consumer educational, market development, and market promotional program in cooperation with 

 industry. Federal agencies, and other State agencies. This program will be accomplished 

 mainly through the development and distribution of educational materials such as video tapes, 

 films, recipe leaflets, cookery demonstrations, and exhibits. 



Virginia 3-69-D Fred W. Rawlinson $4.0,000 



Consumer education and market developmen t - Through the use of newspapers, radio, and TV 

 media, promotional materials, and public relations, the Virginia Commission of Fisheries is 

 promoting greater use of Central Atlantic seafoods on a national and area basis, and thereby 

 improving the economic position of the seafood industry. 



OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 



Four operation and maintenance projects have been approved and funded, of which three are 

 for Pacific salmon hatcheries and one for a marine laboratory. 



New York 3-95-D David Wallace $28,300 



Operation and maintenance of marine laboratory - This project provides operational funds for 

 the newly constructed marine laboratory at Flax Pond. The laboratory, built under project 

 3-10-C, includes wet and dry laboratories along with salt- and fresh-water systems and related 

 equipment. 



Oregon AFC-22 Austin Magill Completed 1968 



Production and distribution of anadromous salmonids from the Alsea River salmon hatchery - 

 Unfed fingerlings and excess adult salmon from the Alsea River hatchery in Lincoln County 

 are released to populate areas made available by the State ' s stream clearance program and 

 other areas having rearing potential. 



Oregon AFC-30 Austin Magill $U,000 



Hatch, rear, and release salmonids at the North Nehalem River salmon hatchery - This project 

 supports operational costs of the North Nehalem salmon hatchery, which was expanded by the 

 addition of six rearing ponds as a P. L. 89-304- activity. The North Nehalem River hatchery 

 is located about 70 miles west of Portland in Clatsop County and is operated for production 

 of coho and fall ohinook salmon and for the distribution of the fingerlings into the North 

 Nehalem River and adjacent waters. 



Texas 2-88-C Terrance R. Leary $22,500 



Dredging boat and water intake channels - This project provides for dredging the boat and water 

 intake channels at the Coastal Fisheries Experiment Station near Palacios, Calhoun County. 

 The station was constructed under the Federal Aid Program. (Texas 2-14 -C) 



Washington AFC-1 Marshall Thayer Completed 1967 



Salmon rearing operations - This project permitted full operation of 11 State-owned salmon 

 hatcheries from July 1, 1966, to June 30, 1967. The Cooperator estimated that 264,375 coho 

 and 145,425 Chinook salmon thus would be made available to the fisheries which would other- 

 wise have been lost. 



RESEARCH 



A total of 209 research projects has been approved and funded. Of these, 14 are concerned 

 with research on the environment, 4-4 deal with fresh-water finfish, 80 involve marine fin- 

 fish, six are concerned with jellyfish, and 65 are concerned with research on shellfish. 

 To date, 50 research projects have been completed and 59 are continuing. 



Environment 



Fourteen research projects, mainly concerned with inventories of the estuaries and the 

 effect alteration of the environment has on the fish and other communities, have been 

 approved and funded. 



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