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2 States adopted State-wide measures for game-fish protection; 5 

 improved their daily limits, and 1 provided a closed season on black 

 bass during the spawning period; 10 States adopted part-time non- 

 resident angler's licenses at a cost considerably less than the fee for 

 an annual license. 



This division is charged with the issuance of permits for taking 

 bait fish in the District of Columbia, and has issued, or renewed, a 

 total of 29 permits during the fiscal year. 



VESSELS 



The Bureau's motor vessel Fulmar stationed at Charlevoix, Mich.,, 

 and assigned to investigative duty with the Great Lakes scientific 

 staff, was engaged from June 1 to September 13 in upper Lake Mich- 

 igan north of Frankfort and Sturgeon Bay, Wis., in experimental 

 fishing operations in connection with a study of the destruction oc- 

 casioned by chub nets to small trout and immature chubs in the 

 region. Owing to the lack of funds this work was discontinued and 

 the vessel placed out of commission for the remainder of the year. 



Sixteen vessels of the Alaska service cruised about 133,000 nautical 

 miles in the fiscal year 1933, as compared with 148,500 nautical miles 

 in the previous year. The Penguin covered approximately 28,200 

 miles; the Teal^ 12,400 miles; the Brant^ 11,800 miles; and the 

 Grome^ 10,900 miles. 



The Penguin continued as tender for the Pribilof Islands with 

 base at Unalaska. Five round trips were made to Seattle during 

 the fiscal year for transporting personnel and emergency supplies. 



Of the vessels that engaged in fishery protective work, the 

 "Widgeon^ Murre^ AuMet^ and Petrel were employed in southeast 

 Alaska throughout the season; the Teal was on duty at Cook Inlet 

 until the middle of August and later assisted with the patrol and 

 stream inspection in southeast Alaska; the Kittiwahe was in the 

 Seward-Katalla district; the Crane in the Alaska Peninsula area; 

 the Eider in the Alaska Peninsula and Kodiak-Afognak areas; the 

 Blue Wing and Red Wing in the Kodiak-Afognak area; the Ihis 

 at Chignik; the Scoter on Bristol Bay; and the Coot on the Yukon 

 River. The Puffin^ which had been replaced by the Merganser as 

 tender for the Yes Bay hatchery, participated in the fisheries patrol 

 in the vicinity of Ketchikan. 



The Brant was used in general supervisory work in southeast 

 Alaska and Prince William Sound. It was engaged also for several 

 weeks in patrolling waters off Neah Bay, Wash., to protect the 

 fur-seal herd during its northward migration. The Widgeon per- 

 formed similar duty in southeast Alaska. 



After the close of fishery activities in the fall, the Brant^ Crane^ 

 Eider^ KittiwaJce, Murre, Scoter, and Teal sailed for Seattle, where 

 they were moored for a number of months. Before returning to 

 Alaska in the spring they were given a general overhauling. The 

 Penguin was overhauled at Seattle in November. Other vessels of 

 the Alaska service were tied up for the winter at Alaska ports. 



The Albatross II, owing to lack of funds, remained out of com- 

 mission at our Woods Hole (Mass.) station during the entire past 

 fiscal year. A caretaker is employed to look after the vessel. 



