Lake Apopka Haul Seine Catch - 1966
Dublin Core
Title
Lake Apopka Haul Seine Catch - 1966
Alternative Title
Lake Apopka Seine Report
Subject
Lake Apopka (Fla.)
Fernandina Beach (Fla.)
Lakes--Florida
Water quality--Florida
Pollution--Florida
Fishing--Florida
Fish
Description
A report by the Florida Game and Freshwater Fish Commission detailing the results of an experimental seining of Lake Apopka in Florida. Seining was evaluated as a potential method of removing nutrients from the lake by capturing and removing large amounts of rough fish. This method proved both inefficient and economically inviable. The Commission investigated selling the rough fish captured for use as fertilizer, but were unable to capture amounts large enough to be economically feasible. The report also notes a massive increase in the gar population, and attributes this to the decline in the lake's health, as gar are able to fill an ecological niche that other fish cannot. The report ultimately concludes seining operations on Lake Apopka will be useless until pollution discharges into the lake are halted.
Source
Original typewritten report: binder 1966, Friends of Lake Apopka Archives, Ginn Museum, Oakland Nature Preserve, Oakland, Florida.
Date Created
ca. 1966-11-31
Is Format Of
Digital reproduction of original typewritten report, 1966.
Is Part Of
Binder 1966, Friends of Lake Apopka Archives, Ginn Museum, Oakland Nature Preserve, Oakland, Florida.
Friends of Lake Apopka Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Requires
Format
application/pdf
Extent
156 KB
Medium
6-page typewritten report
Language
eng
Type
Text
Coverage
Lake Apopka, Florida
Fernandina Beach, Florida
Accrual Method
Donation
Mediator
History Teacher
Geography Teacher
Science Teacher
Rights Holder
Copyright to this resource is held by the Friends of Lake Apopka and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.
Contributing Project
Curator
King, Joshua
Digital Collection
Source Repository
External Reference
"Learn About Your Watershed: Ocklawaha River Watershed." Florida's Water: Ours to Protect, Florida Department of Environmental Protection. Accessed June 12, 2015. http://www.protectingourwater.org/watersheds/map/ocklawaha/.
"About the FWC." Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. Accessed June 12, 2015. http://myfwc.com/about/.
Document Item Type Metadata
Original Format
6-page typewritten report
Collection
Citation
“Lake Apopka Haul Seine Catch - 1966,” RICHES, accessed November 6, 2024, https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/items/show/6454.