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fish. They have gone into waters of a lesser mileage than indi- 

 cated above because many of these streams are intermittently 

 dry. Of the success of these ])lanting's, information runs short. 

 It may be assumed that some waters have received too many fish, 

 others too few. It could hardly be otherwise under ]n-evailing 

 metliods of distributing- tlie fish on a])i)lication of individuals and 

 clubs who ])laiit them often witliout exi)erience in handling fish 

 and without adequate knowledge of the ca|)aeity of the sti*eam 

 to absorb them. 



This survey undei'taken this summei* is an attempt to j)lace the 

 matter of fish distribution on a more iutelligent footing. To this 

 end the entire river system has been made the subject of scientific 



Fig. 1. — Shaded area is coverage included in the survey of the Genesee 

 River system. Area =^ 2446 sq. mi. 



study from sueli viewpoints as bear dii-ectly upon the development 

 of a stocking |)()liey and so far as ))ossible iiudusive of eonditions 

 that un(h'rlie and eontrol |)r()duction. Data (A|)p. 1) have been 

 collected on the eliaraeter and condition of the stream, the tem- 

 ])erat!ire, the food sn|)ply. tlic fish i)()i)uhd ion, pollutional coiuli- 

 tions and so on. These fads have been coi-i-ehded for use and 

 Form Ihe basis of ;i slocking pi'ograni. 



Allotments of Fish. — The numbei- of fish per uiih' oi- per aei-e 

 may still be i-egarded as disputable because of the ditfieulties 

 involved in interj)reting the nuniy complex factors surrounding 



