MASSACHUSETTS (Cont. ) 



Statewide; began May 1950, continuing; Richard H. Stroud and Harold Bitzer, Project 



Leaders. 

 Address correspondence to: Richard H. Stroud, Phillips Wildlife Laboratory, Upton, 



Mass. 



7. Stream Investigations (FA: F-l-R). 



Primary purposes are to determine to what extent major stream systems may be 

 classed as trout or warm-water streams, what is the actual nature and extent 

 of the fishery they support, the extent of management improvements that can be 

 instituted to improve the trout fisheries. Virtually all trout being stocked are 

 marked (tagging as many as possible with Shetter-type jaw tag). A creel census 

 is operated. Sumnner fish population inventories are made with a shocker and 

 with chemicals. The findings are analyzed with respect for the objectives, and 

 recommendations are made. 



Statewide; began October 1951, planned for 5 years; $22,000. 



Address correspondence to: James W. MuUan, Phillips Wildlife Laboratory, Upton, 

 Mass. 



8. Pond Management Investigations (FA: F-3-R). 



Survey reports are being prepared with recommendations on 206 individual ponds 

 surveyed in 1951 and 1952. All material is collected to develop detailed manage- 

 ment programs for both cold and warm-water fishes. Chemical and physical data 

 of the waters and their basins, and biological data, particularly that of fish 

 samples (including scale samples) is being analyzed. Growth analysis of several 

 thousand fishes by the scale method is involved. 



Statewide; Phillips Wildlife Laboratory; began March 1952, to be completed 



December 1954; $9,000. 

 Address correspondence to: Richard H. Stroud, Phillips Wildlife Laobratory, Upton, 



Mass. 



University of Massachusetts 



1. Management of a Marginal Pond for Trout. 



The objective of this project is to experiment with various management procedures 

 to determine the methods to be used in obtaining the maximum in trout fishing 

 from a border line pond in the Connecticut River Valley. 



Sunderland, Hampshire County; indefinite; $200. 



Address correspondence to: R. E. Trippensee, Project Leader, Univ. of Masa, 

 Amherst, Mass. 



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