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Document Type
Research
Abstract
The Iowa State Conservation Commission purchased 1,535 muskellunge (3/4 to 1-inch fry) in 1960, from "Kenu," a Land-O-Lakes, Wisconsin commercial fish hatchery. Siewers Spring State Fish Hatchery and rearing pond facilities were used for the experimental rearing project. Eighty-five fish survived the June 7 to September 30 rearing period. Forty fish were stocked in each of the following Iowa lakes: West Okoboji, Dickinson County and Clear Lake, Cerro Gordo County. Two specimens have subsequently been recovered and identified from each lake.
Publication Date
1962
Journal Title
Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science
Volume
69
Issue
1
First Page
273
Last Page
277
Copyright
©1962 Iowa Academy of Science, Inc.
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Madden, K. M. and Lynch, A. D.
(1962)
"Notes on the First Rearing and Introduction of Esox masquinongy in Iowa Waters,"
Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science, 69(1), 273-277.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/pias/vol69/iss1/45