RALEIGH, N.C. — June 4, 2014 — The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission recently received the 2013 Sport Fish Restoration Outstanding Project award in the category of Research and Surveys, for its evaluation of fish attractors.
Mike Stone, president-elect of the American Fisheries Society Administration Section, presented a commemorative plaque to Jessica Baumann, the Commission's fisheries biologist who oversaw the fish attractor study, at the Commission's May business meeting in Raleigh.
Baumann's research project was entitled "Using the DIDSON to Evaluate the Effectiveness of Different Fish Attractors in Turbid Reservoirs." She worked with other Wildlife Commission staff to evaluate the effectiveness of four different types of fish attractors – both natural and artificial – to assess how well they congregated fish and how well they held up over a three-year period.
"Sport Fish Restoration Outstanding Project awards are given annually to recognize excellence in fisheries management, research and education," said Mike Stone. "We selected the Commission's project for this award from a field of strong contenders nationwide."
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