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Conservation Department 



These valuable color drawings add to the collection begun last 

 year with the purpose in view as the survey progresses of bring- 

 ing them together finally in a record of permanent Avorth — an illus- 

 trated volume of the fishes of New York. 



Carp Control Studies. — The intensive study of the carp con- 

 ducted on Oneida lake this past summer represents the first at- 

 tempt to focus attention upon the scientific aspects of the carp 

 problem as it relates to large bodies of water in this State. The 

 control of this species which, within a relatively short period after 

 its introduction into this country, has become a dominant factor 

 in our fisheries problems is not a simple matter. It is more than 



Habitat sketch of young carp in the advanced fry stage 



a seining industry "to keep the numbers down." It is an inter- 

 pretation of the conditions which contribute to the rapid multipli- 

 cation of the carp and an understanding of the effects of rapidly 

 increasing numbers of this species upon the native species of food 

 and game fish whose future needs we require under the circum- 

 stances to anticipate. The plan and scope of the work coordinate 

 the investigations of the scientific unit engaged upon this study 

 with the operations of a trained and experienced carp seiner. 



The efforts of the summer's study have produced positive and 

 constructive results. Over forty-five tons of carp have been seined 

 and marketed covering a period of about five months, from May 



