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the run of fish appeared to spawn within a verj- short period before 

 an adequate number of spawntakers coukl be employed. Tliis station 

 also handled yellow perch as in previous years, securing about 

 4,000,000 fry. Limited attention was given to the propagation of 

 white perch, and a small output of 90,000 fry was obtained. Shad 

 were also propagated in cooperation with the State of South Carolina 

 on the Edisto River, this work being handled by the Orangeburg 

 (S. C.) station. A production approximately equivalent to the 

 normal average was obtained and planted in local waters. 



The only other commercial species in this category which has been 

 handled by the Bureau in recent years was the Atlantic salmon. 

 However, owing to inability to secure the usual supply of eggs from 

 the Canadian Government, the Craig Brook (Maine) station at 

 which this work is conducted, made distribution of only 20,000 

 Atlantic salmon wliich were held over from the previous fiscal year, 



GAME FISH PROPAGATION 



The increasing demand for wider participation of the Federal 

 Government in the conservation of natural resources, particularly 

 in the fields of forestation, water conservation, and the replenishment 

 and protection of wildlife, has confirmed the importance of the 

 Bureau's activities in the propagation of game fish. It was decided, 

 therefore, to concentrate attention upon the propagation and distri- 

 bution of those forms which are required to maintain good fishing 

 in the public domain and in all public waters. The relative proportion 

 of game fish in the total hatcb.ery output increased therefore from 

 approximately 2 percent to 4.1 pcrcoiit. Strictly game forms dis- 

 tributed by the division numbered 135,000,000 during the fiscal year. 

 It was not possible, owing to depleted funds, to rear as large a portion 

 of these fish to as large a size as the requirements for practical fish- 

 cultural work would dictate. Furthermore, the output was main- 

 tained by concentrating upon production and calling upon the public, 

 particularly sportsmen's organizations, to cooperate in meeting the 

 distribution costs, thereby relieving the Bureau in part of one of its 

 heaviest expenses. The Bureau made some distribution with its own 

 facilities including the fish cars where long hauls were involved. 

 There was a definite increase in the output of 10 dift'erent varieties of 

 game fish. Included in these were all the important varieties of trout, 

 and the largemouth and smallmouth bass, 



ROCKY MOUNTAIN TERRITORY 



A small increase in personnel was provided for the Salt Lake City 

 (Utah) headquarters owing to the fact that supervision of activities 

 for both the Rocky Mountain territory and the Pacific coast section 

 was consolidated in this office. Aside from the normal direction of 

 fish cultural activities, the district supervisor was also placed in general 

 direction of the construction of fish screens as carried on under a 

 P. W. A. allotment. 



At the Yellowstone Park hatchery the collection of black-spotted 

 trout eggs for the season of 1933-34, including parts of both fiscal 

 years, exceeded all previous records with but one exception. The take 

 amounted to over 28,000,000 eggs. 



