OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of North American Journal of Fisheries Management is 3. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
The return of the adult Pacific Lamprey offspring from translocations to the Columbia River	22
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Methodological factors affecting capture of juvenile salmon in baited “minnow” traps	17
Population demographics and angler exploitation of Suwannee Bass in two Georgia rivers	17
Patterns in distribution and density of larval lampreys in the main-stem Columbia River, Washington–Oregon	15
Synthesis of larval lamprey responses to dewatering: State of the science, critical uncertainties, and management implications	14
Effects of Muskellunge stocking length on survival and return on investment to the adult population	13
Restoring connectivity: A comparative analysis of culvert barrier remediation techniques in British Columbia	12
Life Cycle Model Reveals Sensitive Life Stages and Evaluates Recovery Options for a Dwindling Pacific Salmon Population	11
Biological considerations for designing a Round Goby electrical barrier for Menasha Lock, Wisconsin	11
Rapid, in situ habitat assessments reinforce species-specific patterns of habitat use among juveniles of three recreationally important finfish in Texas	11
Size-selective, additive harvest mortality of Smallmouth Bass in a Missouri River reservoir	10
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Transplantation of prespawn adult Sea Lampreys as an important restoration strategy	10
Usefulness of Otolith Weight for Estimating Age-Based Life History Metrics of Lake Trout	9
Social Fish-Tancing in Wisconsin: The Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Statewide License Sales and Fishing Effort in Northern Inland Lakes	9
Origins of stocked and wild Chinook Salmon in sport fisheries suggest extensive interjurisdictional movement and natural reproduction in Lakes Michigan and Huron	9
Genetic swamping of endemic Neosho Bass by nonnative Smallmouth Bass in the Illinois River basin, Oklahoma	8
Risky main stems are a poorly understood constraint on salmon recovery in coastal California rivers	8
Bycatch in a Coastal Black Drum Trotline Fishery	8
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Angling effort and economic value of black bass fisheries on two Alabama rivers	8
Genetic predictors of population resilience: A case study of native Brook Trout in headwater streams	8
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Assessment of pulsed gastric lavage for diet sampling in two New World cichlid taxa	8
Do conservation actions improve native fish populations? Differences between managed and unmanaged reaches of a desert river give insight	8
Lampreys in California (Lampetra spp. and Entosphenus spp.): Mitochondrial phylogenetic analysis reveals previously unrecognized lamprey diversity	8
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Proposed standard weight (W s) equation and standard length categories for Goldeye	8
Random versus self-selected samples of Arkansas anglers: An empirical comparison	7
Movement, not survival, differs between wild and hatchery-reared imperiled desert fishes	7
Evidence for extirpation of native kokanee in a large impounded watershed following introduction of a conspecific	7
Smallmouth Bass and Walleye predation on stocked age-0 Walleye in Lake Oahe, South Dakota	7
Catch-and-Release Angling Effects on Lake Sturgeon in Wisconsin, USA	7
Impacts of angler skill and hook size on catch and welfare outcomes in freshwater recreational pole fishing	7
Postrelease movements of captive-reared adult Atlantic Salmon in two Maine rivers	7
Route use of emigrating steelhead in a heavily modified river delta	6
Saugeye (Sauger × Walleye) are naturally fertile and produce large quantities of gametes yielding viable larvae in fertilization experiments with congenerics	6
Estimating the power of a standardized monitoring program for sport fish in Georgia, USA	6
Effects of live-imaging sonar on Blue Catfish angler success, perception, and behavior	6
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Trends in relative survival of hatchery-reared Chinook Salmon stocked in Lake Michigan and Lake Huron	6
Combination of Acoustic Telemetry and Side-Scan Sonar Advances Suppression Efforts for Invasive Lake Trout in a Submontane Lake	6
