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Most important was the observa-
tion that a lake or stream is really
a pasture, with extremely prolific
"livestock," and with the rate of
growth depending on the amount
of food available. It was found that
fish needed more than just water;
that other conditions needed to be
favorable, too. It was discovered
that a small fish wasn't necessarily
a young fish-he might be an under-
fed old-timer! The technical fellows
learned about food chains; a bass
eating small fish which eat insects
which subsist on microscopic food
isn't equivalent to a sheep eating
grass. It's equivalent to a super-
predator eating wolves which eat
sheep which eat grass. This ex-
plained quite clearly why our lakes
and streams couldn't be "half fish
and half water!" The biologists
gradually learned many things even
though they couldn't find a simple
answer to the question of how to
give "ideal" fishing to all anglers.
Meanwhile, the internal feuding
led to interesting developments. In
some states the political administra-
tors were replaced by other people.
Hatchery men were given the top
fishery jobs in some states, wardens
in others, and biologists in still
others. In every instance, some in-
dividuals developed a broad view-
point and did a good job. Others
retarded conservation in their
states. Today, we have administra-
tors in all these categories.
The political appointee doesn't
object to good conservation, but he
also tends not to promote it. His
main interest is in keeping the
voter happy and in hanging on to
his job. Since conservation educa-
tion might lead the public to sus-
pect that he isn't competent, he
generally is opposed to public en-
lightenment.
The one-time warden, as an ad-
ministrator, may tend to over-
stress enforcement. Often, he tends
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to change the "status quo."
The fishery administrators who
came up the hatchery ladder nat-
urally tend to favor stocking. Some
do everything possible to retard
progress; others are doing a good
job in the administrative capacity.
In several states these men have
definitely opposed fact-finding.
They may have one or a fewtrained men on the staff, because
of public demand, but the men are
held down and some of their find-
ings are kept from the public
These hatchery men spend most of
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