PROPAGATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF FOOD FISHES, 1930 1185 



tion with the Jefferson County Rod and Gun Club of Watertown, 

 N. Y. The bureau's station at Cape Vincent, N. Y., is equipped 

 for incubating large numbers of trout, but does not have the facili- 

 ties for rearing them until they are 3 or 4 inches in length. Large 

 numbers of these trout are transferred early in the year to the 

 Watertown nursery and reared until the 1st of October. Were the 

 distribution made direct from the Cape Vincent station early in 

 the spring, there would not be more than 300 cans of fish, but when 

 reared until fall at Watertown there are several thousand cans. 



The same tendency to produce large-sized fish exists at the 

 Nashua, Hartsville, Neosho, and Leadville stations. 



COOPERATION WITH THE UNITED STATES FOREST SERVICE 



Of all the work accomplished by the bureau in the stocking of in- 

 land waters, none is of more importance than that which pertains 

 to keeping up the supply of game fishes in the national' parks and 

 forest preserves. These great recreation grounds are visited annually 

 by millions of tourists, a majority of whom are interested in fishing. 

 The problem of maintaining a supply of fish in park waters is be- 

 coming, therefore, more acute with the increased popularity of 

 angling. The efforts being made to keep up the supply of fish in 

 forest preserves are set forth in the report of R. Y. Stuart, Forester, 

 which follows: 



The following summary on fish distribution presents the data by States and 

 regions for the season of 1929. The data for the season of 1930 were inade- 

 quate to afford detailed information at this time, but it is understood that at 

 least the number of fish indicated in the total, or over 37,000,000 exclusive of 

 region 6, will be required for the next year. 



Re- 

 gion 



State 



Idaho -_ 



Montana 



Washington.. 



Total.. - 



Colorado 



Nebraska 



South Dakota 

 Wyoming 



Total... 



Arizona 



New Mexico.. 



Total... 



Idaho 



Nevada 



Planted 

 1929 



15, 263, 000 

 767, 500 

 390, 000 



16, 420, 500 



3, 532, 500 



1,500 



159,000 



1, 635, 200 



5, 328, 200 



1, 509, 034 

 1,358,415 



2, 867, 449 



3, 355, 313 

 493, 750 



Re- 

 gion 



State 



Planted 

 1929 



Utah 4,391,175 



Wyoming ! 661,480 



Total I 8,901,718 



California...- | 2,865,409 



Alabama \ 21,0C0 



Arkansas ' 2-3, 2£0 



New Hampshire i 256, 7£0 



North Carolina 243,500 



Tennessee ..' 43,037 



Virginia ! 43,500 



West Virginia j 89,300 



Total.. i 720,337 



Grand total 37,103,613 



Forester Stuart summarizes conditions in the national forests, as 

 follows : 



(1) As a general rule national forest streams are declining in numbers of 

 fish. Potentially they are capable of meeting the demand of ever-increasing 

 recreational use. 



(2) The main causes for the reductions in fish are: (a) Increased demands 

 due to the increased travel in the national forests, and (6) the number of 

 fish planted is wholly inadequate in consideration of the losses which occur in 

 planting. 



