In addition to monitoring sportfish communities through annual surveys, TWRA sponsor's research aimed at answering specific questions about our fisheries management. Recent reservoir studies have investigated factors affecting sportfish spawning and survival, competition potential, stocking success, and evaluated harvest restrictions. Some studies are conducted in-house, but most studies are contracted to universities where students are able to use the data to obtain graduate degrees in fisheries science. Results are often published in some of the most prestigious journals of the fisheries profession.

Recent Research

Listed below are the results of some recent reservoir research. Click on a title to view the Executive Summary

Statewide Sauger Recruitment Study (Tennessee Tech Univ. 1998)

Normandy Water Level Study (Tennessee Tech Univ. 1998)

Norris Lake Striped Bass Study (Mississippi State Univ. 1999)

Statewide Crappie Population Studies (Tennessee Tech Univ. 2000)

Statewide Walleye Recruitment Study (Tennessee Tech Univ. 2001)

Florida Bass Genetic Enhancement Studies (TWRA Ongoing)

Recruitment Variability, Status of Largemouth Bass Populations, and Stocking Efficacy in Tennessee River Impoundments. (Tennessee Tech Univ. 2003)