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will advise the Federal Commissions for the fairs of their respective 

 activities, and these then will be incorporated in tlieme dioramas, 

 which are to be constructed by the Fair Commission for display in the 

 respective Federal buildings at the two fairs. The work of the Bureau 

 at the New York Fair will bo depicted in the following; themes: Con- 

 servation, food, industry, recreation, and territories; and in the con- 

 servation theme at the Golden Gate Exposition. A separate Govern- 

 ment committee has been appointed to develop plans for each theme 

 and members of the Division's staff are acting on the theme com- 

 mittees, as indicated above. For the science display at the Golden 

 Gate Exposition the Bureau is lending its panels depicting the migra- 

 tion of the Alaska salmon, and the eels of the Atlantic Ocean. 



Members of the Division are also working in close cooperation 

 with the New York World's Fair Administration on the development 

 of a special Fishery Building to house industry exhibits, both foreign 

 and clomestic, and displays of various State fishery agencies, con- 

 servation leagues, and others. This is the first time a fair adminis- 

 tration has made plans for a separate building of this type. The 

 fair administration is desirous of having a display in this building by 

 the Bureau of Fisheries, but to this date it has been impossible to 

 arrange for it since funds for the purpose have not been provided. 



SEVENTH WORLD'S POULTRY CONGRESS, 1939 



Members of the Division also are cooperating with the United 

 States Commission for the Seventh World's Poultry Congress in the 

 preparation of an exhibit for display at Cleveland, Ohio, in July 1939, 

 during the proceedings of the Congress. The Bureau's exhibit will 

 consist of displays showing sources and manufacture of fish meal, oil, 

 ground oyster shells, and other aquatic products which are used as 

 feeds for poultry. The poultry industry is one of the principal 

 consumers of these domestic fishery products, and it is expected the 

 display will be of unusual benefit to industries manufacturing these 

 commodities. 



GENERAL 



During the year the Division prepared exhibits for display at 

 various sportsmen's fairs, and for several trade and professional 

 association meetings which convened in Washington, D. C. These 

 exhibits for use at the sportsmen's fairs consisted mainly of dioramas 

 depicting the research work of the Bureau relative to fish propagation 

 and oyster culture, while those for use at the trade meetings consisted 

 of displays of the food value of fish, and charts and graphs showing 

 the magnitude of the fisheries in the United States and Alaska. 



During the past year the Bureau has experienced an unusual demand 

 for display exhibits at various sportsmen's shows, fairs, and trade 

 meetings and for window displays and school exhibits. These requests 

 have come from groups in many parts of the country. Because of the 

 costs involved the Bureau has been unable to fill these requests, except 

 where it had material available from past fairs and where costs for 

 transportation were not involved. This desire for exhibit material on 

 the part of the general public indicates to the Bureau that many of 

 our people are greatly interested in fishery conservation work, and that 

 if it were possible to fill all the requests a greater portion of our popu- 

 lation might obtain a clearer insight into the need for wildlife conser- 



