construction of a lined concrete pond at the Point Whitney Shellfish Laboratory. Because of 

 a chronic shortage of Pacific oyster seed, this pond will be used to develop mass culture 

 procediires which would be expanded to meet special needs of the commercial shellfish growers. 



Fish Landing Facilities 



Alabama 2-29-C Johnie H. Cranoe Completed 1967 



Construction of public oyster landing facilities - Three public oyster landings were con- 

 structed on Heron Bay in Baldwin County. The landings enable oystermen to unload their catch 

 in a protected area and close to the oyster processing shops. Before construction, the 

 oystermen had to travel 8 miles or more over exposed waters to unload their catch. 



Puerto Rico 2-41-0 Rolf Juhl $250,000 



Construction of fishing port facilities - This project provides for construction of essential 

 fishing port facilities at Barrero at Rincon, Puerto Nuevo at Vega Baja, Cerro Gordo at Vega 

 Alta, Culebra Island, Punta Santiaga at Humacao, Hucares at Naguabo, and various other fishing 

 centers to facilitate and stimulate the fishing activity. 



Fish Screens and Stream Improvement and Passage Facilities 



California AFC-6 C. S. Kabel Completed 1967 



Scott Valley fish screen construction - Fish screen and trapping facility was installed at the 

 Scott Valley Irrigation District Diversion Canal to prevent losses of downstream migrant coho 

 and Chinook salmon and steelhead trout to the canal from the Scott River near Fort Jones, 

 Siskiyou County. 



California AFC-9 John Radovich $150,000 



Banta-Garbona fish screen construction - To construct a fish screen at Banta-Carbona Irriga- 

 tion Diversion to prevent losses of downstream migrant cliinook salmon to the diversion from 

 San Joaquin River. The construction site is near Diablo, San Joaquin County. 



Delaware AFSC-3 Charles A. Lesser $90,000 



Shad passageway construction on the Brandywine River - To construct fish passage facilities 

 on 11 low-head dams on Brandywine Greek, tributary to Delaware River. Passage facilities 

 would make available about 35 miles of spawning and nursery areas to anadromous fish, 

 principally American shad. 



Maine AFG-6 Fred Baird Extended 



S tream improvement and fishway construction - Construction of fish passage facilities and/or 

 removal of bypass hazards for upstream migration of anadromous fish, especially alewife, are 

 underway on the lower Nanticoke, Birch Gunpowder, and Chester Rivers. 



Massachusetts AFG-1 Clinton Watson $2/t,000 



Anadromous fish investigations - Fish passage needs for upstream movement of river herrings 



and American shad have been surveyed on coastal streams. Construction of new facilities and 



improvement of existing facilities are underway on streams in Bristol and Barnstable 

 Counties. 



New Hampshire AFC-1 William Ayer $50,000 



Commercial fisheries development - To construct fish passage facilities at the first dam up- 

 stream from tidewater on the Exeter River, Rockingham County, for the upstream passage of 

 alewife and American shad. 



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