. Annual report - Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission. Wildlife management; Fishery management. 32 BIENNIAL REPORT liberated in pairs in open territory. Both of these methods have proved more successful than using pen-raised birds from the quail hatchery formerly operated at Holt, Florida. During the two years covered by this report Conservation Officers trapped and transported to open territory 1954 quail. Follow- ing the 1945-46 hunting season during which quail population apparently reached an alarmingly low figure, the Commission purchased some 16,000 quail which were distributed
. Annual report - Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission. Wildlife management; Fishery management. 32 BIENNIAL REPORT liberated in pairs in open territory. Both of these methods have proved more successful than using pen-raised birds from the quail hatchery formerly operated at Holt, Florida. During the two years covered by this report Conservation Officers trapped and transported to open territory 1954 quail. Follow- ing the 1945-46 hunting season during which quail population apparently reached an alarmingly low figure, the Commission purchased some 16,000 quail which were distributed equally over the State. Orders have been placed for 40,000 quail which will be liberated over the State following the close of the 1946- 47 hunting season. Quail purchased and liberated are banded with leg bands each bearing a number and "Notify Florida Game ; Bands sent in to the Tallahassee office indicate good results from the liberation of purchased birds. FISH RESTOCKING The Commission operates three fish hatcheries, one at Winter Haven, Florida, where black bass are propagated, one at Holt, Florida, where bream are propagated and one at We- wahitchka which furnishes fish for the Dead Lakes in Gulf and Calhoun Counties. Fish Biologist Mokes Survey of Lake Sue. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Florida. Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission. [Tallahassee] Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission
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