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by themselves so that they can be examined frequently 

 without disturbing those not quite so far advanced. This 

 we were not prepared to do. 

 it necessary that all fish nearly ripe be placed in a car 



6. None of the hard or green fish, that had hard firm 

 abdomens when caught, ripened or showed any signs 

 of ripening in confinement. 



CONCLUSIONS. 



1. Striped bass nearly ripe will ripen in confinement. 



2. The eggs from some of those that ripen in confine- 

 ment will produce good results. 



3. Striped bass that ripen in pens cast their eggs 

 within a few hours after ripening. 



4. All or nearly all the eggs ripen at about the same 

 time. 



5. Milt from male striped bass held in confinement 

 seems as potential as that from fish not confined. 



