PROPAGATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF FOOD FISHES, 1939 559 
There was included in the total a production of 102,366,985 game 
and pan species, a percentage of approximately 1.3. As has been 
previously asserted, practically all the species propagated by the Bu- 
reau are sought by anglers to some degree. However, in designating 
“game and pan species” the Bureau is guided by the classifications of 
the State fisheries laws and by the determination of whether a given 
species supports an extensive commercial fishery. If such is the case, 
it is listed as a non-game species. 
The most important point to be considered in analyzing the pro- 
duction records is the difference between gross and net output. The 
aggregate production of the individual hatcheries is greater than the 
actual or net plantings of fish because of the fact that transfers are 
made between different stations. The station hatching and shipping 
fish must of necessity be given credit for this production; and the 
station which subsequently rears and plants the fish is likewise 
entitled to credit for the number distributed. It is further evident 
that this involves a duplication in the summary or grand total. 
During 1939 there were 833,335 fish transferred between the stations. 
Deducting this from the grand total by species leaves a net distribu- 
tion of 2,198,905,280 fish and 5,824,802,070 eggs as an actual incre- 
ment to the fish population resulting from the Division’s activities. 
For the same reason the record of distribution by States (see p. 596) 
will not check in its totals with the summary by species. 
While extensive repair and improvement work was under way 
throughout the year at most of the stations, in very few instances did 
this interfere materially with the fish production. The Bureau has 
not as yet achieved its objective for the production of a greater pro- 
portion of trout and bass of legal size. Costs, both for fish food and 
personnel, as well as the increased expense of distributing larger fish, 
remain the chief limiting agents. 
CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES 
Shortly before the start of the fiscal year the Division received an 
allotment of $808,500 from the Public Works Administration and 
$544,856 from the Works Progress Administration. The former was 
intended largely for the procurement of materials and supplies, while 
the latter was solely for labor. These amounts were reallocated to 
the various projects as listed in the following table: 
Stations receiving P. W. A. and W. P. A. allotments during the fiscal year 1939 









Amount | Amount | Amount | Amount 
Location of P.W.A. of W.P.A.,| Location lofP.W.A |ofW.P.A. 
project | project | project | project 
‘Alabama: Marion __________- $15, 000 $10, 920 || Iowa: _ 
Arkansas: Mammoth Spring __ | 5, 000 3, 500 Eainport-.-2=-— ee $3, 000 $1, 230 
California: Guttenberg_____- “| 30,000 | 13, 300 
Battie Creek 4222-22. 2: <5 5, 000 3, 500 | Manchester- --__- 15, 000 10, 000 
WON GOreek-s- = 2 8. Se 5, 000 3,000 || Kentucky: Louisville-------- 3, 500 4, 306 
Colorado: || Louisiana: Natchitoches__-__- 10, 000 15, 000 
serecdete 35 eis 5 25> tt) | ee || Maine: 
Beericlivilien ss Sele Sr Ny 7, 500 | 6, 500 || Boothbay Harbor- -_----- 5, 000 2, 500 
Florida: Welaka___._._______- | 30, 000 | 23, 000 || BastiOnlandas2-2_ 2) aei2 5, 000 3, 600 
Georgia: | Massachusetts: 
Make Park 0600 Lis | 15,000 | 10, 000 | Gloucester...--.---------- | 15, 000 5, 000 
Warm. Springs... | 15,000 | 10, 000 |} Hanis vies sae ee ee 5, 000 5, 000 
‘Tuli ird ee pee Sd ee | 3, 000 |) Woods Folens.) ie 15, 000 10, 000 
Idaho: Michigan: 
taperinniess 1222.8!) 10, 000 | 5, 000 || CHarlevoixs2=2-- 2 t2 | 10,000 5, 000 
cites ea _ ae 5, 000 | 5,000 | Northvilles*sease ee 15, 000 10, 000 
Indiana: Rochester__-_--.---- 8000) |s2s5- =.= |) Minnesota; Daluthe 2222s s=5 7, 500 2, 500 
