KENTUCKY 



Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources 



1. Regional Fishery Investigations. 



Fish populations and the conditions thereof are being inventoried in all nnajor 

 waters of the State in an effort to determine what measures should be undertaken 

 for the improvement of fishing. 



Statewide; began April 1937, continuing; Bernard Carter and Charles Bowers, 

 Leaders; reports available. 



Address inquiries to: Minor E. Clark, Director, Division of Fisheries, 

 Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources, Frankfort, Ky. 



2. Farm Fish Pond Investigation. (FA: F-3-R in part) 



The objective of this project is to improve upon stocking ratios and species 

 combinations now being used so as to provide the best fishing possible in small 

 reservoirs. Attention is also being given to diversity of soil types, chemistry 

 of the water, pond size and location, and the use of fertilizer. 



Statewide; began January 1948, continuing; William A. Smith, Jr. , Leader; 

 reports available. 



Address inquiries to: Minor E. Clark, as in No. 1 above. 



3. Warm-water Stream Investigation. (FA: F-4-R) 



Species composition is being manipulated in streams carrying an almost 

 wholly rough fish population. Two streams have already had the entire popula- 

 tion removed and have been restocked with game and pan fishes. No effort has 

 been made to control migration. In some cases, an electrical screen will be 

 placed down stream to prevent migration into treated areas. 



Statewide; began March 1952, to close March 1957; James R. Charles, 

 Leader; reports available. 



Address inquiries to: Minor E. Clark, as in No. 1 above. 



4. Kentucky Lake Investigations. (FA: F-2-R) 



The project aims to determine by a progrann of tag and recovery the percent- 

 age of harvest of the adult population of the crappie in Kentucky Lake, and the 

 amount of movement of the crappie population in this Lake. A continuation of 

 previously initiated age and growth studies and biological observations of the 

 species involved are also included in the project, as well as life history studies 

 of the white and black crappie. The project is divided into two phases, one 

 carried on in the Lake, covering an area of 6 mile radius, the other in the 

 Tennessee River, including 10 miles of the tailwater section. Records are also 

 kept regarding the efficiency of several commercial net types which might be 

 suitable for use in this State. Netting studies and rotenone samplings are cor- 

 related in an effort to bring about improved methods of determining the species 

 representation in a major lake. An analysis of food habits of white crappie is 

 also in progress. 



Kentucky Lake and Tennessee River below dam in Marshall County; began 

 July 1951, to close January 31, 1954; $14,056; Ellis R. Carter, Leader; reports 

 available. 



Address inquiries to: Minor E. Clark, as in No. 1 above. 



5. Pollution Control. 



The purpose of this project is to detect and eliminate pollution which adversely 

 affects fishing and to indict and prosecute offenders who fail to remedy such 

 conditions. 



Statewide; began August 1945, continuing; Mercer Peters, Leader; reports 

 available. 



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