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tenure of its natural habitat. Carp have been found most numer- 

 ous in places where such natural fish grounds exist. It is essential 

 that this domination of these regions by carp be removed. 



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-= = Rope 

 = Corks 

 - = Leads 

 Chain 



Large seine for lake seining 



Netting of Carp. — The seining method has proved most suc- 

 cessful in Oneida lake. A sixteen hundred foot seine fishing seven 

 feet at the ends and at least twelve near the bag, will in the hands 

 of an experienced seiner assisted by three men, work very satis- 

 factorily on grounds free of submerged obstacles or dense 

 vegetation. In the canal this type of netting is not satisfactory 

 because carp do not school in large numbers, muddy conditions of 

 the w^ater make it difficult to detect a carp roil, possible seining 

 grounds are very rare, much labor is required to prepare these 

 grounds for seining, they are covered with great masses of flora and 

 the suction produced by passing tankers exposes the net to frequent 

 danger of being drawn into the propeller. A five hundred foot 

 seine fishing six feet is valuable for shutting off setbacks, flood 

 channels and small creeks. A type of channel seining has been 

 suggested, but with the interruptions caused by passing boats and 

 the scattered condition of the carp it would not prove profitable. 



The use of a net that will fish twenty-four hours a day, so placed 

 as to catch the fisli working along the shore, is the most practical 

 method of taking large numbers of carp in the canal. Pound nets 

 will catch carp but they are expensive and require the attention of 

 several men. The ti'ap net is more satisfactory, being inexpensive, 

 easily set and tended by two men, and if properlj^ laid out catches 

 carp. A seven-foot trap net with a tunnel opening twelve inches 