Expanding participation in Virginia’s emerging commercial fishery for Blue Catfish	6
Cost-effectiveness of stocking community ponds with two different sizes of hatchery catchable Rainbow Trout	6
Adult Coho Salmon use of restored side channel habitat	6
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Yellow Perch length estimated from filleted, head, and mandible length measurements	6
Increased density of Bluehead Sucker larvae decreases critical thermal maximum	6
Attracting Lake Sturgeon back to a historical spawning location following a 20-year hiatus using effluent from tanks holding gravid broodstock	6
Flow–recruitment relationships for Shoal Chub and implications for managing environmental flows	6
Do live-well additives influence the physiological and behavioral recovery of Largemouth Bass?	6
Handling effects on dispersal of PIT-tagged Flannelmouth Sucker	6
Status and trends of black bass fisheries in Wisconsin: Regulation (in)effectiveness?	5
Regional Variation in Growth and Mortality of Spotted Seatrout in the Western Gulf of Mexico	5
Combining expert knowledge of a threatened trout distribution with sparse occupancy data for climate-related projection	5
Assessing the efficacy of a quantitative PCR screening procedure for detecting and quantifying the magnitude of invasive carp reproductive events	5
Seasonal and ontogenetic variation in Largemouth Bass diets across a gradient of Gizzard Shad abundance in Kansas small impoundments	5
Recruitment of Channel Catfish stocked as fingerlings and yearlings in Ohio reservoirs	5
Validating morphometrics as a nonlethal tool to determine Arctic Grayling sex	5
Using catch orientations to identify clusters of North Carolina trout anglers	5
Empirical and model-based evaluation of a step-pool stream restoration project: Consequences for a highly valued fish population	5
The Paddlefish stock component and its recreational bowfishery in the Fort Peck Dredge Cuts, Missouri River, Montana, USA	5
Evaluation of techniques for estimating the age and growth of known-age White Sturgeon	5
Evaluating hook removal techniques on jaw-hooked Smallmouth Bass captured with soft plastic jigs	5
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Evaluation of floating basket incubators for instream reintroductions of fish at early life stages	5
Power and precision of invasive carp ichthyoplankton sampling along an invasion front	5
Comparing conventional tagging methods and acoustic telemetry to inform management of Lake Whitefish in Lake Michigan	4
Silver Chub spawning confirmed in the Maumee River, a tributary of Lake Erie	4
Calcein and alizarin red S are safe and effective fluorochrome labels for marking Atlantic Sturgeon pectoral fin spines	4
Using otolith microchemistry to determine natal origin of Black Sea Bass off the coast of Maine	4
Population genomics of coastal Pacific Hake	4
Sport fish movement responses to a littoral zone coarse woody habitat addition	4

A comparison of recreational and survey-grade side-scan sonar systems in mapping reservoir fish habitat	4
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Economic evaluation of barriers to minimize reservoir sport fish escapement	4
Critical thermal minimum and impacts of acute thermal cold stress on year-class strength of juvenile Atlantic Croaker from the Gulf of Mexico	4
The spatial and seasonal patterns and stability of the Lake Whitefish fishery in Michigan waters of southern Lake Huron	4
Conserving genetic and morphological potential: Preserving larval fish for downstream analysis	4
Changes in the occurrence and abundance of Mountain Whitefish in the upper Snake River basin of Idaho	4
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Characteristics of four Blue Catfish fisheries with implications for harvest management	4
Maxims for responsible and sustainable black bass management and conservation	4
Passage Efficiency of Alewife in a Denil Fishway Using Passive Integrated Transponder Tags	4
Temporal Variation in Capture Efficiency Underrepresents Spring Out-Migrating Bull Trout in a Trap-and-Haul Program	4
Big Catch, Undecided Risks: Perspectives of Risk, Reward, and Trade-Offs in Alaska's Salmon Enhancement Program	4
A species-specific catchability model to partition hydroacoustic total salmon counts	4
Using multi-state occupancy models to quantify distribution and detection of endemic Bartram’s Bass and congeners	4
