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Continuing Education |
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The fall continuing
education workshop entitled “Validation of walleye ages using
known-age fin rays” has been scheduled for September 22, 2009 at
Prairie Creek Reservoir near Muncie, IN. The instructor will be Mark
Mylchreest of the Michigan DNR, who will share research and
techniques presented at the 2009 Michigan AFS Meeting. This hands on
workshop will describe methods for the collection, preparation, and
reading of walleye fin rays. Previous work conducted by Michigan DNR
on known-age walleye fin rays was used to determine aging accuracy
between readers. The purposes of this effort were to investigate
growth patterns that may occur in natural settings, create a catalog
of known-age fish aging structures to use as a staff tutorial and
support the use of walleye fin rays as a method to determine ages of
wild fish. It was found that experience may have a bearing on aging
accuracy and appears that both more experienced readers and readers
with advanced training may have a higher degree of consistency and
accuracy when aging walleye fin rays. The course will be limited to
30 people.
To register for this Continuing Education course visit the Fall Business Meeting page. If you have questions about the continuing education committee please contact Sandy Clark-Kolaks. |