BUREAU OF FISHERIES 



either not readily susceptible to propagation methods or are 

 not in need of such conservation measures. 



Each hatchery superintendent submits a monthly narrative 

 report setting forth in a general way the work of the station 

 and sub-station that he directs. In addition he files annual 

 reports of a general nature and monthly tabulated reports 

 on the progress of the fish eggs being hatched at his station. 

 These reports together with the visits of the district super- 

 visors and the division chiefs are means of contact between 

 headquarters and the field. 



As has already been pointed out, there exists a close work- 

 ing relationship between this division and the Division of 

 Scientific Inquiries. Experimental work is being constantly 

 carried on by the latter division to improve the methods of 

 propagating fish. There is no compulsion upon this division 

 to accept the recommendations of the experimental hatch- 

 eries but in fact it is only too willing to do so. To a lesser 

 degree the work of the Alaskan division likewise is related 

 to that of the Division of Fish Culture inasmuch as the 

 distribution of salmon fry in the Alaskan commercial fish- 

 eries constitutes one of the major activities of the division. 



At the request of the Forest Service and the National 

 Parks Service, the Bureau of Fisheries undertook to keep 

 the reservations operated by those services stocked with fish. 

 The work is not carried on under a formal written agree- 

 ment but by informal understanding. Nevertheless the co- 

 operation between the services has been fairly satisfactory 

 over a long period of years. Two hatcheries are now main- 

 tained exclusively for that purpose and a third in Mt. Rainier 

 National Park is nearing completion. 



Efforts have recently been made to obtain contacts with 

 the Bureau of Reclamation, 39 since the activities of that 



39 See Public Bill No. 121, 73rd Congress. 



