DELAWARE 

 Board of Game and Fish Commissioners 



1. Fresh Water Investigations (FA: F-l-R). 



After determining which streams in New Castle County will be available to the 

 public, limnological studies are conducted to determine whether or not fishing 

 can be provided on these streams. Also, five ponds in Kent County will be 

 covered by creel censuses, limnological studies, growth and age determinations 

 made from fish and scale collections, fish and population surveys. 



Streams in I^ew Castle County and ponds in Kent County; began July 1, 1952, planned 



for 1 year; $7,035; nnimeographed reports available. 

 Address correspondence to: Jay L. Harmic, Leader, Board of Game and Fish 



Commissioners, Dover Delaware. 



2. Fresh Water Developments (FA: F-2-D). 



Waters with high carp and stunted pan fish popidations will be rotenoned and re- 

 stocked with desired species. Maintenance improvements on dams, watershed 

 and bank plantings, construction of fish shelters, etc. will be carried out. 

 Signs warning against reintroduction of undesirable fish will be posted. 



Statewide; began July 1, 1952, planned for 1 year; $2, 380; mimeographed reports 



available. 

 Address correspondence to: Jay L. Harmic, Proj. Ldr. , Beard of Game and 



Fish Commissioners, Dover, Delaware. 



U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Branch of Fishery Biology 



1. Survey of the Sport and Commercial Fisheries of the Delaware Bay Area (Proj. 66). 



The objective of this project is to obtain data on the areas, seasons, relative abun- 

 dance, fluctuations in availability, and intensity of fishing, in terms of individual 

 species as a means of determining the most suitable locality for waste disposal 

 and of evaluating the probable effects of such disposal on the sport and commercial 

 fisheries of this area. 



Hdqtrs. : Woods Hole, Mass. ; began in 1951, scheduled to close in October 1953; 



Fred C. June, Proj. Ldr. 

 Address correspondence to: Fred C. June, Box 531, Univ. of Delaware, Newark, 



Delaware. 



FLORIDA 



Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission 



1. Fish Management Extension Service. 



Technical assistance is provided in the management of private and public waters. 

 Analyses and recommendations are made; and, where needed, renovating, weed 

 control and stocking are done. Work is directed by technicians assigned to each 

 of five administrative divisions. Interested local groups and individuals assist 

 in the program. 



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