recent research into carrying capacities at different stations reveals a 

 very definite correlation between the amount of water available and the 

 pounds of fish produced. Therefore, it appears that improvement of 

 the hatchery system lies in increasing the survivability of hatchery fish 

 to the creel rather than in overtaxing the carrying capacities of our 

 stations and inviting disaster in the form of disease and parasitism. 

 Toward tliis end, a program of hatchery integration and an experimental 

 stream project is being conducted. With reference to the former it 

 is at times advantageous to start fish at a warmer station, then transfer 

 them to a colder station, while at other times the opposite is more 

 expedient depending upon the management demands as determined by 

 the District Fisheries Management Biologists. A program of "working 

 together" such as this requires the hatchery foremen to catalog their 

 stations' capabilities and scheduling work plans with an eye to the 

 future in order that the hatchery system can meet the demands of the 

 fishery as a whole. 



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