BUREAU OF FISHERIES 101 



COOPERATION WSTH STATES AND OTHER AGENCIES 



An important part of the duties of the field employees of the Divi- 

 sion of Fish Culture has been to maintain close cooperation with State 

 fish and game departments for the purpose of coordinating the fish 

 propagation and distribution activities. Similar contacts were main- 

 tained with semipublic sportsmen's organizations. 



Many State fisli and game departments continued to check and 

 review P^ederal fish applications for their waters. Others exchange 

 eggs and fish with the Bureau or operate hatcheries on a joint basis. 

 In a number of instances the distribution of fish produced at Federal 

 hatcheries is handled by the State organizations. 



NeAv developments along the foregoing lines included the assign- 

 ment of a skilled Bureau employee to take charge of a new bass hatch- 

 ery constructed by the West Virginia Conservation Department at 

 Palestine, W. Va. Part of the fish produced will be used for filling 

 Federal applications in that State. When the Missouri Conservation 

 Department Avas unable to continue operation of the Forest Park 

 Hatchery in St. Louis, the Bureau assumed the obligation and placed 

 an employee in charge. 



A tripartite agreement for operations at the brook trout hatchery 

 at York Pond, N. H., was continued in effect with New Hampshire and 

 Vermont. Shad propagation was undertaken in Georgia, the State 

 cooperating financially. 



Sportsmen's organizations have looked to the Bureau for guidance 

 in their stocking problems in an increasing degree. The o])ening of 

 a trout-rearing and bass-propagating unit at Carpenters Brook, in 

 Onondaga County, N. Y., was the culmination of protracted efforts 

 on the part of the county authorities, the organized sportsmen, and 

 the Bureau. With a Federal employee stationed there, the stocking 

 requirements of this community will be adequately cared for. W. P. A. 

 labor and funds were utilized for construction. 



The National Planning Coimcil of Commercial and Game Fish 

 Commissioners, organized at St. Louis, INIo., in 1933, continued its 

 cooperative work with the States. 



The annual council meeting which was held during the week of 

 June 20 at Asheville, N. C, was combined with the International 

 Association of Game Fish and Conservation Commissioners and the 

 American Fishery Society, with representatives from 46 States 

 present. 



Among the acti^dties of the National Planning Council of special 

 interest and importance, from the standpoint of State cooperation, 

 has been the benefits to the Bureau resulting from the elimination and 

 overlapping in fish distribution work. 



Subjects of national importance before the organization at the 

 present time are: Fish management, fish culture, shad conservation, 

 pollution problems, Great Lakes fisheries, and the technical problems 

 of fishery research. 



In its technological Avork, the Bureau has carried on cooperative 

 investigations Avith seA^eral colleges and uni\'ersities and other State 

 institutions. In these cooperative projects the scientific staffs and 

 other facilities of these agencies Avere available to the Bureau's staff. 

 Among the institutions cooperating in these investigations are : Wash- 



