Lake-trout experimental plantings near the Fox Islands, 1944

Summary

The Herald described a Great Lakes Lake Trout Committee and state Conservation Department study that planted approximately 100,000 marked fingerling lake trout near the Fox Islands.

Evidence and limits

The held source was published or indexed on 1944-10-13. It is the basis for this record; notices, retrospective columns, and schedules are not treated as proof of later outcomes.

was going 35 in a 25-mile zone,” Bacon ee IN. MEMORIAM In loving memory of Burdett Ev- ans, who passed away four years ago, October 17 ,1940. It -is sweet to remember a loved one so dear, Although absent from us he is ever so near. Unseen by the world he stands by our side And whispers my loved ones death cannot divide. Loving wife, children and A1xl grandchildren. Plant Around 100,000 | Marked Fingerling Lake Trout Near Fox Islands Planting of approximately 100,000 marked fingerling lake trout in Lake /Michigan in the vicinity of the Fox Islands marks another step in the} study of commercial fishing being conducted by the Great Lakes Lake Trout committee, the state Conserva- tion Deparment’s Fish Division has announced. The experiment is being carried on to determine what per- centage of lake trout caught by com- mercial fishermen originates in hatch- er

Open questions

• Can an original agency, vessel, land, lighthouse, or personnel record confirm the details and identify unnamed people or equipment?
• Does another contemporaneous source establish an exact location, duration, or outcome beyond this report?

See also

• Beaver Island archipelago
• Commercial fishing