PROPAGATION" AND DISTRIBUTION OF FOOD FISHES, 192 8 343 



nished the State of North Carolina for distribution in the region 

 surrounding the proposed new national park in the Great Smokj' 

 Mountains. The services of the bureau's employees were lent to 

 the State of New Jersey for the purpose of carrying on shad work in 

 the Delaware River; to Florida to aid in developing the artificial 

 propagation of the spiny lobster; and to Arkansas for the purpose 

 of establishing a large new hatchery. A close liaison has been main- 

 tained w^ith the State of Michigan as a means of making more eifec- 

 tive the rehabilitation of the commercial fisheries of that State. The 

 bureau has incubated eggs for West Virginia, and the bureau's cars 

 have aided that State and Maryland in distributing the output of 

 their hatcheries. Close and profitable relations have been main- 

 tained with the State of Montana. An important item in this con- 

 nection was the completion of a large bass and pondfish establish- 

 ment at Miles City^, Mont., under the joint auspices of the bureau 

 and the State. 



On the Pacific coast the important work of propagating the Pacific 

 salmons has been facilitated by cooperation in various ways with 

 the States of Oregon and Washington. The bureau is aiding the 

 State of Virginia by furnishing fish for a system of public rearing 

 pools established by that Commonwealth. Connecticut has taken 

 up the propagation of flounders with the assistance of one of the 

 bureau's employees experienced in marine work. The bureau has 

 also received important concessions from many of the States, enabl- 

 ing it to carry on its activities more efficiently. There appears below 

 a table that is indicative of the extent to which the bureau has been 

 able to benefit many States by the outright assignment of fish and 

 eggs. 



Assignments of fish eggs to State and Territorial fish commissions, fiscal year 1928 



