4 Contents 



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General conditions in various lakes 57 



Canandaigua 58 



Keuka 58 



Seneca 59 



Cayuga 60 



O vvasco 60 



Skaneateles 61 



Otisco 61 



General suggestions for improving the fish situation 61 



Making regulations 61 



Law enforcement ; 62 



Fish ways 62 



Tributary streams 62 



Elimination of the lamprey 62 



The burbot 62 



Carp control 63 



Development of fish food 63 



Planting of lake trout fingerlings 64 



Stocking policy 66 



Section III. Carp control studies in Oneida lake 67 



Methods of seining 68 



Statistical evidence 70 



Habits of the adult carp 73 



Carp habitats 73 



Breeding habits 74 



Migration 75 



Food habits 75 



Food of the adult carp 76 



Habits of the young carp 77 



Food of the young carp 81 



General considerations of carp control 82 



Section IV. Fishes of the Oswego watershed 84 



Methods of collecting 84 



General nature of the region 84 



Distribution of fish in the watershed 85 



Classification of fish 86 



Food and game fish So 



Non-food, non-game species 87 



Bait fish 87 



Habitat preferences 88 



Fish association 80 



Trout stream associations 9 ) 



Vermin fishes 91 



Fishes in regard to pollution 91 



Minnow tests < 9 I 



Special problems • 92 



Spawning behavior of carp 92 



Fishways 93 



Factors contributing to decline of fishes 94 



Annotated list of fishes 95 



Petromyzonidae Lampreys 95 



Acipenseridae Sturgeons 95 



Lepisosteidae Garpikes 95 



Amiidae Bowfins 95 



Clupeidae Herrings 95 



Osmeridae Smelts 95 



Coregonidae Whitefishes 65 



Salmonidae Salmons 96 



Catostomidae Suckers 97 



Cyprinidae Minnows 97 



Ameiuridae Catfishes 99 



Umbridae Mud minnows 100 



Esocidae Pickerels. 100 



Anguillidae Eels. 100 



