NEW HAMPSHIRE (Cont. ) 



Lakes, including their physical and chemical make-up, the fishing pressure 

 and success on these lakes both in sunnmer and winter, and the connposition 

 of the existing fish populations. These data are to be used in the formulation 

 of a long-range management plan. 



New Hampshire University cooperating; Holderness, Sandwich, and Moulton- 

 boro Covmties; began May 1949, closed December 1956; $8,000; Ronald E. Towne, 

 Leader; reports available. 



Address inquiries to: Ronald E. Towne, New Hampshire Fish and Game 

 Department, 34 Bridge Street, Concord, New Hampshire. 



NEW JERSEY 

 Division of Fish and Game 



1. Marine Fisheries Investigations 



The objectives are: (1) To determine cause of small fluke in Raritan Bay; 

 (2) to investigate possible relationship between porgies taken in Sandy Hook 

 Bay and those from adjacent off-shore waters; (3) to assist on coast-wide 

 striped bass research; (4) to determine if skin divers compete with line fisher- 

 men; (5) to census fishermen at Island Beach, an area representative of surf 

 fishing along central Jersey shore. 



Coastal areas; began 1955, to close 1957; $8,000; Paul E. Hamer, Leader. 



Address inquiries to: Paul E. Hamer, New Jersey Fisheries Laboratory, 

 126 North Main Street, Milltown, New Jersey. 



2. Management of Small Park Ponds 



The objective is to determine how small park ponds (under 5 acres), which 

 inevitably contain badly stunted and trash species, can best be managed to 

 produce fishing, primarily for youngsters. 



Ponds are treated as follows: stocked with adult bass and bluegills, 

 adult hatchery bluegills, adult panfish obtained from salvage operations, and 

 reclaimed and stocked as above. 



Statewide; began 1954, to close 1958; $6,500; Roy R. Younger. Leader. 



Address inquiries to: Roy R. Younger, New Jersey Fisheries Laboratory, 

 126 N. Main Street, Milltown, New Jersey. 



3. Evaluation of Survival of Hatchery-reared Largemouth Bass 



Objectives and description of the project: (1) To evaluate the survival 

 rate of fingerling largemouth bass stocked under various conditions, including 

 ponds where bass are not reproducing successfully and ponds where reproduc- 

 tion appears adequate. (2) To evaluate the survival rate of stocking adult bass 

 in ponds containing an "adequate" bass population, ponds containing excess 

 and/or stunted species of fish, and reclaimed ponds. 



Statewide; began 1955, to close 1958; $4,000; Roy R. Younger, Leader. 



Address inquiries to: Roy R. Younger, as in No. 2 above. 



4. Salmonoid Stocking in "Marginal" New Jersey Lakes 



The objectives are: (1) To obtain an estimate of the total harvest of sal- 

 monoids from any given stocking; (2) to deternnine size and species producing 

 best results; (3) to obtain an estimate of the number and species of "holdover" 

 trout or salmon taken in succeeding years; (4) to attennpt to evaluate the effects, 

 if any, that the stocking of trout would have on other important species in the 

 lake. 



Lakes Hopatcong, Mountain Lake and II iff Lake, in Warren and Sussex 

 Counties; began April 1953, to close 1958; $3, 000; Roland F. Smith; reports 

 available. 



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