PROPAGATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF FOOD FISHES, FISCAL YEAR 1936 ' 



By Glen C. Leach, Chief, and M. C. James, Assistant Chief, Division of Fish 



Culture 



CONTENTS 



Page 



Introduction 349 



Species propagated IIIIIII 350 



Production ~" 352 



Construction activities ~ 352 



Cooperation with other conservation agencies 353 



Salvage operations ~ 355 



Assignments of fish and fish eggs to States, Territories, and foreign coun- 

 tries 35g 



Transfer of eggs between stations " 358 



Station output ~" 359 



Egg collections ~ 365 



Notes on operations ~" 356 



Commercial species 366 



Marine species 367 



Great Lakes species 368 



Anadromous species of the Atlantic coast 368 



Game fish propagation 369 



Rocky Mountain territory " 37O 



New England stations ..III. 371 



Combination trout and pond-fish stations " 372 



Pond-fish stations ~ 374 



Mississippi River territory lllll 375 



Aquarium """ 376 



Distribution operations "~ 376 



Summary by States of fish distribution II.. Ill 377 



INTRODUCTION 



The production of fish and eggs at Federal hatcheries exceeded any- 

 previous year since their inception. There appear elsewhere tabula- 

 tions and summaries showing the details of tliis production. The total 

 output amounted to 8,171,000,000 in comparison with 5,071,000,000 

 of the previous year. It is essential to review these separate state- 

 ments in order to acquire a clear conception of the exact nature of such 

 a diverse activity, ranging from the planting of fertilized cod eggs on 

 the inshore New England banks to stocking 1-acre cattle tanks with 

 pan fish. 



Developments of the past several years have had an interesting 

 bearing upon a matter which is occasionally the subject of critical 

 comment. This is the phase of the Bureau's policy which permits the 

 allocation of fish to so-called private waters, meaning streams or ponds 

 to which the entire public does not have free or unlimited access. The 

 Bureau's policy does not contemplate furnishing fish to exclusive 

 angling clubs or to projects which may be directly commercialized. 



'Administrative Report No. 25, Appendix III to the Report of the U. S. Commissioner of Fisheries for 

 1936. Approved for publication Jan. 5, 1937. 



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