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Chemicals in Game and Sportfish

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Chemicals in Game and Sportfish

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  1. Assignment: Compare the 1999 Sportfish Advisory to the current version and describe 10 changes that have been added to the new advisory in the past years. Include a few sentences for each of your 10 changes.IMPORTANT: Turn in your copy of the 1999 advisory for full credit. This is due Tuesday May 16th

  2. Chemicals in Game and Sportfish • http://www.health.state.ny.us/environmental/outdoors/fish/docs/fish.pdf • Link On Ecology Website

  3. NYS Fish • Identification and Natural History

  4. White Sturgeon Up to 12.5 feet!! Efforts underway to reintroduce to NYS Source of caviar

  5. Alewife Most smaller, up to 15 inches though Also called “sawbellies” or “mooneyes” Major food source for trout in most of the Finger lakes (not Skaneateles)

  6. American Eel Lives in fresh water, returns to sea to spawn Can move over land on moist humid nights, up to 4.5 feet in length

  7. Chinook Salmon (King) Up to 4 feet and more than 40 pounds Tail spotted on upper and lower lobes Black gums

  8. Coho Salmon FIN ID !!! The “silver” bullet salmon Up to 3 feet, slightly smaller than Chinook Spots on only the upper lobe of the tail, gums white

  9. Atlantic Salmon “X” shaped markings on body No spots on tail fin (caudal) Up to 4.5 feet Common in Skaneateles as the “landlocked” version

  10. Brook Trout Native in NYS Upper reaches of high oxygen streams Up to 18 inches

  11. Brown Trout Square tail Brown spots, with light circles surrounding the spots Tolerates warmer water than other trout Up to 4 feet

  12. Rainbow Trout

  13. Red stripe, and lots of small black spots, especially on tail fin Native to western US Rainbow and Steelhead are same fish

  14. Lake Trout Pale spots, Deeply forked tail Hit hard by the sea lamprey Up to 30 lbs or more

  15. Northern Pike Submerged weed beds, major predator Up to 4.5 feet Pale spots

  16. Muskellunge Up to 6 ft and nearly 70 pounds! Dark blotches, and bars on sides of body Redish fins Ice fishing

  17. Chain Pickerel Black stripe through the eye, chain pattern on sides Most are 2-3 pounds, smaller than pike or musky

  18. Common Carp Exotic in U.S. Can live in stagnant water Cast nester Stirs up sediment

  19. Black Bullhead Grayish black or spotted chin barbels Bottom feeder Sharp single spines on fins

  20. Pumpkinseed Gill cover black, edged white on top and bottom and orange speck. Prefers cool shallow water with much plant life

  21. Bluegill Vertical stripes Dark blue spot on gill cover Thumbprint mark on posterior portions of dorsal and anal fins

  22. Largemouth Bass Dark horizontal bar, mouth extends beyond eye, not as good of a fighter when caught compared to smallmouth

  23. Rock Bass Red eye, black horizontal stripe on gill cover, light spots on rear dorsal fin

  24. Smallmouth Bass Mouth does not extend beyond the eye, vertical stripes, also called “bronzebacks”

  25. Walleye Large reflective eyes Double dorsal fin Large teeth Common in Oneida, Otisco, and other eutrophic shallow lakes.

  26. Yellow Perch Double dorsal fin, black vertical bars, orange fins (especially breeding season

  27. Channel Catfish • Characteristic muddy water fish • V-shaped tail • Large size

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