CALIFORNIA (Cont. ) 



4. Salton Sea Research Program. 



The project objective is to do the research necessary for the establishment 

 and maintenance of a sports fishery in the Salton Sea, Imperial and Riverside 

 Counties, California. 



California Department of Fish and Game cooperating; University of Califor- 

 nia, Los Angeles 24, and Fish Springs Resort, Thermal; began February 1954, 

 planned for 3 years; $28,000; Boyd W. Walker, Leader; reports available. 



Address inquiries to: Dr. Boyd W. Walker, Department of Zoology, Uni- 

 versity of California, Los Angeles 24, Calif. 



Stanford University 



1. A Survey of the Fishes of Arctic Alaska. 



Objectives of the Project are: (a) To determine the nature and composition 

 of the fish fauna of Arctic Alaska; (b) to ascertain what forms are available as 

 food and if any approach a degree of abundance sufficient to warrant commercial 

 exploitation; and (c) to determine the contribution of fish noises to the general 

 under-water ambient noise level of arctic waters. 



Office of Naval Research cooperating; Arctic Research Laboratory, Point 

 Barrow, Alaska; began April 1, 1951, to close March 31, 1955; Norman J. 

 Wilimovsky, Leader; reports available. 



Address inquiries to: Norman J. Wilimovsky, Natural History Museum, 

 Stanford University, Stanford, Calif. 



2. Fish Population Study on Ikroavik Lake. 



Objectives of the project are to: (a) estimate population size, growth rates, 

 and death rates of fish in Ikroavik Lake (near Point Barrow, Alaska) with com- 

 parisons of growth rates of same species from nearby marine waters; (b) de- 

 termine, species for species, age and growth compositions of various populations 

 on the arctic Alaskan slope, to note which populations could be exploited for 

 sport or food; and (c) for one or more species which occur in marine migratory 

 populations and in isolated populations, to investigate physiological differences 

 in growth and fat deposition. 



Office of Naval Research and the Arctic Institute of North America coopera- 

 ting; Arctic Research Laboratory, Point Barrow, Alaska; began April 1, 1952, 

 to close March 31, 1955; Donald E. Wohlschlag, Leader; reports available. 



Address inquiries to: Dr. Donald E. Wohlschlag, Natural History Museum, 

 Stanford University, Stanford, Calif. 



Humboldt State College 



1. A Survey of Private Trout Enterprises in the West. 



The project objectives are to determine the kinds, number, and location of 

 private trout enterprises in nine western States, and to determine the importance 

 of these enterprises in terms of financial investment, gross income, production 

 and sale of fish and eggs. 



California Department of Fish and Game cooperating; covers nine western 

 states; began May 1952, to close December 1954; $100; John W. DeWitt, Leader. 



Address inquiries to: John W. DeWitt, Fisheries Department, Humboldt 

 State College, Areata, Calif. 



