PROPAGATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF FOOD FISHES, 1931 629 



Fishes of minor interior waters — Continued. Pase 



Pond fish stations 677 



Cold Spring (Ga.) station and substations 678 



Harris Ponds (Ga.) substation 678 



Valdosta (Ga.) substation 678 



Edenton (N. C.) station 678 



Louisville (Ky.) station 678 



Mammoth Spring (Ark.) station 679 



Orangeburg (S. C.) station 679 



San Marcos (Tex.) station and substations 679 



Lake Worth (Tex.) substation 680 



New Braunfels (Tex.) substation 680 



Tupelo ( Miss.) station and substation 680 



AliceviUe (Ala.) substation 680 



Lakeland (Md.) ponds 680 



Fairport (Iowa) station 681 



Central Station and Aquarium, Washington, D. C 681 



Part 2. — Distribution of Fish and Fish Eggs 



Method of distribution 684 



New tariff covering shipments in baggage cars 685 



Cooperation with the United States Forest Service * 685 



Distribution cars 686 



INTRODUCTION 



The division of fish culture of the Bureau of Fisheries distributed 

 a total of 7,121,805,700 fish and fish eggs during the fiscal year 1931. 

 While this does not establish a new record, it is exceeded only by the 

 output of 7,570,482,300 fish and eggs during the fiscal year 1930, 

 and it signifies the successful employment of the division's faciUties 

 during a year in which drouth and adverse weather conditions 

 affected production. 



There is no gage by which the results of fish-cultural activities 

 may be accurately measured. The advantages accruing to a race 

 of fish through fish-culture permit a large percentage of them to 

 reach a stage of development which a significantly smaller number 

 would reach otherwise. Fish-cultural methods constitute one of 

 the chief agencies that can be employed to counterbalance the drain 

 that intense commercial and game fishing place on the country's 

 fishery resources. As was stated in last year's annual report, the 

 passage by Congress on May 21, 1930, of a 5-year program, Hsting 

 more than 30 items providing for the expansion of existing fish- 

 cultm'al activities or the estabhshment of new ones, is an indication 

 of the conviction of that body relative to the value of Federal fish- 

 cultural work. As the convictions of Congress are in general an 

 indication of the behefs and sentiments of the United States as a 

 whole, it is apparent that Federal fish-cultural work is regarded 

 widely as a most important contributing factor in the perpetuation 

 of fishery resources. This sentiment is further attested by the in- 

 terest displayed by numerous organizations and individuals in the 

 selection of hatchery sites during the first year's operation of the 

 5-year program and by the constantly increasing flood of applica- 

 tions submitted for game fish. 



