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General Considerations of Carp Control. — Future control 

 methods should be directed toward the reduction in the numbers 

 of carp wherever they are very abundant so that they will not 

 dominate the natural habitats of game fish. In the lakes this can 

 best be accomplished with large seines. In the canal where the 

 carp are more dispersed the trap net and small seine will work to 

 advantage. The method of netting during the spring migration 

 must be selected to suit any one of a variety of situations. The 

 importance of this phase of carp seining should not be under 

 estimated especially in the canal. 



A previously unattached stage in the life cycle of the carp has 

 been its egg. With the millions of spawn deposited yearly, dur- 

 ing May and June, along the borders of the lakes and canals and 

 attached to easily identified pondweeds, it would be a simple 

 matter for untrained labor to patrol the shores in a small boat 

 and destroy large numbers of eggs. This method of attack should 

 occupy at least a minor place in the general plan of carp control. 



