Rainbow and brook trout and black bass are three species of fish that may be successfully propagated artificially for restocking the streams of North Carolina, according to Prof. John N. Cobb, Director of the College of Fisheries of the University of Washington.
Prof. Cobb met with the North Carolina Fisheries Commission Board at its recent session in Morehead City and gave the Board the benefit of his own information and experience in the artificial propagation of game fish.
Prof. Cobb thinks the State should begin in a modest way with two small hatcheries, one in the western part of the state for the propagation of the two species of trout for inland lakes, ponds and mountain streams. He would locate the other hatchery in northeastern North Carolina, preferably in Currituck County, near the coast.
The Fisheries Commission Board, backed by the next General Assembly for an appropriation for State Fish Hatcheries. In the meantime, the Board is seeking all the information available on the subject, calling to its assistance men like Prof. Cobb who are familiar with the contemplated work.
From the front page of The Independent, Elizabeth City, N.C., Friday, Sept. 29, 1922. If you’d like to see locations of fish hatcheries in North Carolina today (September, 2022), go to: www.ncwildlife.org/Fishing/Hatcheries-Stocking.
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