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parr migrate to the lake from the outlet one or two years following hatching. 

 The possibilities of increased natural production of parr by improvement of 

 the outlet spawning area and by planting of eyed eggs or advanced fry are also 

 being studied. 



New York Conservation Departnnent cooperating; Herkimer County; began 

 April 1951, indefinite; Dwight A. Webster, Leader. 



Address inquiries to: Dwight A. Webster, As in No. 1 above. 



9. Fisheries Management in New York Lakes and Ponds 



This project is designee to develop nnanagement methods which will provide 

 meLximum sustained yields of fish in farm ponds and lakes of New York State. 



Farm pond investigations are concerned with trout ponds, ponds stocked 

 with warm-water game and pan fish, and bait minnow ponds. Work on trout 

 ponds includes evaluations of experimental stocking rates of brook and rainbow 

 trout, determinations of growth, angling yield and natural mortality, and in- 

 vestigations of the suitability of various trout hybrids and late-maturing strains. 

 Research on warm-water ponds is concerned with evaluations of various stocking 

 ratios of largemouth bass and bluegill sunfish, of ponds stocked with bass 

 fingerlings and adult golden shiners, and of ponds stocked with channel catfish 

 alone. Objectives of the minnow pond studies are to determine production, 

 growth, and optimum stocking rates and stocking methods for the golden 

 shiner, white sucker, fathead minnow, and silvery minnow. 



Lake studies, which were begun in April 1956, with preliminary investiga- 

 tions on Oneida Lake, New York, are designed to formulate management recom- 

 mendations for warm-water game species on the basis of infornnation on fish pop- 

 ulations obtained from creel census, tagging, and sampling by means of trap 

 nets, gill nets, trawls, and electrical fishing devices. 



New York Conservation Department cooperating; Central New York; 

 began April 1952, to close March 1959; $40,000; Alfred W. Eipper, Leader; 

 reports available. 



Address inquiries to: Alfred W. Eipper, Fernow Hall, Cornell University, 

 Ithaca, New York. 



10. Population Structure of the Bluefish, Pomatomus saltatrix 



The objective is to determine if the Atlantic Coast bluefish population is 

 one large intermingling vinit. Specimens have been obtained of young and 

 adults from a wide range along the coast and are now being studied. Fin rays, 

 lateral line scales, and other meristic characters are being used in the pre- 

 liminary phases. 



Sport Fishing Institute, U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Institute of 

 Fisheries Research of the University of North Carolina, Massachusetts De- 

 partment of Natural Resources, New Jersey Department of Conservation and 

 Economic Development, and Rutgers University cooperating; Cornell University; 

 began September 1956, indefinite; $1,800; Edward C. Raney and William Albert 

 Lund, Jr. , Leaders. 



Address inquiries to: Edward C. Raney, Department of Conservation, 

 Fernow Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York. 



11. Population Structure of the Atlantic Coast Striped Bass 



The object is to determine the population units of the Atlantic Coast 

 striped bass. 



U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Sport Fishing Institute cooperating; 

 Cornell University; began Septernber 1952, indefinite; $2,400; Edward C. Raney, 

 Leader; reports available. 



Address inquiries to: Edward C. Raney, as in No. 10 above. 



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