the next edition. Annual changes in fishery programs are not sufficient to warrant 

 publication of the Survey every year. Therefore, an edition was not published for 

 1955. The issuance of future editions will depend on the need for bringing the list- 

 ing of projects up to date and on the expressed desires of cooperators. 



EXPLANATION OF PROJECT DESCRIPTIONS 



Material reported by the several game and fish departments, universities, 

 and Federal and private agencies, is arranged in the following order: 



1. Title of project. 



2. Objectives and description. 



3. General explanator information: 



a. Cooperating agencies. 



b. Area covered and/or location of headq\aarters. 



c. Date project began and expected completion date. 



d. Estimated cost of current segment. 



e. Name of the leader. 



f. Availability of reports. 



4. Person or office to receive inquiries concerning further details and 



accomplishments . 



The cost figure, when given, is that reported for the current year or seg- 

 ment and does not represent the entire cost of a project with a life o more than 

 one year. U the reporting agency stated that reports on the project, or phases 

 thereof, are available, this is indicated. For infornnation on the availability of 

 reports on Fish and Wildlife Service projects write to the person indicated in that 

 particular project. 



SUMM.\RY OF LISTINGS BY AGENCY TYPE 



The borad scope of projects listed in the Survey reflects the attention being 

 given our sport-fishery resources by many agencies. On the basis of numbers 

 alone, leading contributors are the State fish and game departments, colleges and 

 universities are second, and Federal agencies are third. Since the cost of many 

 projects is not given, it is impossible to present a summary of the amount of money 

 being spent by the various agencies. This can usually be obtained from annual or 

 biennial reports and other special publications. 



Reported by-- Number of Agencies Projects 



State Conservation Agencies: 



Fish and Game Departments 48 491 



Other 8 14 



Colleges and Universities 32 129 



Federal Agencies: 



Fish and Wildlife Service 4 84 



Public Health Service 1 1 



Forest Service 1 2 



TVA 1 4 



Territories 4 21 



Industrial Corporations 2 2 



Totals 101 748 



