Below are files that were used in the 2014 Catfish Aging Workshop that was sponsored by the Catfish Management Technical Committee.  The workshop was held at the 2014 SD AFS meeting in Charleston, SC.

 

Collecting fish:

Collecting fish for aging (Bob Greenlee).ppt (click to download)

Low-frequency electrofishing video.flv (click to download)

 

Preparing structures:

Otoliths:

Otolith removal and center slide mount/grinding (Dave Buckmeier).pptx (click to download)

• Otolith Removal Handout.doc (click to download)
• Otolith Processing Handout.doc (click to download)
• Supply List Handout.doc (click to download)

Otolith slide mount/grinding on edge of slide (Catherine Lim).pptx (click to download)

Otolith thin slice (Isomet saw) method (Chad Holbrook).pptx (click to download)

Spines:

Basal cut method (Scott Lamprecht).pptx (click to download)

Double-cut method from triggerfish project (Elisabeth Laban).pptx (click to download)

 

Interpreting ages from structures:

Otolith annulus interpretation (Dave Buckmeier).pptx (click to download)

Annulus interpretation handout.doc (click to download)

Age data for video files.xlsx (click to download)

            ABCC201.mov (click to download)

            AUCC100.mov (click to download)

            AUCC106.mov (click to download)

            AUCC779.mov (click to download)

            AUCC1001.mov (click to download)

            HOHBC002.mov (click to download)

            HOHBC027.mov (click to download)

            UVCC003.mov (click to dowload)

            UVCC015.mov (click to download)

            UVCC024.mov (click to download)

            UVCC039.mov (click to download)