Sometimes Fish Can Fool You
Did yon know that all gray sea
trout are not alike?
The grajr .# a trdtit off New Jer
sey may nav* more little bonerf in
his backbone than do?s the gtiy
sea trout found off florth Carolina.
And the gray sea trout off Florida
is bttlt differently than the gray
sea trout found elsewhere.
To find oat what eailtfeg these
differences in the same kind of
fish. Dr. William E. Fahy of the
Institute of Fisheries Research,
Moreheuri City, has been awarded
$30,106. This grant, from the Na
tional Science Foundation, will en
able Dr. Fahy to expand his study
of these different "races" of fish.
The money will be used mainly to
hire personnel to assist in the proj
ect.
It is known that temperature of
the water, light, amount of salt and
oxygen in the water, cause a fish
spawned in one place to differ
slightly from a fish spawned 200
miles away, even though the fish
are same kind.
In 1957 Dr. Fahy designed unique
apparatus that would permit study
of the influence of these factors on
9 growing fish. In June 1958 the
National Science Foundation
awarded Dr. Fahy $19,600. Most
of that was spent for the specializ
ed equipment necessary for the
study.
As far as is known, the Institute
of Fisheries Research is the only
laboratory in North America equip
ped to study a saltwater fish as it
grows and to determine what
makes it grow a certain number
of scales or develop a certain num
ber of rays in its fins.
What will all this accomplish?
It will be another door opened
on the mysteries of fish? how they
grow, why they glow the way they
do, where they like to live? all of
which must be known by man if
he is going to successfully catch
the fisn.
Dr. Fahy is going to use both
the gray sea trout and the spotted
sea trout in his study. By control
ling the temperature, amount of
oxygen in the water, amount of
light and other factors, Dr. Fahy
expects to be able to produce in
the laboratory a Virginia-type sea
trout. North Carolina type, etc.
In one year the gray sea trout
and the spotted sea trout mean
from $800,000 to $6 million to North
Carolina commercial fishermen,
and at least that much to sports
fishermen. As with other types of
fish, there is always much argu
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On the If ft Dr. WDllaih E. Fahy examines cultures of animals bring raited as food for wr troot and an
the right he checks the recording thermometer that continuously records the water temperature la each
circulating chamber ?f the Incubator. News-Times Photo by McComb
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be caught, how they should be
caught and whether catching a lot
of the little fish will mean that
eventually there won't be many
big fish.
Much of that argument can be
eliminated if, in the laboratory,
man can lfearn all about the fish,
and then govern the taking of it
accordingly.
If Dr. Fahy is to be successful
in his work, he must obtain ripe
female sea trout in a spawning
condition. That's where the fish
ermen themselves can be helpful.
If anyone knows % the location
creek, shoal, inlet, slue or sandbar
? where gray or spotted sea trout
spawn. Dr. Fahy would sincerely
appreciate receiving such informa
tion.
From mid-April through the last
weeks of August, Dr. Fahy and
his field crew will attempt to ob
tain eggs of the gray or spotted
sea trout. They will go any dis
tance at any time to get the fe
males in proper condition.
Eggs cannot be stripped easily
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Dr. William E. Fahy uses an electric lift to raiae the Hd of the in
cubation chamber where experimental tea trout are contained.
from the gray and spotted sea
trout. While eggs can be obtained ;
in that way, the eggs will not live
through subsequent experiments.
The ideal ripe condition is to
have the eggs pour out when the
(ish is merely held vertically over
a pan. Naturally, female fish that
close to spawning won't be easy
to find. That's why Dr. Fahy is
asking the help of fishermen.
Eggs or ripe females should NOT
be sent to Dr. Fahy. They are
useless. The only fish that will be
of value are those taken under his
supervision at the spawning site
so that the eggs can be fertilized
at the spot and transported in spe
cial containers to the laboratory.
Dr. Fahy may be contacted by
phoning PA4-3338 or mail will
reach him at the Institute of Fish
eries Research, UNC, Morehead
City. I
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The Young People's auxiliary of
the First Free Will Baptiat church,
Beaufort, met at the home of Steve
Beachem Tuesday night with eight
members present.
We opened the meeting with song
and prayer. Bible reading by the
group was followed by Bible quef
tions. The meeting closed with song
and prayer and refreshments were
served. The next meeting will be
with June Lewis.
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WMji? Speeding Costs levied.
TtiomM Gordon Mittox? Speed
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Judgment Was com|ffle<f vHfti ?1
the following cases W Vrfiii* <He
execution of ftie seriferite htrf SMn
continued by the court:
Marvin Miller - Careless arid
reckless driving; ttt anrf court
costs
Marvin James Miller? Speeding,
careless and reckless driving arid
racing. $100 and court torts.
Robert Avon Glover ? Wiving
drunk 90 days in Jail and road
work, suspended on payment of
$100 and costs.
Howard Purifoy - Public <M Wk
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John Bell Jr.? Assault, 30 days
in jail suspended on condition that
Bell remain on good behavior for
six months, not molest the prose
cuting witness in any mariner fbr
two years, and pay flO and court
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Henry Lester Hill? No operator's
license, driving drunk, improper
registration He was fouri<f guilty
of careless and reckless driving
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Members Of tht PtA
approved their budget Tuesday
night The meeting, at the school,
operfed #flh <rtvo?OB< b f the Rev.
Carrttl Aansley.
Girl Scouts gave a skit on cookie
sales, and Mrs. Edith Mdy, voca
tional guidance counselor at the
school, spoke on the guidance pro
gram. Mrs. E. C. Jernigan, new
faculty member, #arf introduced,
as wa i her husband, who is high
school supervisor for Carteret and
Onslow counties.
A professional dance instructor
spbke on tap, ballet and baton
twirling. Attendance banners were
woh by MM. Geraldine Garner's
third grade, John Thompson's
sixth grade, and Mrs. Betty Mi
lelle's ninth grade.
given 60 days on the roads suspend
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Gertrude Hardesty ? Public
drunkenness, 30 days in jail sus
pended on payment of court costs.
John H Kelly ? Careless and
reckless driving. Paid costs.
John Henry Madden? Having no
insurance. Judgment suspended
on payment of costs within 30 days.
Eighty-four cases were continu
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