PROPAGATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF FOOD FISHES, 1932 569 



Applicants are expected to provide suitable receptacles for carrying 

 fish, such vessels to be in readiness at the railroad station specified in 

 the advance notice of delivery. The vessels should be uncovered and 

 empty. 



The bureau experiences considerable difficulty in maldng deliveries 

 of fish to points on branch lines where the train service is poor. It 

 \\dll facilitate delivery if the applicant will designate a railroad station 

 on a hue where there is good train service. 



It frequentlj'" occurs that shipments of fish are forwarded a great 

 distance and the messenger in charge must make deliveries to a 

 number of applicants at dift'erent points. In order to facilitate de- 

 liveries, the messenger sometimes asks applicants to meet their fish 

 at a point other than the one designated on the application. 



In making allotments of fish the bureau takes into consideration 

 the area of the water to be stocked, the size and number of fish avail- 

 able, and the distance the fish must be transported. The bureau 

 distributes fish as fingerlings and yearlings. However, at some sta- 

 tions it is necessary to distribute a portion of the output as fry to 

 prevent overcrowding. 



Shipments of trout from the bureau's eastern stations are usually 

 made during May and June and applications received after April 1 

 will be carried on file for attention during the following year. The 

 distribution of trout in the Kocky Mountain regions is made from May 

 to October and applications for that section should be submitted prior 

 to May 1 in order to assure early delivery. Requests for bass, sunfish, 

 and crappie should be made prior to May 1 as deliveries of such species 

 are made between May and December. 



Detailed information on the bureau's method of distribution is 

 contained in Fisheries Circular No. 8 entitled "Stocking Interior 

 Waters of the United States." 



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