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Research on Free Animals, with Particular Reference to Fisheries

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MANAGEMENT of animals that are free to wander presents man with a difficult problem. The Fisheries Research Board of Canada has been attempting for a dozen years or so to make rapid progress in solving that problem for Atlantic salmon. A certain measure of success has been attained and a pattern for treatment of the matter has gradually developed.

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HUNTSMAN, A. Research on Free Animals, with Particular Reference to Fisheries. Nature 158, 128–129 (1946). https://doi.org/10.1038/158128b0

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