Population demographics of invasive Silver Carp in a Great Plains river network	4
Mark–recapture surveys affect nest site fidelity but not reproductive timing of male Smallmouth Bass	4
Laboratory studies of potential competition for food and substrate among early juvenile Missouri River sturgeon and sympatric chub species	4
Hatchery rearing density affects poststocking survival	4
An agency–angler cooperative tagging program improves management of Alligator Gar in the Trinity River, Texas	4
Vulnerability to angling and survival of Smallmouth Bass in a northern Wisconsin lake	4
Dorsal fin height is not an effective tool to distinguish hatchery and wild steelhead in the field	4
Effect of Bag Limits on Angler Harvest, Catch Rates, and Satisfaction at Put-and-Take Community Pond Fisheries	4
Survival of Brown Trout following atmospheric and snow exposure during winter	4
Standard weight equation and standard-length categories for Flier	4
Evidence for a male bias in Atlantic blue crab pot-based sampling	3
Angler characteristics and temporal trends in live baitfish use and release: The case of Ontario, Canada	3
First-year movement and survival of stocked Striped Bass in a coastal system inferred from individually marked fish	3
Improving Abundance Estimates of Spring–Summer Snake River Chinook Salmon for Fisheries Management	3
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Trophic assessment of potential competition between invasive cichlids and sport fish in Puerto Rico reservoirs	3
Habitat use and diet overlap of Blue Catfish and Channel Catfish populations in two northeastern Kansas reservoirs	3
Using cumulative degree-days to refine sampling periods for early life stages of Lake Whitefish	3
Leveraging statistical models to improve preseason forecasting and in-season management of a recreational fishery	3
Proposed Standard Weight (W s) Equations and Standard Length Categories for Redbreast Sunfish and Spotted Sunfish	3
Performance and cost advantage of stocking locally sourced Walleye fry into southern Minnesota lakes	3
Low-level infection of parasitic copepods on Rainbow Trout does not affect vulnerability to angling or short-term survival following catch-and-release angling	3
Estimating mortality of Lake Sturgeon in the Lake Winnebago system using traditional age-based approaches and capture–recapture models	3
Short-term survival and growth of American Eel elvers marked with visible implant elastomer tags	3
Lake Trout population dynamics in the Northern Refuge of Lake Michigan: Importance of stocking rate	3
Biotic and Abiotic Factors Affecting Short-Term Survival of Two Age-0 Rainbow Trout Strains in Colorado Streams	3
A new, standardized international Pacific Rim baseline for genetic stock identification (GSI) of Chinook Salmon	3
Stream temperature rise and future stocked-trout management in North Carolina	3
Open-population models provide an alternative trout monitoring method in the upper Yellowstone River, Montana	3
Predation of stocked Rainbow Trout in an Alabama tailwater	3
History and ecology of wild-captured crawfish in Louisiana	3
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Simulated effects of imperfect sterile sport fish stocking on persistence of fertile fish in new exploited populations	3
Backpack electrofishing can be used to collect adult lamprey	3
Estimating predation rates of stocked juvenile Chinook Salmon using novel acoustic predation transmitters	3
Effects of stocking, environment, and fish community on Walleye recruitment in eastern South Dakota natural lakes	3
Comparisons of donor stray percentages between hatchery- and natural-origin Chinook Salmon and steelhead in the upper Columbia watershed	3
Food habits of nonnative Walleyes in Lake Pend Oreille, Idaho	3
Comparison and conversion of hydraulic patent tong and diver quadrat oyster sampling data on degraded and restored oyster reefs	3
Surfacing Response Thresholds of Blue Catfish Exposed to Low-Frequency Electrofishing	3
Old Reservoirs, Old and New Challenges: Introduction to the 2021 Reservoir Symposium	3
The creation and utility of a mobile application as a reporting tool in the charter for-hire fishery	3
Interspecific hybridization in a large-river population of Yellowstone Cutthroat Trout: A 20-year programmatic evaluation	3
Lake Trout population dynamics on Six Fathom Bank and Yankee Reef in Lake Huron, 1992–2023	3