (n=107), Pumpkinseed (Lepomis gibbosus; n=82), young of year Lepomis sp. (n=56), Bluegill (Lepomis macrochirus, n=52), and Golden Shiner (Notemigonus crysoleucas, n=13) being the most abundant species. Bag seine catches totaled 413 fishes representing 14 species with young of year Lepomis sp. (n=107), Yellow Perch (Perca flavescens, n=91), Tubenose Goby (Proterorhinus semilunaris, n=84), Bluegill (n=45) and Largemouth Bass (Micropterus salmoides, n=24) being the most abundant species. Altogether, a total of 109 Warmouth, one Spotted Gar, two Grass Pickerel, and two Lake Chubsucker were captured"--Abstract, page vi.

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