ARKANSAS 

 Game and Fish Commission 



1. A Statewide Fisheries Survey. (FA: F-l-R) 



The objectives of the project are to provide information on the location and 

 physical features of the State's public streams and lakes; to determine the prin- 

 cipal use of waters involved and the effects on sport fishing; to provide data on 

 the success of reproduction, survival, growth, age and fishing success; and to 

 provide recommendations for management, and future investigation and develop- 

 ment work. 



Statewide; began August 1, 1951, to close August 1, 1954; $42, 300; Andrew 

 Hulsey, Leader. 



Address inquiries to: Andrew Hulsey, Game and Fish Commission, Lonoke, 

 Ark. 



2. The Construction of State Fishing Lakes. 



The project objectives are to select areas over the State where fishing op- 

 portunities are limited and to construct danris for the impoundment of water in 

 new sites, and to re-establish water levels in old lakes and bayous that have 

 been partially drained. 



Statewide; began 1948, to close 1958; $150,000; Joe Hogan, John Buxton, 

 Leaders. 



Address inquiries to: Game and Fish Commission, P. O. Box 543, Lonoke, 



Ark. 



Department of Fish and Game 



CALIFORNIA 



1. Statewide Warm-water Fish Research Prograrn. 



The objectives of the project include: 1. A study of forage fish introductions 

 to find more suitable species for fluctuating water level reservoirs. Threadfin 

 shad and the plains red shiner are being brought in from other States, and two 

 native species of fresh-water smelt are also being tried. 2. Experimental in- 

 troduction of new sports fishes is being carried out. The redeye bass has been 

 brought in from Tennessee and is being introduced in a restricted watershed. 

 3. Carp control by using several poison baits is being investigated. Current 

 investigation is directed towards finding a suitable carrying agent and determin- 

 ing the effect of the poison bait on other animals. 4. The fishing mortality of 

 largemouth bass is being investigated in Clear Lake, Lake County, by means of 

 a tagging program. Tests on tags and tagging methods are carried on at the same 

 time. 



Statewide; hdqrs. Sacramento; began March 1953, continuing; $10,000; J. B. 

 Kimsey, Leader. 



Address inquiries to: Inland Fisheries Branch, California Department of 

 Fish and Game, 926 J Street, Sacramento 14, Calif. 



2. Brown Trout Management Study. (FA: F-8-R in part) 



The objective is to determine nnethods of innproving brown trout fishing. 

 Representative waters in each of the fish and game regions of California have 

 been selected for study. Test plants of marked fingerlings and catchables will 

 be made in selected waters, and the results measured by population studies made 

 with electric shocker. 



Rock Creek, Madera County; Arroyo Seco Creek, Monterey County; Tate 

 Creek, Siskiyou County; Cucamonga Creek, San Bernardino County; Pilot Creek, 

 Eldorado County; began July 1953, indefinite; $10,000; J. H. Wales, Leader; 

 Edgar Best, Assistant Leader. 



Address inquiries to: Inland Fisheries Branch, as in No. 1 above. 



