ALASKA (Cont. ) 



U. S. Forest Service, Alaska Department of Fisheries and Sportsmen's 

 Clubs cooperating; territory wide; began July 1953, continuing; $3,100; 

 Robert T. Baade, and Roger W. Allln, Leaders; reports available. 



Address inquiries to: Clarence J. Rhode, as in No. 1 above. 



Department of Fisheries 



1. Inventory of Waters 



The objective is to inventory the waters of the Territory with special 

 emphasis given to the survey and collection of biological data on lakes and 

 streams adjacent to the highway systems. This information to be used in 

 sport fish management. 



Territory wide; began May 1951, indefinite; $15,000; E. S. Marvich, 

 Leader; reports available. 



Address inquiries to: Alaska Department of Fisheries, 229 Alaska Office 

 Building, Juneau, Alaska. 



2. Comparative Growth and Survival Study of Planted Trout Fry 



The objectives are to determine which of several stocks of rainbow trout 

 have the greatest survival and rate of growth in rehabilitated and virgin lakes. 



Anchorage and Fairbans areas; began September 1956, to close September 

 1959; $2,000; E. S. Marvich, Leader. 



Address inquiries to: As in No. 1 above. 



3. Relationship of Stickleback and Steelhead Trout in Lakes 



Experiments are being conducted on a series of six lakes to determine 

 what effects are exerted on introduced steelhead trout fry by varied stickle- 

 back pressures. Rehabilitated lakes stocked with steelhead trout fry are 

 included in this experiment. 



Kodiak Island; began June 1956, to close June 1959; $2,000; E. S. Marvich 

 Leader; reports available. 



Address inquiries to: As in No. 1 above. 



4. Kitoi Bay Research Station 



This project determines the limits of productivity of Alaskan lakes for 

 anadromous trout and salmon. On several lakes in the area the production of 

 fish is determined by adult and fry enumeration at the outlet weirs. Age 

 and growth studies are related to bio-geochemical analyses. 



Afognak Island; began June 1954, to close 1964; $50, 000; William A. 

 Smoker, Leader. 



Address inquiries to: As in No. 1 above. 



Water Pollution Control Board 



1. Silver Bay Water Pollution Control Studies 



The following will be determined: (a) The present natural resources , 

 their distribution and seasonal occurrence, (b) The types and quantities of 

 waste which will be discharged in the operation of the pulp mill, (c) The 

 maximum concentrations of such waste under which present natural resources 

 may be maintained, (d) How much, where, and when this waste should be 

 discharged in order to keep the concentration from exceeding the maximum. 



U. S. Forest Service, U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Alaska Lunnber 

 and Pulp Co. , and University of Washington cooperating; Sitka; began July 

 1956, indefinite; $20, 000; E. F. Eldridge and Robert O. Sylvester, Leaders; 

 reports available. 



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