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were used as a sponsor's contribution for the setting up of a W. P. A. 

 project. This is resulting in the establishment of a first-class trout 

 and bass hatchery, for wliich the Bureau is supplying eggs and fish, 

 as well as teclmical operatiiig guidance. The existmg establishment 

 at Rochester, N. Y., has served as a successful model for the newer 

 project. 



Field employees of the Division of Fish Culture have been incul- 

 cated with a will to cooperate and this attitude has been largely 

 reciprocated. An exhaustive itemization of all phases in which 

 coordination has resulted in efficiency and economy would be too 

 extensive for treatment in this report. 



SALVAGE OPERATIONS 



Rescue crews were sent into the field at five different })oints within 

 the territory of the Upper Mississippi Wild Life Refuge for the pur- 

 pose of salvaging fish stranded in sloughs. In handling 43,194,485 

 fish the collections were approaching the normal average of preceding 

 yeare, although the scope of the work is being progressively reduced 

 by the development of the area for navigation. Approximately 1.2 

 percent of the fish rescued were utilized for general distribution, the 

 remainder being retumed directly to the Mississippi River. The re- 

 quirements for distribution in interior waters were largely met from 

 the production of propagating ponds of a semiartificial nature. 



Several carloads of the rescued fish were assigned to the State of 

 North Dakota for the purpose of stocking new lakes and reservoirs. 

 The State defrayed the transportation charges. As the character of 

 the Upper Mississippi Wild Life Refuge has changed through im- 

 provement of navigation facilities, there has been corresponding 

 change in the fisheries' administrative problems. The period of 

 survey and salvage activities has largely passed, and future work 

 wil] be directed toward the development of propagating ponds, 

 several of which can be advantageously located immediately below 

 the navigation dams. 



Xumber and disposition of fisJt rescued, fiscal yea?' 1938 



Locality and species 



Delivered to 

 applicants 



Restored to 

 original 

 waters 



Total 

 number 

 of flsh 



All stations: 



Black bass... 



Orappie 



Sunflsh 



Catfish 



Yellow perch 



Pike-pickerel 



Carp... 



Buffaloflsh 



White bass 



Drum 



Miscellaneous fishes . 



Total - 



136, 235 

 141,310 

 185, 245 

 52, 620 

 4,925 



318, 025 



104, 450 



885,350 



594, 220 



77, 560 



45, 265 



708, 900 



155, 700 



77, 895 



435 



706. 350 



454, 260 



6, 245, 760 



4, 070, 595 



25, 646, 840 



82, 485 



45, 265 



2, 708, 900 



3, 155, 700 



77, 895 



435 



706, 350 



520, 335 



42, 674, 150 



43, 194, 485 



Summary by stations- 



Marquette, Iowa 



Bellevue, Iowa 



La Crosse, Wis. (Genoa). 



Fairport, Iowa 



Lsrnxville, Wis 



Homer, Minn 



325, 865 

 20, 880 

 27, 250 



25, 006, 450 

 9, 384, 555 



78, 415 

 67, 925 



Total. 



992, 720 



6, 968, 850 



321, 575 



42, 674. 150 



25, 332, 315 



9, 405, 435 



27, 250 



992, 720 



7, 047, 265 



389, 500 



43, 194, 485 



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