Tivcnty-nintJi Annual Meeting 



METHODS AND RESULTS IN CONNECTION WITH THE PROPAGA- 

 TION OF COMMERCIAL FISHES FOR THE GREAT LAKES. 



BY FRANK N. CLARK, NORTHVILLE, MICH. 



(Speaking-) I will say, gentlemen, that this short paper was 

 prepared rather hurriedly, as I have been very busy this season. 

 I ought really to present you a better paper, considering the sub- 

 ject that was given me to write upon, because it is a subject that 

 I should be familiar with, so if it is not what you might expect 

 from the title, you will have to bear with me. 



(Reading) Methods and results are correlative ; they bear 

 reciprocal relation. The success of the latter measures the de- 

 gree of perfection in the former. Following this law I desire to 

 make reference more particularly to results which, according to 

 my belief, determine the practicability of methods employed. 



To study in a thorough manner the results attending the 

 culture of the commercial fishes of the Great Lakes would re- 

 quire complete statistics difficult to procure. It is not my pur- 

 pose to elaborate on this subject, but to curtail and particular- 

 ize, giving you only the sunmiary of my observations on the line 

 of whitefish culture. 



The beneficent results accruing from tlie planting of white- 

 fish fry in Lake St. Clair, Detroit River and Lake Erie by the 

 Michigan Fish Commission of Detroit, by the Canadian Govern- 

 ment, and by the United States Fish Commission station at Put- 

 in-Bay, Ohio, are too evident to admit of doubt. The methods 

 pursued and the results obtained in the waters of Lake Erie and 

 tributaries suggest to my mind some practical facts worthy of 

 consideration. 



Reliable statistics will substantiate my statement that more 

 than one-half the whitefish fry ever planted in the Great Lakes 

 have been deposited in Lake Erie and tributaries. 



