MASSACHUSETTS (Cont. ) 

 U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Branch of Game-fish and Hatcheries 



1. Fishery Management Surveys. 



The objective is to develop fish managennent plans, based on surveys, for 

 specific water areas. Priority is given to Federally controlled areas such as 

 Service refuges, National Forests, Veterans Administration facilities , defense 

 installations, and Indian reservations. 



Hdqrs. Boston; field work in the several States connprising Fish and Wild- 

 life Service Region 5; continuing; John G. Appelget and James Otis, Leaders. 



Address inquiries to: Regional Director, Fish and Wildlife Service, 

 1105 Blake Building, 59 Temple Place, Boston 11, Mass. 



2. Technical Assistance in Fish Cultural Activities. 



Assistance is given to fish cultural personnel toward the solution of bio- 

 logical problems of hatchery management, such as weed control, fertilization, 

 disease, and water quality; and in initiating new or improved techniques. Fish 

 stocking activities are reviewed for correlation with State Conservation Depart- 

 ment practices and to direct the distribution of Federally produced fish in ac- 

 cordance with Fish and Wildlife Service policy and known fishery management 

 needs. 



Hdqrs. Boston; field work in the several States comprising Fish and Wild- 

 life Service Region 5; continuing; John G. Appelget and James Otis, Leaders. 



Address inquiries to: Regional Director, as in No. 1 above. 



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



1. Biology of the Redfish. 



Objectives of the project are to determine the effect of fishing on the stocks 

 of redfish; to obtain information necessary for the understanding of fluctuations 

 in abundance; to establish rates of growth of stocks in order to understand rate 

 of recruitment; and to define the races of redfish in the northwest Atlantic. 



Hdqrs. Woods Hole; continuing; George F. Kelly, Robert S. Wolf, George 

 M. Clark, Claude F. Bocken, Leaders. 



Address inquiries to: Herbert W. Graham, Chief, North Atlantic Fishery 

 Investigations, Woods Hole, Mass. 



MICHIGAN 

 Department of Conservation 



1. Fishes of Michigan. 



A comprehensive reference book on fishes of the State, on their structure, 

 habits, distribution, abundance, etc. , with illustrations and keys for general 

 use of sportsmen, biologists, and students is under preparation. 



Statewide; began 1946, continuing; $3,267; Gerald P. Cooper and Reeve M. 

 Bailey of University of Michigan, Museum of Zoology, cooperating. 



Address inquiries to: Institute for Fisheries Research, University Museums 

 Annex, Ann Arbor, Mich. 



2. Fish Population Studies. 



Determination of the size of populations of legal -sized game fish is the basis 

 for interpretation of creel census data, and effects of special regulations. Esti- 

 mation techniques are evaluated by use of mark and recapture methods. 



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