1128 U. S. BUKEAU OF FISHERIES 



COOPERATION WITH OTHER CONSERVATION AGENCIES 



It is obvious that with the various States carrying on fish-cultural 

 work of the magnitude indicated in the tabulations following later, 

 there must be a considerable degree of cooperation and coordination 

 with the Bureau of Fisheries to avoid duplication, overlapping, and 

 waste energy. Practical methods of cooperation with these factors 

 in mind have been and are constantly being developed throughout 

 the country. In many cases there is a joint use of hatchery equip- 

 ment to take care of the surplus fry at Federal or State hatcheries. 

 Loaning of the bureau's equipment, such as distribution cars, or 

 the services of its experienced men, has been a prolific source of 

 benefit. The instances cited below are given merely as an example 

 and do not constitute an attempt to list all of the cooperative meas- 

 ures that have been in effect with the States. 



The bureau has continued the detail of the superintendent of its 

 Arkansas station to supervise the construction of the new State 

 hatchery at Lonoke. Ultimately this will be one of the largest bass 

 hatcheries in the country. Financial aid and the assistance of the 

 bureau's employees were rendered in connection with the efforts of 

 the fisheries authorities of South Carolina to develop the propaga- 

 tion of shad in that State. The bureau assigned a much larger per- 

 centage than formerly of the Atlantic salmon eggs received from 

 Canada to the State hatcheries in Maine, with the view of obtaining 

 greater facilities for rearing these fish to the large fingerling size 

 before distribution. The bureau developed joint spawn-taking op- 

 erations at Pyramid Lake, Nev., taking over the work when the 

 State was forced out. Among the hatcheries operated on a joint 

 basis were those for pike perch on Lake Champlain and the large 

 bass pond recently constructed at Miles City, Mont. A similar 

 joint activity was maintained with the State of Minnesota in con- 

 nection with the collection and incubation of pike-perch eggs. 



High appreciation must again be expressed for the valuable aid 

 rendered by the State of Michigan in the propagation of the com- 

 mercial species of the Great Lakes. The bureau has endeavored to 

 give further assistance to the State of Virginia in the development 

 of its fish-cultural program by assigning fish to nursery projects. 

 The facilities of the White Sulphur Springs (W. Va.) station have 

 again been available to the State of West Virginia for hatching fish 

 for rearing at its various field stations. Much of the success at- 

 tained on the Pacific coast is due to close contact and ready assistance 

 available from the States of Oregon and Washington. A clearer pic- 

 ture of the assistance the bureau has been able to render in the 

 assignment of eggs will follow in a table showing the shipment of 

 eggs to the various States. 



The activities of the division of fish culture impinge to a certain 

 extent upon the work of practically all of the other Federal con- 

 servation agencies. Contact with the National Park Service is based 

 on the bureau's operation of hatcheries exclusively for the restocking 

 of national park waters. The extensive demand for trout and other 

 species for maintaining good fishing in those other extensive recrea- 

 tion areas, the national forests, necessitates a close liaison with the 

 Forest Service. A conference was held with representatives of that 



