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CARTERET COUNTT NEWS-TIMES, MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, N. C
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, IMS'
Salt Water Jumping Mullet
Fatten in Fresh Water Pond
By John Havss
(This Is the first of two arti
cles on the United States Fishery
Biological station, Beaufort).
An important experiment bejrig
conducted at the United States
Fishery Biological laboratory on
Piver's island, just west of Beau
fort, is the transplanting of the
salt water jumping mullet. Mugil
cephalus, to fresh water lakes and
ponds, where, it has been found
through experiments, that the mul
let actually thrives.
Dr, H. F. Prytherch, acquatic bio
logist at the lab, has been conduct
ing experiments with mullets for
several years, and the results of
his activities have been met with
both acclaim and skepticism.
Back in 1941, Dr. Prytherch
transplanted a number of one-year-old
mullets to a shallow pond on
the island and later changed the
salt water to fresh water by use
of an artesian well. The fish fed
on plant life on the bottom of the
pond, and a flock of mallard ducks
provided fertilizer by excrement.
Two years later, the experiment
was interrupted because the Navy
wanted to use the pond for special
sound experiments, and in seining
out the fish, everyone was amazed
to find a crop of over 300 mullets,
weighing from 1 14 to 1 12
pounds each and in excellent con
dition. The pond covered an area of
110 of an acre, and a conservative
estimate of the yield put the pro
duction at 3.000 pounds per acre
in two years or 1,500 pounds per
year. Dr. Prytherch savs 2.000
pounds per acre is a yield that
can be reached very easily.
Dr. Prytherch still keeps a school
of mullet on the island but refers
to his present activity with the
fish as a hobby. In the same pond,
he keeps goldfish and green
turtles, and the scientist savs the
mullet can live safely with bass
also.
Dr. Prytherch states that in
transplanting the mullets from
salt to fresh water, over 95 per
cent survive and thrive. Once he
threw a number of mullets that
had been fattened in fresh water
back into salt water, and although
the fish became longer, they ho
came much thinner. Comments the
biologist, "They were in bad
shape."
The mullet is the South's num
ber one food fish and is fished
extensively from North Carolina
to Texas. Important as the mullet
is to the United States, it is, how-
tended the Union meeting at Hollf
Springs Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Wade spent a
while Sunday in the community. ,
Mr. Vc von Lilly spent the week
end with Mr. and Mrs. Cyrus Lilly
and family. "
Mr. Vincent Lilly spent the week
end here with relatives.
Misses Bertie and Pearl Small
spent Sunday with Mrs. Winfield
Lewis.
Mrs. Earl Taylor spent a while
Thursday evening with Mr. and
Mrs. J. T. Graham..
Miss Blanche Saunders, of Beau
fort, spent a while Sunday evening
in the community.
Mr. and Mrs. George Newkirk
and daughter, who have been
.spending a while with his parents
at Beaufort, have returned home.
Herb St Joh, former Georgia
guard now with the Brooklyn foot
ball Dodgers of the All-America
pro football Conference, la the
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The mullets pictured above were the result of Dr. H. F. Pry
tberch's fresh water experiment conducted on Piver's Island. The
two on the right were two-year-old mullets, while the rest were
three years old, weighing from 1 1-4 to 1 3 4 pounds each. Mul
lets that were put back in salt water were later found to be longer
but much thinner than those pictured above. Holding the prize
mullets Is Capt. Charles Hatsel, Beaufort.
LENNOXVILLE
ever, found in warm waters all
over the world.
Although he expresses pride in
his work, the Piver's Island biolo
gist is quick to point out that he
was not the first to experiment
with mullets in fresh water. He
states. "I'm doing something the
Egyptians discovered many years
ago."
Additional experiments along
this line will be conducted when
the pond being constructed on
Harvey Smith's property on Front
street extension, east of Beaufort,
is completed. The pond will be
stocked with both bass and mullets.
BAY VIEW
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Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Williams,
Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Graham and
Mrs. Owen Cole returned home
Monday evening from Falcon
where they attended the confer
ence of the P H. church.
Miss Louise Jones spent last
week at Morehead City with Mrs.
Cal Whaley.
Eugene Lilly, U.S.N., spent the
weekend with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Cyrus Lilly
Mr. and Mrs. Lester Haskett and
little daughter, Brenda Joyce, of
Havclock, arc spending a few days
here with relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Brown, of Wire
El
Grass, spent a while Sunday in the
community with relatives.
Joseph Williams returned home
Monday evening from Newport
where he had been visiting rela
tives. Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Small, Miss
Bertie Small ?nd Ardell Small
spent a while Sunday evening at
Harlowe.
Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Jones,
Mrs. Allen Graham, Mrs. Ellery
Hardesty and Mr. Owen Cottle at
tended the Union meeting at Holly
Springs Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Billie G. Lewis and
little daughter, Darlene, spent a
while Sunday with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. J. F. Small.
Mrs. Bill Mason and Mrs. Cla
rence Mason spent Tuesday with
Mrs. Thomas Haskett and Mrs. Pol
lie Haskett.
Dr. Moore and Mrs. Heslip were
in the community Saturday evening
to see Mrs. James Skinner.
Miss Pearl Small, who has been
spending the summer with Mrs.
Bill Lewis, spent the weekend at
home.
Mrs. Emma Oglesby, of Harlowe,
spent a while Saturday evening in
the community.
Mr. Cuddell and Mr. Wickizer
were in the community Wednesday
on business.
Mr. and Mrs. James F. Small at-
Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Daniels
and daughter of New Bern spent
the weekend here with Mr. and
Mrs. James Willis.
Mr. and Mrs. Valverta Garner
of Newport spent the weekend
here with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Burton Daniels.
Mrs. Roy Goodwin returned
from Atlantic City, N. J., Monday.
Mrs. Julia Pake, Mrs. Gus Meden
and Mrs. Dallas Willis motored to
Rocky Mount last Tuesday night
to meet Mr. Meden who is spend
ing his vacation here.
Mrs. William Willis and chil
dren of Beaufort spent Monday
here.
Mrs. Nacy Barker and children
who spent the past week here with
her mother, Mrs. Luther Pittman
returned to her home at Oriental
Saturday.
Mr. Luther Pittman spent the
weekend here with his family.
Miss Mry Sue lynch of Beau
fort spent Sunday here with
Misses Julia and Letitia Simpson.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Willis and
mother, Mrs. James Willis shop
ped in New Bern Saturday.
,Mrs. A. Lawrence and Mrs. Wil
bert Lawrence ajid daughter of
Otway visited Mrs. Frank Mcin
tosh last Friday.
Miss Giula Daniels who is a pa
tient at Dukes hospital is improv
ing.
Mrs. Sophia Lupton. Mrs. Char
lie Ferrier and daughter, Beverly,
spent Monday night with Mr. and
Mrs. Roy Dickinson at their home
at New Bern Road.
Mrs. Randolph Willis and chil
dren of Morehead City spent last
Thursday with relatives.
Mrs. Frank Mcintosh and son,
Jamie, visited his grandparents at
Otway Tuesday.
Eleven men who played big ten
football are members of the Balti
more Colts of the All-America Con
ference.
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