Title: Combined biennial report for the period ending 1942/1946
Identifier: combinedbiennial1942penn (find matches)
Year: [1] (s)
Authors: Pennsylvania Fish Commission
Subjects: Pennsylvania Fish Commission; Fisheries; Fish culture
Publisher: Harrisburg, Pa. : The Commission
Contributing Library: Penn State University
Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation

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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 reduce the cost of control. The organization hopes to enlist the aid of sportsmen s clubs, 4-H clubs. Boy Scouts, and others in reporting spawning runs and in securing specimens needed for identification. NORTHERN BOUNDARY OF PENNA. MIDDLt OF LAKE ERIE What is the. northern boimdarv of Pennsvlvania? Wiiliam S. Livengood, Jr., Secretary of Internal Affairs, referring to the recent State appropriation of S300,000 for the protection of the peninsula of Presque Isle, draws attention to the little known fact that Pennsvlvania authoritv is limited not bv the water line W ¥ ¥ tout extends to ilie middle of Lake Erie. Records of the Department of Internal Affairs have many refer- ences to this boundarv line. Frontage of the Commonwealth on Lake Erie during pre-Revolu- tionary days was a sui)ject of dispute and three conflicting claims between New York,* Massachusetts and Connecticut lent confusion to ilie issue* PENNS GRANT OF T68t Penn's grant of March 4, 1681, was described as three degrees of latitude and five degrees of longitude. After the lines were estab- lished it was found that Pennsvlvania did not border on Lake Erie. There remained a triangular tract of land beyond the present New York western boundarv, Pennsylvania's old line, and Erie. On March 1. 1781, the State of New York conveyed its claims by deed to the Federal Government. It included the disputed triangle. On April 19, 1785, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts also con- veyed its claim to the Federal Government. On September 13, 1786, Connecticut conveyed its title to the United States,

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