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Trout fishing in Michigan waters of Lake Superior, 1952
This article has been prepared to present the results of recently completed statistical studies on the fishery in the State of Michigan waters of the lake. The tabulations of production of lake trout and the estimates of levels of fishing pressure and abundance in the various statistical districts have been based on the monthly reports submitted by commercial operators to the Michigan Department
Authors
Ralph Hile
Perch studies in Green Bay
For years the commercial fishermen of southern Green Bay contended that the minimum length of 8 inches for yellow perch in that are should be reduced because (1) the perch population was stunted, incapable of reaching the size of 8 inches in any numbers, and (2) the larger perch tended to desert the southern part of the bay after spawning in may. To throw light on this perennially controversial pr
Authors
Ralph Hile
The movement of tagged lake trout in Lake Superior, 1950-52
A total of 733 native lake trout was tagged at two widely separated localities in Lake Superior; subsequent recaptures numbered 155 fish (21.1 percent) during the year following marking. In October 1950, 116 large lake trout (average total length, 27.3 inches) were tagged near Keweenaw Point, Michigan. Fifteen (12.9 percent) were recovered during the first year at points as far west as the Goose
Authors
Paul H. Eschmeyer, Russell Daly, Leo F. Erkkila
Movement of tagged lake trout in Lake Superior, 1950-1952
A total of 733 native lake trout was tagged at two widely separated localities in Lake Superior; subsequent recaptures numbered 155 fish (21.1 percent) during the year following marking. In October 1950, 116 large lake trout (average total length, 27.3 inches) were tagged near Keweenaw Point, Michigan. Fifteen (12.9 percent) were recovered during the first year at points as far west as the Goose
Authors
Paul H. Eschmeyer, Russell Daly, Leo F. Erkkila
The effect of ether anesthesia on fin-clipping rate
As part of an experimental program to learn the effects of stocking lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush) in Lake Superior, 141, 392 fingerlings were marked at the Charlevoix (Michigan) Station of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in October 1952. The adipose fin was removed from all fish, the right pelvic from the remainder. A random sample of 2, 417 of the fish showed an average total length of 4.0
Authors
Paul H. Eschmeyer
Fluctuations in the fisheries of State of Michigan waters of Green Bay
Green Bay, traditionally a major center of production, has assumed in recent years a position of overwhelming dominance in the commercial fisheries of the State of Michigan waters of Lake Michigan. Within the 4-year period 1945-1948 the commercial take in State of Michigan waters of Green Bay increased from 3,317,000 pounds in 1945 to 7,909,000 pounds in 1948, and it was 7,782,000 poinds in 1949.
Authors
Ralph Hile, George F. Lunger, Howard J. Buettner
Directing the movement of fish with electricity
No abstract available.
Authors
Alberton L. McLain, Willis L. Nielsen
Sea lamprey spawning: Wisconsin and Minnesota streams of Lake Superior
No abstract available.
Authors
Howard A. Loeb
A method of marking larval lampreys
Biological investigations of lamprey populations in central New York have indicated a need for developing a method of marking larvae of the sea lamprey, Petromyzon marinus Linnaeus, and the American brook lamprey, Lampetra lamottei (Lesueur) Since lamprey larvae live in burrows in the soft sediments of the stream bottom, the use of an external tag is impractical.
Authors
Roland L. Wigley
Movements of yellow perch marked in southern Green Bay, Lake Michigan, in 1950
To obtain information on the post-spawning movements of yellow perch that spawn in southern Green Bay, Lake Michigan, 4,172 fish caught in drop nets were marked by tagging with monel-metal strap tags attached to the right operculum and 24,799 were marked by clipping off the second or membranous dorsal fin. Marking was done during the period from May 3 to 17, 1950, at six main stations, all located
Authors
Donald Mraz
Diseases and parasites of the sea lamprey, Petromyzon marinus, in the Lake Huron basin
Sea lampreys from the Lake Huron basin carried no external parasites and showed a fairly low degree of infection by internal parasites. The material examined represented three life-history stages of the sea lamprey. Recently transformed downstream migrants (215 specimens) harbored only nematodes belonging to the genus Camallanus. The percentage of infection was 2.3. Active feeders from the lake (2
Authors
Alberton L. McLain
The study and interpretation of fish scales
Abstract has not been submitted
Authors
James W. Moffett