Development and Application of the Oklahoma Stream Fisheries Management Information System

Ellen C. Tejan and William L. Fisher
OK Coop Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, 404 Life Sciences West, OK State University, Stillwater, OK 74078, 405-744-6342, tejan@okstate.edu

The Oklahoma Stream Fisheries Management Information System is a compilation of available stream fisheries data into a GIS database to be used as a decision making tool by stream fisheries biologists. Focusing on eastern Oklahoma, it will contain data on stream fish sampling, stream flow, instream habitat data, and land use data. This database can be broken down into two parts: a spatial database and an attribute database. The spatial database includes coverages of streams, fish sampling sites and watershed characteristics, such as surficial geology and land use; while the attribute database contains non-spatial data such as fish keys and species indexes and attributes to spatial datasets including fish collection data and stream flow data. Upon completion, the Oklahoma Stream Fisheries Management Information System will provide information to address management issues about fisheries in eastern Oklahoma.