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Reports & Publications
Each year our Fisheries Division biologists write several reports summarizing their findings on a variety of fishery management issues. The Introduction, Summary and/or Abstract for each of these published reports is located on the following reports. For more information, or a complete report, please contact the author, whose address is located with each report summary.
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Research and Management Reports
- 2017 Research and Management Report (PDF)
- 2016 Research and Management Report (PDF)
- 2015 Research and Management Report (PDF)
- 2014 Research and Management Report (PDF)
- 2013 Research and Management Report (PDF)
- 2012 Research and Management Report (PDF)
- Swan Lake Fisheries Management Report (PDF)
- Sebago Lake Management Plan (PDF)
- Crooked River Report and Management Plan (PDF)
Fisheries Technical Reports
2024
2023
2022
- Issue Profile: A Review of Temperature-based Fishing Restrictions (PDF)
- Developing Catch Indices for Rainbow Smelt Fry Outmigration on North Brook, Lily Bay Moosehead Lake (PDF)
- Use of a Picket Weir and Passive Integrated Transponder Tags to Assess the Landlocked Atlantic Salmon Spawning Run in the Crooked River, Maine 2022 (PDF)
2021
- An Investigation of Lake Whitefish Spawning and Early Life History in Northern Maine: Final Report 2021 (PDF)
- Summary of Inland Commercial Fisheries in Maine (PDF)
- Bald Mountain Pond Conservation of Endemic Arctic Charr - Update 2021 (PDF)
2020
- Experimental Brown Trout Stocking Program: Brown Trout Strain Field Comparisons (PDF)
- Age and Growth of Muskellunge in Glazier Lake (PDF)
- An Investigation of Lake Whitefish Spawning and Early Life History in the Allagash Watershed: Preliminary Results 2020 (PDF)
2019
- Beech Hill Pond Fishery Progress Report (PDF)
- The Shawmut Fishery: A comprehensive study of a once renowned brown trout water (PDF)
2018
- Experimental Brown Trout Stocking Program: Brown Trout Strain Hatchery Comparisons (PDF)
- Bald Mountain Pond Conservation of Endemic Arctic Charr (PDF)
- An Evaluation of Private Pond Stockings in Maine (2008-2016) (PDF)
- The Design and Operation of a Picket Weir to Sample Brook Trout and Landlocked Salmon in Tributaries to Moosehead Lake (PDF)
- Ross (Chemquasabamticook) Lake Sport Fishery Management (PDF)
- Chamberlain Lake, Round Pond, and Telos Lake Management (PDF)
- Scopan Lake Brook Trout and Landlocked Salmon Radio Telemetry Study (PDF)
2017
- Magalloway River Fishery Management (PDF)
- Observations of Angler Use in Northern Maine Lakes, 1996-2016 (PDF)
- Rapid River Fishery Management (PDF)
- Upper Dam Pool Fishery Management (PDF)
- Survival and Movement of Hatchery-Reared Fall Yearling Landlocked Salmon in two Northern Maine Streams (PDF)
2016
- Bald Mountain Pond Landlocked Arctic Charr Radio Telemetry Study (PDF)
- Survival and Movement of Fall Stocked Brown Trout in the Lower Saco River (PDF)
- Determining Lake Trout Spawning Area at Tunk Lake (PDF)
- Current Status of Lake Whitefish (PDF)
2015
- Contributions of Fall/Stocked Brown Trout to Winter Fisheries (PDF)
- Trends in Abundance and Size Quality of Stream-Dwelling Brook Trout in Maine, 1990 - 2014 (PDF)
2014
- Sebago Lake Management Report (PDF)
- Habitat Variables Influencing the Return of Hatchery-Reared Fall-Yearling Brook Trout in Maine Waters (PDF)
- Fishery Management Plan for the Upper Androscoggin (PDF)
- Little Moxie Pond Fishery Report (PDF)
- Magalloway River Fishery Management (PDF)
- Mooselookmeguntic Lake Fishery Management (PDF)
- Rapid River Fishery Management (PDF)
- Richardson Lakes Fishery Management (PDF)
- Upper Dam Pool Fishery Management (PDF)
2013
2012
2011
- Rapid River Fishery Management (PDF)
- Magalloway River Fishery Management (PDF)
- Richardson Lakes Fishery Management (PDF)
2009
- Sandy River Restoration Project (PDF)
- Soft Plastic Lures Report (PDF)
- Rangeley Lake Fishery Management (PDF)
2008
- Status of Western Maine Stream Restoration Projects (PDF)
- Mooselookmeguntic Lake Fishery Management (PDF)
- Rapid River Fishery Management (PDF)
- South Bog Stream Restoration (PDF)