PENNYSLVANIA (Cont. ) 

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

 1. Biology of the Shad (Proj. 87). 



(See same title under North Carolina) 



RHODE ISLA^fD 



Division of Fish and Game 



1. Pond and Lake Survey (FA: F-2-R). 



This project is a comprehensive sxirvey of the fishing waters of the State, including: 

 Physical, chemical and biological studies; fish population studies; and fish 

 harvest studies. Spawning area surveys are also being carried out. 



Statewide; began June 1, 1952, planned for 3 years; $15,000. 



Address correspondence to: Chester T. Whaley, Project Leader, Vets. Memorial 



Bldg. , 93 Park St. , Providence, R. I. J 



Test-water Study of Trout Fishery (FA: F-l-R). 



By stocking marked hatchery trout in selected trout ponds and streams, information 

 is being gathered on percentage of recovery, percentage of holdovers, time of 

 recovery, and losses and movements of said fish. This data, together with know- 

 ledge of fishing intensity, will be used as a guide to future stocking procedures. 



Meadow Brook, Austin Farm Pond, Washington County; began April 1952, planned 



for 3 years; $2, 700. 

 Address correspondence to: Chester T. Whaley, Project Leader, Vets. Memorial 



Bldg., 83 Park St. , Providence, R. I. 



SOUTH CAROLINA 



Wildlife Resource? Departmient, Department of Game 



1. Investigation of Fish Populations in Reservoirs (FA: F-l-R). 



The investigation will cover fish populations and creel census studies, causes of fish 

 mortality, determinations of the feasibility of constructing new public fishing lakes 

 and sub - impoundment s , and a life history survey of the striped bass in the Santee- 

 Cooper Reservoirs. 



Statewide; began December 1, 1951, planned for 3 years; $20,295. 



Address correspondence to: W. A. Garth, Fishery Biologist, South Carclina Wild- 

 life Resources Dept. , P. O. Box 360, Columbia, S. C. 



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