ARKANSAS (Cont. ) 



3. Lake Atkins Development Project 



The objective is to construct a 752-acre sport fishing lake and provide 

 for public access. 



West-central Arkansas; began July 1955, closed December 1956; $124,000; 

 John Buxton, Leader. 



Address inquiries to: Andrew H. Hulsey, as in No. 2 above. 



4. Statewide Fisheries Survey 



The objectives are: (1) To locate and catalogue the State's public fishing 

 waters. (2) To record the distribution of the principal gamefish and provide 

 data on success of reproduction, survival, growth, and age. (3) To provide 

 recommendations for management and evaluation of the results of management. 



Statewide; began July 1951, to close July 1958; $23, 000; Leroy Gray, Leader; 

 reports available. 



Address inquiries to: Leroy Gray, P. O. Box 301, Hazen, Arkansas. 



5. Experimental Channel Catfish and Buffalofish Culture and Propagation 



The objective is to develop practical methods for the culture and propaga- 

 tion of channel catfish and buffalo in warm water hatchery ponds. There is a 

 possibility that rice field reservoirs can be used for commercial production 

 of these species. 



Centerton and Lonoke Fish Hatcheries; began January 1952; Bruce Crawford 

 and Lee Brady, Leaders; reports available. 



Address inquiries to: Joe Hogan, Supervisor of Fisheries, Lonoke, 

 Arkansas. 



6. Experimental Drawdown Management on Flood Control Lakes 



The objectives are: (1) to benefit the sport fishery by balancing the fish 

 population, (2) to control colloidal turbidity, and (3) to aid in the harvest of 

 commercial and sport fish species. 



U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service and U. S. Army Engineers cooperating; 

 Nimrod and Blue Mountain Lakes; began October 1955, to close October 1958; 

 Andrew H. Hulsey, Leader; reports available. 



Address inquiries to: Andrew H. Hulsey, as in No. 2 above. 



CALIFORNIA 



Department of Fish and Game 



1. Statewide Warmwater Fish Research Program 



The objectives of the project include: (a) A study of forage fish introduc- 

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

 This is now centered around the evaluation of the threadfin shad, (b) An in- 

 vestigation of population dynamics of warmwater streams, lakes, and reser- 

 voirs in terms of production, fishing and natural mortality, and growth. 

 Principle species are the largemouth and smallmouth black bass, sunfishes 

 such as the bluegill and redear, black and white crappie, and catfish, (c) A 

 catfish study to provide adequate information concerning fishing pressure and 

 life history data necessary for the management of California's catfish re- 

 sources. Several thousand catfish have been tagged to furnish data relative to 

 rate of exploitation and migratory tendencies. Samples are collected for 

 study of age and growth, food habits, and reproductive characteristics. This 

 work was formerly carried on under Dinge 11 -Johnson Project F-2-R, A Study 

 of the Catfish Fishery of California. 



