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can or cannot do in the way of increasing the supply of fish in their 

 strictly local waters. 



In summary, there are three institutions engaged in propagating 

 fish for public benefit; namely, the Federal Government, the States, 

 and semi-public clubs. From a practical standpoint they might well 

 be considered as parts of the same organization and the ultimate ob- 

 jective sought is that the work be carried on as if this situation ac- 

 tually prevailed. 



SALVAGE OPERATIONS 



The Upper Mississippi Wild Life and Fish Refuge was again the 

 scene of the activities of seining crews salvaging stranded fish from 

 land-locked pools stretching several hundred miles along the river. 

 Wliile the entire territory included in the refuge could not be fully 

 covered by the crews, a total of 43,500,000 fish was saved from the 

 sure death of receding waters and transferred to the main river or 

 distributed to other waters. The latter disposal accounted for only 

 a small fraction of the total number handled. Slightly over 850,000 

 were utilized for the filling of applications away from the river. 



A strong demand has been built up in the Middle West for these 

 fish since they are of large fingerling size when seined and are higlily 

 valuable for stocldng. The Bureau has not been able to accede to 

 this demand because it is felt that diversion of the fish to distant points 

 would be an unjustifiable drain upon the resources of the Refuge. 

 The future shipments from this source will be even less for the reason 

 that the development of the 9 foot channel up to the Twin Cities is 

 automatically going to make salvage work unnecessary and impossible. 

 Already the progress of construction has limited salvage operations 

 and within a year or two the rescue work will be largely a thing of the 

 past. In lieu of this the Bureau is establishing large propagating 

 ponds at various points within the refuge for the production of fish 

 for distribution. Means will have to be devised to augment the area 

 of these ponds if the demands are to be met in the future. 



Number and disposition of fish rescued, fiscal year 19S6 



Locality and species 



Delivered to 

 applicants 



Eestored to 

 original 

 waters 



Total number 

 of fish 



All stations: 



Black bass 



Buft'alofish 



Carp 



Catfish 



Crappie 



Drum 



Pike-Pickerel 



Sunfish 



White bass- _ 



Yellow perch 



Miscellaneous Fishes. 



Total. 



Summary by stations: 



Fairport 



La Crosse 



Lynxville 



Bellevue 



Homer 



Marquette 



Total. 



188, 140 



49, 875 

 259, 375 



1,900 

 347, 660 



4,626 



851, 576 



292, 145 

 20, 165 

 23, 240 

 98, 480 

 251,291 

 166, 255 



851, 576 



141,695 



1,218,125 



3, 267, 600 



6, 207, 820 



15, 706, 655 



3,290 



773, 252 



13, 506, 880 



17, 000 



116,078 



1, 709, 400 



42, 667, 795 



992, 810 

 3, 501, 956 

 7, 564, 950 

 5, 617, 270 

 3,117,834 

 21, 872, 975 



42, 667, 795 



329, 835 



1, 218, 125 



3, 267, 600 



6, 257, 695 



15, 966, 030 



3,290 



775, 152 



13, 854, 540 



17, 000 



120, 704 



1, 709, 400 



43, 519, 371 



1, 284, 955 

 3, 522, 121 

 7, 588, 190 

 5, 715, 750 

 3, 369, 125 

 22, 039, 230 



43, 519, 371 



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