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Conservation Department 



X. CARP CONTROL STUDIES IN THE ERIE CANAL 



By p. H. Strvthers 

 Assistant Professor of Zoology, Syracuse University 



The carp control studies made during the past summer were 

 conducted on the Erie canal between Utica (Lock 20) and May's 

 Point (Lock 25), the Osweg'o canal, inlets and outlets of these 

 canals and the four closely associated lakes — Oneida, Onondaga, 

 Cross and Neatahwanta. This territory represents three hundred 

 miles of actual shore line, all of which was surveyed at least twice 

 during the three months of work. In order to collect accurate 

 data on so extensive a region, the members of the field unit lived 

 on a cabin cruiser, which also served as laboratory and transport 

 for the scientific and collecting equipment. 



The "Mildred," laboratory boat of Dr. P. H. Struthers, in the service of 

 carp control studies undertaken in the Barge Canal and Lake Oneida 



Following the investigations of 1927, nuide on Oneida lake, it 

 was thought advisable to devote the major portion of our time to 

 carp control studies in tlie adjacent Erie and Oswego canals with 

 a small time allotnu'iit to the continuation, in Oneida lake, of such 

 specific problems as, migration of carp, breeding habits, lake sein- 

 ing and the sale of cai-p. The underlying object of all these 

 studies being to furnish inroi-iiuition which will aid in the formu- 



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