WEST VIRGINIA (Cont. ) 



and chemo-fishing equipment. Information is obtained on the abxxndance of 

 trout and other species per acre of water, on the relationships between trout 

 and rough fish, on the upstream and downstream limits of each species, on 

 size distributions, and on the reproduction, survival, growth and condition 

 of eastern brook trout, rainbow trout, and "smallmouth bass. 



U. S. National Park Service, Virginia Commission of Ganne and Inland 

 Fisheries, North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission, and Tennessee 

 Game and Fish Commission cooperating; Shenandoah National Park in Vir- 

 ginia, Great Smoky Movmtains National Park in Tennessee and North Carolina; 

 began October 1952, continuing; $10,000; Robert E. Lennon, Leader; reports 

 available. 



Address inquiries to: Robert E. Lennon, Chief, Eastern Federal Waters 

 Investigations, Leetown (P. O. Kearneysville), West Virginia 



8. Creel Census on Streams in Great Smoky Mountains National Park 



The objective is to determine the annual harvest of eastern brook trout, 

 rainbow trout, and smallmouth bass from selected streams in the park. 



Information is obtained on the quality of fishing, in terms of legal fish 

 caught per hour of angling effort; on the size, condition, and age of the fish; 

 on the return to the creel of nnarked wild and stocked trout; on the preference 

 of anglers for wild or stocked trout; and on the relationships between the 

 numbers of catchable size fish present to the total numbers harvested. Data 

 are obtained on the numbers of anglers, the intensity of fishing pressure per 

 unit area of water, the distribution of fishing pressures on easily accessible 

 and remote waters, and on the distribution of the catch among out-of-state 

 fishermen. 



U. S. National Park Service, cooperating; Great Smoky Mountains National 

 Park in Tennessee and North Carolina; began May 1953, continuing; $5, 000; 

 Phillip S. Parker, Leader; reports available. 



Address inquiries to: Robert E. Lennon, as in No. 7 above. 



9. The Effects of the "Hazzard-plan" of Sport-fishing-only on Trout Streams 

 in Great Smoky Mountains National Park 



The objectives in applying the Hazzard-plan of sport-fishing-only on two 

 streams were to determine the effects on the rainbow and brook trout popula- 

 tions and the reaction of the angling public to the idea. 



Two streanns were selected in 1954 for testing the Hazzard plan, one on the 

 Tennessee side and the other on the North Carolina side of the park. Fishing 

 has been permitted during the open season with the following restrictions: 

 only artificial lures permitted, and all fish caught must be returned to the 

 stream. 



U. S. National Park Service cooperating; Great Smoky Mountains National 

 Park; began May 1954, continuing; $5,000; Robert E. Lennon, Leader. 



Address inquiries to: Robert E. Lennon, as in No. 7 above. 



10. Restoration of Native -strain Brook Trout in Great Smoky Mountains National 

 Park 



The objective of the project is to determine the feasibility of restoring 

 native -strain brook trout in streams where the exotic rainbow trout have 

 been permitted to usurp brook trout habitats, or where the exotic species have 

 been reduced- or destroyed by flood or drought. 



The recent availability of Appalachian- strain brook trout from hatcheries 

 has made it possible to experiment with fingerling and legal-size plants in 

 selected streams. 



Arrangements have been made to eradicate wild rainbow trout populations 



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