. Combined biennial report for the period ending 1942/1946. Pennsylvania Fish Commission; Fisheries; Fish culture. X. Presque Isle Bay PRESS NEWS RELEASE COVERING SEA LAMPREY CONFERENCE AT ANN ARBOR Ann Arbor—Complete agreement on plans for a lonjj-ranjje cam- paign against the parasitic sea lamprey enemy of choice Great Lakes food fishes—was reached at the international conference here on Novemher 14 and 15, and delegates from New York, Ohio, Ontario, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and of the United States Fish and Vi ildlife. Service are ready to hegin the specific johs assigned to each of thew. Repr
. Combined biennial report for the period ending 1942/1946. Pennsylvania Fish Commission; Fisheries; Fish culture. X. Presque Isle Bay PRESS NEWS RELEASE COVERING SEA LAMPREY CONFERENCE AT ANN ARBOR Ann Arbor—Complete agreement on plans for a lonjj-ranjje cam- paign against the parasitic sea lamprey enemy of choice Great Lakes food fishes—was reached at the international conference here on Novemher 14 and 15, and delegates from New York, Ohio, Ontario, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and of the United States Fish and Vi ildlife. Service are ready to hegin the specific johs assigned to each of thew. Representatives of Pennsylvania, Indiana, and Illinois have also ex- pressed willingness to cooperate in the program. The fisheries men do not expect to exterminate the sea lampw^. But they do hope to learn enough ahout it so that, like the hoU weevil and the corn horer, its ahility to do damage may he limited. Dr. John Van Oosten. in charge of Great Lakes Fishery Investiga- tions for the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, was elected chairman, and Dr. Alhert S. Hazzard. director of the Institute for Fisheries Kesearch of the Michigan Department of Conservation, was named sccretarv of the Sea Lamprey Gommittce. The research program agreed upon, with definite assignments ^ each participating agency, includes: 88 (1) Survey of lamprey spawning streams hy all Great Lakes States and the Province of Ontario to determine location and size of runs. (2) Investigation of various phases of lamprey life history to discover vuinerahle stages subject to control measures. (3j Experiments with weirs, traps, and other devices whicli may be used to destroy lampreys. (4) Survey ol extent of lamprey attacks and their effect on the abundance and marketability of Great Lakes fishes, especially the lake trout. [5) Study of the possible utilization of lampreys as a source of food and vitamins. If found valuable for either or both purposes, it would create a new source of revenue and would reduc
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