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Description: |
80 pages illustrations 26 cm. |
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Bibliography Note: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 76-80). |
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Contents Note: |
Contents: Abstract -- Part I: Atlantic salmon in Lake Ontario -- Distribution and abundance -- St. Lawrence gulf and river system -- Lake Ontario -- Biology of Lake Ontario salmon -- General characteristics of Lake Ontario salmon -- Migration and spawning -- Lake Ontario salmon: freshwater residents or anadromous? -- Wilmot's observations on the life history of the Lake Ontario salmon -- The decline and extinction of Atlantic salmon in Lake Ontario -- Decline in abundance -- Causes of decline -- Attempted remedies for the decline -- Atlantic salmon propagation in Ontario -- Culture of Atlantic salmon by Samuel Wilmot, 1866-81 -- Part II: Exotic salmon in the Great Lakes -- Artificial propagation of exotic species of salmon in the Great Lakes -- Salmon planting records and results, 1873-1947 -- Chinook salmon -- Lake Ontario -- Lake Erie -- Lakes Huron, Michigan, and Superior -- Atlantic salmon -- Other salmons -- Coho salmon -- Masu salmon -- Evaluation of propagation of exotic salmon before 1950 -- Plantings of Atlantic, pink, and kokanee salmon -- Atlantic salmon -- Pink salmon -- Kokanee salmon -- Lake Ontario -- Lake Erie -- Lake Huron -- Lake Michigan -- Lake Superior -- Coho and chinook salmon -- Coho salmon, 1966-70 -- Recoveries from planted stocks -- Average weights and growth -- Incidence of sea lamprey predation -- Natural reproduction -- Chinook salmon, 1967-70 -- Recoveries from planted stocks -- Average weights and growth -- Incidence of sea lamprey predation -- Natural reproduction -- Status of the coho and chinook salmon fisheries -- Acknowledgments -- References. |
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Summary, Etc. Note: |
Abstract: This history of the salmon in the Great Lakes describes the decline and extinction of the Atlantic salmon in Lake Ontario in the 1800's; the failure to establish, by salmon culture, permanent or sizable populations of Atlantic or Pacific salmon in any of the Great Lakes in 1867-1965; and the success of plantings of coho and chinook salmon in the Great Lakes, 1966-1970 -- particularly in Lake Michigan. |
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Additional Physical Forms: |
Online version: Parsons, John W. (John Wilson), 1920- History of salmon in the Great Lakes, 1850-1970. Washington, U.S. Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife; for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1973 (OCoLC)903917142 |
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Index - Genre/Form: |
History. fast (OCoLC)fst01411628 |