NEW YORK (Cont. ) 



21. Public Fishing Rights and Reconnaissance (FA: FW-46-C-5). 



Preliminary work of developing projects in acquisitions of public fishing rights on 

 streams and public access points on lakes is carried on. Several acquisition 

 projects are pending. 



Statewide; began June 1952, to be completed March 1955; $7, 683. 60; W. A. Flick, 

 Project Leader; mimeographed monthly reports available. 



Conservation Department and Cornell University 



1. Studies of Rainbow Trout: Survival, Strains, and Management. 



The project involves tests in streams and in Cayuga Lake with rainbows of several 

 supposed strains, marking by fin-clipping and checks of survivals by use of 

 electric shocker, test netting and creel census. 



Cayuga Lake, Eaton Brook (Madison Co. ), Canasawacta Creek (Chenango Co.), 



Cheiry Valley Creek (Otsego Co. ); began in 1950, indefinite; $1, 000; Prof. D. A. 

 Webster and A. C. Petty, Project Leaders; progress reports in N. Y. Conserva- 

 tion Dept. annual reports. 



Address correspondence to: J. R. Greeley, Chief Aquatic Biologist, Conservation 

 Dept. , Albany, N. Y. 



2. Testing of Lake Trout Stocking. 



To follow survivals of plantings and natural reproduction and obtain other informa- 

 tion basic to management of lake trout, a coordinated study involving numerous 

 lakes is being carried on, involving fin-clipping and test netting. 



Statewide, and especially in Cayuga, Seneca, Big Moose, and Sylvia Lakes; began 

 in 1951, indefinite; $1, 500; Fish Mgt. Dists. and Prof. D. A. Webster, Project 

 Leaders. 



Address correspondence to: C. W. Greene, Sr. Aciuatic Biologist, Conservation 

 Dept. , Albany, N. Y. 



3. Survival of Brown Trout Reared Under Different Hatchery Methods. 



This study, an outgrowth of the Cortland Cooperative Research Program (U. S. 

 Fish and Wildlife Service, Conservation Dept. , Cornell Univ.) is designed to 

 follow up under actual stream conditions, the relative survival of brown trout 

 having been subjected to different hatchery methods. 



Fall Creek and Cascadilla Creek (Tompkins Co.); began in 1949, indefinite; $1,500; 



Progress reports in N. Y. Conservation Dept. annual report. 

 Address correspondence to: Prof. D. G. Webster, Fernow Hall, Cornell Univ., 



Ithaca, N. Y. 



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