PADDLEFISH FOLLOW-UP, 2: Improving habitat for 
paddlefish proves good for other fish ... ahead on 
Passport to Texas

This is Passport to Texas

The batteries in the radio transmitters used to track 47 
paddlefish reintroduced to Caddo Lake more than a year 
ago are fading. 

06 -- We're still tracking some paddlefish, but we know this is 
about the time we're not going to be able to track 'em anymore.

Native to Caddo, paddlefish disappeared following 
construction of a dam upstream at Lake of the Pines in 
the late 1950s.

Tim Bister, with Inland Fisheries, says early data suggest 
changes TPW and partners made to simulate natural river 
flows and spawning habitat, kept the rare fish in the Big 
Cyprus Bayou and Caddo Lake system. 

21 -- Having the opportunity to restore a native fish into the 
system, is certainly a good idea. But, to tie it into more of these 
natural river flows, and the idea that not just paddlefish -- but 
many other species -- need natural river flows and appropriate 
spawning habitat, it's going to benefit those things for rivers in 
Texas.

Bister says while they'll continue monitoring paddlefish, 
the ongoing work is more expansive. 

12 -- We will always be trying to do something in the Big Cyprus 
Bayou / Caddo Lake system to maintain quality river flow and 
quality habitat, and to monitor the fish populations.

The WSFR Program supports our series.

For Texas Parks and Wildlife ... I'm Cecilia Nasti.






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