Oiii'idii I.iikc l-'isltis J-43 



1. (,.//. /!//. vMaius ill Oncula Lake) 4. Pood. (Feeding lialjii.s, .nciiscs, 



2. Uncdliig Habits ami Life History. kind of food) 



Mating 5. Distribution Records. 



Nest building 6. Enemies, Diseases, etc. 



Egg laying 7. Economic Relations. 



Hatching (Control or culture) 



Kate of growth 8. Angling Notes. 



Maturity (Bait, etc.) 



Si/c 9. References. 



.V Iliil'iliit. (Inlluence of season, age, 

 water, hottuni, temperature, and 

 plants) 



In such summaries it is of course impossible to vouch for the reliability of 

 all the sf)urce material utilized, or to attempt to unravel the taxonomic confusion 

 involvetl, as in the case of parasites, for example; but to bring all the available 

 information together was considered a necessary jireliminary step in working 

 toward a sound basis for fish culture. The 59 species found in Oneida I^-ike have 

 been made the object of such a summarizing treatment in the hupe that this will 

 lead to the improvement of current practices. Nevertheless, it is our main regret 

 th.'it other duties and obligations have prevented the comprehensive organization 

 nf all these d.ita into a more serious provisitnial policy for these waters. 



.\lthough the authors have been unable to work out, in the way they had hope<l, 

 the detailed applications of their studies to Oneida I^ike, various other studies 

 conducted by the Koosevclt Station staff have, during this interval, had a very dis- 

 tinct bearing u|)on Oneida Lake. Thus Dr. Kendall's re|>ort ('^4) on fish culture 

 in public waters discusses policies which apply <lirectly to this lake, and merits the 

 careful attention of any future student uf this problem. If intensive fish culture 

 should include the attempt to control the abundance of leeches in the lake, then 

 Dr. J. Percy Moore's ('.23) study of this problem will jjrove valuable, .'^ince the.sc 

 inve^tigatillns were first iK-gmi on ( )neida Lake, there has ln-en a very great increase 

 in the niunber of summer hmnes and cotta>,'es on the shores of the l.ikc. The 

 shores are generally l<iw, with many bogs and swamjiy marginal areas. These 

 areas will sooner or later raise the question of mos<iuito control, ami in that case 

 the studies which Moore Cjj) also m.ide, in c<>o|>eration with the Roosevelt 

 .Station, in the ]'alisa<les Interstate Park, will prove of value In-cause he gave sjiecial 

 attention tn fishes as a means <<( controlling these |»ests. In time, attention may 

 be turned to the "water bliMim" algae, and their control, and in that case Sinith'.'S 

 ('24) cjiscussicjii (if the control of algae by chemicals, ami tlie influence of these 

 chemicals on fish, will prove of value. With the transformatinn <if the territory 

 alMiut the lake from an area with a relatively small |Mipulation to one of intensive 

 u-e as a resort and for recre.itional pur|K)ses, there will ne*-*! to U" made in)|M)rtant 

 a<Iaptive ch.innes in the fish cultural |)olicy. 



The field studies have l>een l>ase<l u|>on extensive collections of fishes secure<l 

 during a complete circtiit of the lake in this survey, and u|K>n other collections 

 made ilurinj; a period of alxuil 14 years The bulk of the colkvtions are from the 



