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Rela­ted HowStuffWorks Articles

• How Fisheries Work
• How Fish Stocking Works
• How Fish Ladders Work
• How River Trout Fishing Works
• How Top Water Bass Fishing Works
• 5 Ways to Fish Responsibly
• Do fish feel pain?
• What's depleting salmon populations?
• Is sport fishing bad for the environment?
• How can panfish populations benefit from anglers?
• How can fish bait spread disease?

More Great Links

• Take Me Fishing.org
• Fishing.com
• AMS Bowfishing, Resource for Fishing with a Bow and Arrow

Sources

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• Bury, R. Bruce. "Natural history, field ecology, conservation biology and wildlife management: time to connect the dots." Herpetological Conservation and Biology. September 27, 2006.
  http://www.herpconbio.org/volume_1/issue_1/Bury_2006.pdf
• Mann, Charles. "1491." The Atlantic Monthly. March 2002.
  http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200203/mann
• "Federal Aid in Sport Fish Restoration Act." Digest of Federal Resource Laws of Interest to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
• "NJ license and permit information." New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection.
  http://www.nj.gov/dep/fgw/licenses.htm
• "Population, housing units, area measurements, and density: 1790 to 1990." U.S. Census Bureau. August 27, 1993.
  http://www.census.gov/population/www/censusdata/files/table-2.pdf
• "So you found a tagged fish?" Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. Accessed November 13, 2008.
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• "Surcharge on fishing licenses will support rockfish research." Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife. May 11, 2007.
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• "The importance of fishing laws." Take Me Fishing.org. Accessed November 13, 2008.
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• "Wildlife and sport fish restoration program: program update." U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. September 2008.
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