PROPAGATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF FOOD FISHES, 1940 561 
In the Tennessee Valley area, three-way agreements between the 
Bureau of Fisheries, the Tennessee Valley Authority, and the States 
of Alabama, Tennessee, and North Carolina have been made effec- 
tive. The Tennessee Valley Authority completed a pondfish hatchery, 
having a water area of 111 acres, on the Etk River in Alabama. The 
personnel assigned to that hatchery is now collecting brood stock and 
treating the pond bottoms to reduce the loss of water through seep- 
age. The hatchery operated at Norris, Tenn., was enlarged during 
the year. The State conservation departments will distribute the 
fish produced at these units for the stocking of waters in that part of 
the Tennessee Valley area within their respective boundaries. 
The New Jersey Board of Fish and Game Commissioners donated 
the services of its staff for the surveying of potential Federal pondfish 
hatchery sites in New Jersey. Further assistance was received from 
various State agencies in setting up W. P. A. projects to cover exten- 
sive construction programs at Federal hatcheries. 
In view of the tremendous amount of angling in the waters within 
the national forests, there has been close cooperation between the 
Forest Service, of the Department of Agriculture, and the Bureau in an 
effort to maintain good fishing in those areas. More than 21,140,940 
fish were assigned to the Forest Service for the stocking of suitable 
waters during the past year. Trout-rearing units were operated in 
the Chattahoochee, Nantahala, Pisgah, Allegheny, Huron, Marquette, 
Chequamegon, and Superior National Forests, and approximately 1% 
million trout were reared to large fingerling, or legal size before libera- 
tion. A tabulation of these assignments follows: 
Fish. planted in Forest Service waters, by regions, fiscal year 1940 


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Pi “ee 
Forest and species State Fry Fingerlings, Total 
a ——— | : — 
REGION 1 
Beaverhead: Blackspotted trout__.________-_-- Rontanan +e feew soo oe = | 280, 650 230, 650 
Bitter Root: Montana. 
Besi@igta: | TWEE, cee Ai aren oe Mi Ra | es eS ee ee 2, 000 2, 000 
GAD Spe a ee EI ed eee 21, 450 |' 21, 450 
TRPREN GIy UROL ee ae eee le en Se | a ee eee eee 4, 480 4, 480 
Cabinet: Blackspotted trout__------------------ Wontanas..-.-- | |2222=-=2.- A 114, 000 114, 000 
Coeur d’ Alene: Idaho. 
lackspotteg tcoub.-- ~~ ose 2 S522 = 297, 525 | 317, 925 
ign lotn aint a eee ee 25 25 
z iaiiwahkottge 9-8-2 5 E 65, 000 65, 000 
uster: 
ery sir ee 2 ee SSS 15, 000 15, 000 
“ Rainbow trout. ---- 2 eee. | ee L 37, 240 37, 240 
eerlodge: | 
iplackcpoueed ErOut.------------ ------------ 96, 000 96, 000 
LL UDLE. TO e he <a ea ed meee 49, 475 49, 475 
CSTR hit... oo as oe ee 9, 000 ; 9, 000 
* Bei WrtEilinen eee - 30, 000 30, 000 
allatin: ; 
PlackspOETeO ULOUl._---- = -- = 322, 000 322, 000 
Biel int a a See |e eae Lee eS | eee ae 21, 260 21, 260 
eoldenteroOllue---=- =) = ----see = -- Pe | ee De ae ||- ee : 6, 000 : 6, 000 
Onna (2 292 22 a a | Se ee =. | eee 38, 600 38, 600 
aid DOWIERGUE ee eee s|ted =e. cet | ep a= 135, 000 7 000 
telins Blackspotted trout------------- aaerss: eee pa | Se eee ee 95, 000 , O00 
aniksu: daho. : 
iBlackspotied trout__-~-----==-------_- 3 Jew == mH oe = an 
iva letins) +. a a a eee ee: 4 es ee 
Peano wairoltie-—-2-- een 10, 775 it 
Lewis and Clark: Blackspotted trout ----- 26, 800 6, 
Lolo: 
Blackspotted trout_------------------------- ~ we ie 19 
Pinbowsbialit. 2.220222 S eee ------—— 3 nies a 
Bin Jue: Rainbaw't rout._-.-----2--------- meheee Ktdah@ 5-222 22 = See 4 , 
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