Friday, 8 March 2013

Stocking Florida Bass Could Alter Interconnected Streams

Waco, TX (SPX) Mar 08, 2013



A genetic analysis by Baylor University biologists suggests that the stocking of Florida bass in Texas reservoirs impacts bass populations far beyond the actual stocking location.

The native largemouth bass has a long and nearly continuous stocking history in Texas. However, the Florida bass is widely considered a better sport fish because it grows to a greater size. Subsequently, stocking...