Professional Aquatic Research Software

JakeOmatic Version 2.42

This fish survey analysis program is designed for fishery professionals to analyze data typically gathered during routine surveys. Common analyses such as the generation of length frequency histograms, population estimates, biomass estimates, relative weight, and relative stock density are all provided. The program is modular, with each module capable of analyzing commonly acquired fishery data. The three primary functions of the program are to analyze:

  • Lake survey data (acquired with gill nets, electrofishing, traps, etc.)
  • Stream survey data (2 pass removal population estimation)
  • River/Lake survey data (mark-recapture population estimation)

​The installer will place the program and a support folder in your program files folder on your computer that contains a JakeOmatic Manual​.​​ This manual should be consulted for more details on the program.

JakeOmatic executable zip​

Note: this is a very large file. It could be slow to download depending upon your connection speed.

​​​​​​WaTSS Version 3.0

​​Inexpensive remote temperature loggers have been available for several decades, but interpreting the resulting data has been hampered by the lack of user-friendly software. My hope is that this program can serve as a developing platform to make common analyses of temperature data rea​dily available to managers and researchers alike.  This Water Temperature Summary Software currently calculates a raft of commonly used temperature metrics including average daily, weekly, monthly, and rolling average temperatures, as well as maximum temperatures, accumulated degree days, maximum weekly maximum temperature (MWMT) and maximum 30-day average temperature all over user specified ranges.  Filtered data can be exported in ASCII text format for import into other software for graphing purposes.  Please read the manual​ for more details.​

​​WaTSS executable zip​ (120 MB)​​

Fish Telemetry Analysis Program

This is companion software for Chapter 14 in the AFS book "Analysis and Interpretation of Freshwater Fisheries Data." This program performs three basic functions that are commonly used in the analysis of fish telemetry data.

  • Calculates the distance from fish locations to the nearest shoreline.
  • Determines if the distribution of fish locations are random (and provides a means to generate a distribution of the test statistic so that a P-value can be assessed).
  • Evaluates if habitat selection is occurring, and whether fish are selecting for habitat types in a similar fashion.
  • Calculates selection ratios for various habitat types.

The installer will place the program and a data folder on your computer that contains a manual. This manual should be consulted for more details on the program and its operation.

Fish Telemetry executable zip 

Note: This is a very large file. It could be slow to download depending upon your connection.

Fish Telemetry Chapter 14​ - (2007) Chapter 14 of the aforementioned "Analysis and Interpretation of Freshwater Fisheries Data."​​​

QStrap Version 3.1

Evaluating taxonomic relationships with microsatellite or AFLP non-diagnostic markers has generated a need for more complex analysis software to evaluate population structure with genotype data. One program that has seen increasing popularity for making these determinations is Program STRUCTURE.  While the program easily generates average admixture coefficients (q) to characterize levels of admixture, it does not provide confidence intervals around those values to yield insight into the precision of the estimated q. QStrap uses the estimated q values from STRUCTURE runs to bootstrap confidence intervals around admixture values. The installer will place the program and a support folder in your Program Files folder that contains a QStrap Manual. This manual should be consulted for details on the program and installation.​

QStrap executable zip​

Year-end Report Templates

For Aquatic Scientific Collector Permit Holders

Scientific collection permit holders are required to provide their data to CPW within 30 days of the expiration date of their permit, using one the CPW approved forms.

Template Instructions & Downloads

Please click on the appropriate files below to download a template for submitting your data to CPW. Detailed instructions are listed within each downloadable file. Data should be submitted as one separate Excel file per survey/collecting trip using one of the templates below. ​

Data received by CPW is uploaded to its aquatic database using automated software, which is designed to only read data off the templates provided below. Data submission made in the old JakeOmatic or any other file format will NOT be accepted.

Note: If you are using Internet Explorer, you may be prompted to enter a login/password to download the files below. Please hit cancel and the file should download. Alternately, you can right click and choose Save link as.

For Windows 7 Users:

  • LakePondReservoirSurvey.xlsx 
  • RiverSurvey.xlsx ​

For Windows XP and Mac Users:

  • LakePondReservoirSurvey.xlsx 
  • RiverSurvey.xlsx
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