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Conservation Department 



The taking of carp in the spring after they have migrated up 

 the creeks and over the flooded lowlands has great ])ossibilities well 

 known to many a farmer and it should not be overlooked in any 

 program for carp control. 



Lake Neatahwanta was the object of special study because of 

 the many carp reported living there. A survey around the entire 

 shore revealed no place where a large seine could be operated with- 



Foul east of Fulton, showing an excellent region for trap net 



out the removal of dense beds of flora and submerged obstacles, 

 or the lowering of the water level in the lake. 



Marketing of Carp. — This problem received unavoidably a 

 minor portion of our time. The seven days of actual commercial 

 seining on Oneida lake netted 8,219 pounds of carp. Through the 

 cooperation of Mr. Bert Winn, the local dealer, we were able to 

 get detailed information concerning the cost of packing, trans- 

 porting the fish from our net to the shipping point and the sale 

 of these fish in New York City. 



Based on the present demand, carp properly packed bring from 

 nine to eleven cents per pound net at tlie shipping point as a flat 

 season's rate in amounts not exceeding 150 tons per week. By 

 selling net the only cost to the dealer is his labor and cost of trans- 

 portation, an average expenditure of $2.50 per one hundred pounds 

 of fish. Local markets will take up to five tons of live carp per 

 week at a price considerably above that of the New York market. 



The carp at present is much in favor as a food fish by the 

 Hebrew and Italian trade. By ])roper treatment it should have 

 a more general use. AVhen smoked it rivals the mackerel ; used 

 with bacon it makes an excellent stock for fish chowder and by 

 a treatment with alum and vinegar its red flesh resembles that 

 of salmon. 



