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Colorado River in Texas. The site was furnished by the Lower 
Colorado River Authority and the construction was supervised by 
the Bureau. It was financed by a portion of the P. W. A. allotment 
and by the assignment of N. Y. A. labor. At the close of the year 
this project was virtually completed and some of the ponds were 
stocked with fingerling bass. 
Great improvements were effected at the Fort Worth station, where 
an additional tract of land was donated by the city of Fort Worth 
and utilized for the development of additional ponds. 
The Charlevoix, Mich., hatchery, which had been closed since 1933 
was entirely rehabilitated and equipped for the rearing of lake trout 
fingerling. 
In several instances the State W. P. A. projects were in effect 
also making possible additional improvements. An outstanding ex- 
ample of this method was at Guttenberg, Iowa, where initial work on 
a very large bass and pondfish hatchery within the Upper Missis- 
sippi River Wild Life and Fish Refuge was undertaken. Curtail- 
ment of the scope of the C. C. C. resulted in some restriction of the 
construction work prosecuted by this agency. A limited number of 
assignees were held at work at Lamar, Pa., but the C. C. C. develop- 
ment at the York Pond, N. H., station was terminated. However, 
it was possible to continue developments there by utilization of emer- 
gency funds allotted directly to the Bureau. 
In addition to the improvements made possible by direct cash 
allotments to the Bureau, the Appropriation Act for 1939 carried 
the sum of $155,000, provided for the construction of new hatcheries 
in Kansas, North Dakota, Minnesota, and Ohio. A suitable site was 
located at Valley City, N. Dak., and, at the close of the fiscal year, 
the hatchery was approximately 75 percent completed, although not 
in readiness for operation. Sites were selected at Hebron, Ohio, 
Farlington, Kans., and New London, Minn., but various difficulties 
were encountered in acquiring clear titles to these sites, with result- 
ant delay in starting actual construction. At the close of the year, 
however, preparations were being made to initiate the construction 
hase at each of these locations. The funds appropriated for these 
atcheries were continued available during the fiscal year 1940. 
By means of funds allotted from the Public Works Administra- 
tion and the Works Progress Administration, improvements were 
also made during the year to the technological byproducts labora- 
tory building and the chemical laboratories in Seattle, Wash. 
ALASKA FISHERIES SERVICE 
ADMINISTRATION OF FISHERY LAWS AND REGULATIONS 
Careful observations of the runs and escapement of salmon were 
made in all fishing districts, and regulations were modified as seemed 
desirable. In general, the salmon runs were satisfactory, and most 
of the changes in regulations during the season were relaxations to 
permit additional commercial fishing in specified localities. The 
Commissioner of Fisheries spent several weeks in Alaska inspecting 
the fishery and fur-seal activities. nels 
Revised regulations, issued on February 11, to be effective in 1939 
contained few changes of major importance. The salmon fishing 
