BUREAU OF FISHERIES XI 



FIVE-YEAR CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE PROGRAM 



The act of May 21, 1930 (46 Stat. 371), entitled "An act to 

 provide for a 5-year construction and maintenance program for the 

 United States Bureau of Fisheries," authorized, among other 

 things, the establishment, during the fiscal year 1931, of tish cul- 

 tural stations in New Mexico, Louisiana, and Idaho; fish cultural 

 substations in Wisconsin, Montana, Colorado, and New Hampshire; 

 a fishery laboratory in the State of Washington; and an experi- 

 mental bass and trout station in Maryland or West Virginia. A 

 total of $505,000 was authorized to be appropriated for the estab- 

 lishment of these projects. The second deficiency act, fiscal year 

 1930, appropriated $265,000 for the fiscal year 1931 to enable the 

 bureau to establish or to commence the establishment of these 

 projects. 



Sites suitable for the establishment of the fish-cultural substa- 

 tion in New Hampshire and for the fishery laboratory in the State 

 of Washington were available on land already owned by the United 

 States and consequently their establishment was begun early in the 

 fiscal year and practically completed. The New Hampshire station 

 is located in the White Mountain National Forest near the town of 

 West Milan. The laboratory is located at 2725 Montlake Boule- 

 vard, Seattle, Wash., on land known as the " Old Lake Washington 

 Canal right of way." 



Sites near Natchitoches, La., Leadville, Colo., and Charles Town, 

 W. Va., were acquired for the establishment of the stations in those 

 States and construction was begun during the year. 



Sites near Dexter, N. Mex., Gooding, Idaho, and Lake Mills, 

 Wis., were selected for the stations to be established in those States; 

 but title to these sites was not perfected during the fiscal year, and 

 necessarily construction could not be begun. 



PROPAGATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF POOD AND GAME PISHES 



INTRODUCTION 



The operations of the fish-cultural division of the Bureau of 

 Fisheries include the propagation and distribution of marine and 

 fresh-water fishes. As a result of such activities during the fiscal 

 year 1931, 7,121,806,000 fish and eggs were produced and dis- 

 tributed. This represents a decrease in output of 448,677,000 as 

 compared with the preceding year. 



Two important facts to be taken into consideration in comparing 

 the output of one fiscal year with that of another are the amount 

 of equipment employed and the size of the fish produced. The 

 equipment in operation during 1931 was essentially the same as in 

 1930. Carp propagation was suspended at the Put in Bay (Ohio) 

 station. Ponds for warm-water fishes were constructed in rice 

 fields in the vicinity of Orangeburg, S. C. At Pyramid Lake, Nev., 

 extensive collections of black-spotted trout eggs were made. Black 

 bass ponds covering an area of approximately 4 acres were completed 

 at the Cape Vincent (N. Y.) station and placed in operation. These 

 changes were not of great magnitude, and the equipment employed 



