South Dakota A-37-D Donald Warniok $1,800 



Commercial fishing gear research and development for lakes and reservoirs in South Dakota - 

 The catch data from floating trap nets constructed in 1968 will be compared with catches 

 from gill nets and frame nets normally used by commercial fishermen. These data will be 

 evaluated to determine the most efficient methods of harvesting buffalo, carp, carpsucker, 

 and blue sucker. 



Tennessee A-5-R Harry L. Hargis Completed 1968 



Development of improved fishing methods for use in south-eastern and south central resrvoirs - 

 Haul seines and trap nets were tested to determine their effectiveness in harvesting com- 

 mercial fish species such as carp, buffalofish, and suckers. 



Virgin Islands 2-33-R Arthur E. Dammann $27,333 



Study of the fisheries potential of the Virgin Islands - Very little basic ecology and 

 oceanography have been done on the fisheries in the Virgin Islands. The commercial fishery 

 is still carried on by a high percentage of "pot" fishermen, and the quality of the product 

 they supply the consumer is nearly always substandard. Under this project, methods of 

 harvesting and handling that have practical value in improving the fishery are investigated. 

 Also, the extent to which long-range fishing is feasible is considered. 



Washington 1-39-D Allan E. Millikan $13,750 



Mid-water trawl fisheries management investigation - A new commercial fishery for Pacific 

 hake began along the Washington coast during the fall of 1965. This project provides for the 

 collection of statistical data on the fishery off the Washington coast, and continuing ex- 

 perimental and exploratory fishing with mid-water trawl for harvesting hake and other species 

 in commercial quantities in Puget Sound. 



EXTENSION SERVICE 



Nine extension- type projects have been approved and funded under the Federal Aid Program. Of 

 these, five deal with the preparation and distribution of an estuarine film and four provide 

 industry with current information. 



Alabama 2-58-D Johnie Crance $7,900 



Florida 2-50-D Harmon Shields 7,900 



Louisiana 2-57-D Theodore Ford 9,100 



Mississippi 2-59-D William Demoran 7,900 



Texas 2-A8-D Terrance Leary 9,500 



Gulf of Mexico estuarine film - The five Gulf States and the Bureau of Commercial Fisheries 

 are cooperating in the preparation and distribution of a 28-minute, color, sound motion 

 picture film showing the values and problems facing our nation's estuaries. A 12-minute film 

 is also being prepared. 



Maine 3-13-D Donald M. Harriman $20,000 



Maine marine fisheries extension service - There is much fisheries research, in progress and 

 completed, of which industry is unaware. This project is undertaken to disseminate 

 information about the various commercial fisheries to the fishing industry along the coast 

 of Maine and to potential members of the industry. 



Maryland 3-71 -D William Sieling $22,200 



Maryland marine fisheries extension service - The purpose of this proj ect is to disseminate 

 to the fishing industry of tidewater Maryland and the elected legislative officials of the 

 State current information relating to: (l) applicable results of scientific investigations, 

 (2) technological developments, (3) marketing opportunities, and (4) managerial policies 

 and the reasons for their adoption. The State feels that the potential productivity of 

 Maryland waters greatly .exceeds the $13 million dockside value of fishery products harvested 

 in 1965. 



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