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Tennessee Alligator Gar Restoration

Tennessee Alligator Gar Restoration. Alligator Gar Release Efforts Prior to Management Plan. July 1999 350 gar fingerlings released in Obion and Middle Fork Forked Deer Rivers August 1999 100 gar released in South Fork Forked Deer River

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Tennessee Alligator Gar Restoration

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  1. Tennessee Alligator Gar Restoration

  2. Alligator Gar Release Efforts Prior to Management Plan • July 1999 350 gar fingerlings released in Obion and Middle Fork Forked Deer Rivers • August 1999 100 gar released in South Fork Forked Deer River • July 2001 61 gar released in North Fork Forked Deer River and 61 released in Hatchie at Hwy 76

  3. Management Plan Development • Rob Todd, TWRA Fisheries, began plan in 2002 • Final Draft completed in 2005

  4. There were no Alligator Gar Available for Restoration in 2002, 2003, or 2004.

  5. Recent Restoration Efforts • August 2005 13 gar 6-13” released in Hatchie River at Pocahontas, Hardeman County • June 2006 1145 gar fingerlings released in upper Obion River, Obion County • July 2006 1044 gar 8-22” released in Cold Creek and Open Lake, Lauderdale County

  6. Restoration Efforts Cont. • July 2006 1075 gar 8-22” released in Hatchie River at Pocahontas, Cox’s Bridge, Hornsby, Bolivar, and Hwy 100 in Hardeman County • July 2006 96 gar 9-18” reared at Warm Springs National Fish Hatchery released in Hatchie River Pocahontas, Hardeman County

  7. ObionRiver OpenLake ColdCreek Hwy64 Hornsby Hwy100 Cox’sBridge Pocahontas

  8. Alligator Gar were brooded at Pvt. John Allen National Fish Hatchery in Tupelo. Gar were marked with Binary Coded wire. Observation: Separate Gar by size at different release sites due to predation of smaller gar by larger gar

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