Abstract

In these areas it was estimated that approximately 10 per cent (about 1,500,000 individuals) of such birds were destroyed by pike in an average year. In the early years of flooding of the pools on the Seney National Wildlife Refuge (1936 to 1941), concern was felt over the subjectively determined slow increment of the avian population as compared to that of pike, and led to the obvious question of how great a limiting factor the fish were in duck production. The problem of utilizing the obviously extensive pike resource for public enjoyment was also considered, even to the extent of using angling as a method to reduce the fish population if such control seemed desirable. The

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