Silver Redhorse - Current Management

Current Management

The current management for the Silver Redhorse (Moxostoma anisurum) is not important to most wildlife and fisheries biologists across the country. There is virtually no human impact on the species that can damage any amount of its presents in the lakes and river systems across the country. The species is known to help the lakes and river systems grow, and usually when a person sees a Silver Redhorse in a lake or river that indicates a healthy water system. The Silver Redhorse is mostly abundant in the southeastern river basins, but is threatened in the state of Arkansas, namely the Strawberry River. But although the species is threatened in that area, there is no indicator that can tell biologists the reason for its decline. An upside to the species survival is that it is not commercially or recreationally fished for through most the areas in which it inhabits. Plus there have been advances in the technology that can electrically enhance larval succession in the species. So there are no true threats to harm the species itself. Therefore the species can ultimately thrive in mostly every stage of its life. There is simply no match for this species in its environment, no real predators due to its large size(18–24 in), and no real threat towards its continued reproductive succession. This species seems to have everything to gain and nothing to lose according to its past survival rates and lengthy life span. There is no greater feeling than being able to live through the stages of life and never having to worry about survival being an issue.