Texas Game and Fish, Volume 22, Number 5, May 1964 Page: 1
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FISH BOWL DE LUXE: Construction of a $10 million National Fisheries Center and Aquar-
ium in Washington, D.C., on a self-supporting basis, was authorized by Congress in
1962. Funds for construction and operation are to be repaid from admission fees.
The Center will be administered by the U. S. Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife.
It will contain research laboratories, and both unusual and commonplace aquatic
animals from all parts of the world will be studied in near-natural habitats. Studies
will include research into genetics, reproduction, nutrition, fish diseases, anti-
biotics produced by marine animals, and experimental ecology, with much of the re-
search being related to human biology and medicine. The entire spectrum of water
habitat and its aquatic animals will be presented, ranging from inhabitants of a
freshwater stream, fed by a mountain lake, to the dark abyss of the ocean. Visi-
tors are expected to number three million annually; student groups will be admitted
without charge. Single copies of the new publication, "A Preview of the National
Fisheries Center and Aquarium," may be obtained from the Fish and Wildlife Service,
Dept. of the Interior, Washington, D.C., 20240.
FLIES RIGHT: Holding trout flies in the steam from a teakettle spout will quickly
straighten out crumpled feathers.
GOONEY NEWS: Those stubborn gooney birds (Blackfoot or Layson albatross) on Midway
Island have finally met their Waterloo. Although no one personally minds their
presence, and there's even a law making a sailor liable to court-martial if he's
caught molesting a gooney, Navy officials are concerned about the danger to men
and aircraft. Aircraft damage caused by collisions with gooneys--who have wing spans
of 8 to 12 feet--runs $27,000 a year. For more than 20 years, the birds have re-
sisted all efforts to move them from the two square miles of land they share with
3,000 servicemen and dependents. Now, with the sanction of Carl W. Bucheister, pres-
ident of the Audubon Society, who visited the island, a humane method of eliminating
the birds with gas is to be used, which will cost $500,000. Bucheister insisted that
three federal bird sanctuaries on the nearby uninhabited atolls of Pearl and Hermes
Reef, Lisianski and Laysan, must remain absolutely inviolate. Only the 20,000 or
so birds that nest near the runways are to be exterminated. The remaining 230,000
will be left to their own devices if they behave themselves.
THERE'S A CATCH TO IT: Don't rely too heavily on that safety catch! Safeties on shot-
guns are apt to give a sportsman a false sense of security. The safety snap only
blocks the triggers so they can't be pulled. It doesn't block the hammers so they
can't fall and hit the firing pins. And hammers are what fire the guns !
CHEMICAL DETECTIVES: The Federal Government has awarded a major contract to private
researchers to examine cancer-causing potential of some 40 widely used pesticides.
On the list are various fungicides, weed-killing urea compounds, and chlorinated
hydro-carbons. Research will go beyond cancer. Target is to learn whether such
chemicals may cause genetic changes in human cells.
WE'D BETTER HEED: Burning has been proved an antiquated and impractical way to remove
weeds, and it does not make grass green sooner. There are weed trees, vegetable weeds
and weed grasses. When the soil becomes so poor through misuse it will not grow the
better grasses, weed grasses such as sandbur move in. Instead of killing undesirable
grasses, burning merely eliminates some of the weed's competitors. The best way to
get rid of weed grasses is to increase the fertility of the soil, enabling other
plants to take over. Healthier plants thrive where the ground is richer and where
fire has not destroyed its fertility. Grazing animals are quick to pick out the choice
grasses on fertile soil, and will prefer unburned sections every time. -Joan PearsallMAY, 1964
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Texas. Game and Fish Commission. Information and Education Branch. Texas Game and Fish, Volume 22, Number 5, May 1964, periodical, May 1964; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1588378/m1/3/?q=%221964~%22: accessed July 7, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.