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FISHERIES DIVISION 



Arthur Whitney- 

 Administrator 

 Fisheries Division 



Prior to Executive Reorganiza- 

 tion, the Fisheries Division con- 

 sisted of a fisheries management 

 section, headed by a chief fisheries 

 biologist and a hatchery section headed 

 by a superintendent of fisheries. The 

 head of the division was called fish- 

 eries division chief. 



Problems with this arrangement 

 were: 



1. The review of other agencies' 

 water resource development plans during the past several years 

 began to consume so much of the chief biologist's time he could 

 not adequately do that job and also keep up with his main func- 

 tion which is quality control of the division's fishery manage- 

 ment and research studies. 



2. Hatchery production and distribution supervision alone 

 did not require the full time of one section leader. Therefore, 

 additional functions, such as supervision of commercial fishing 

 contracts, preparation of all division construction project 

 documents and supervision of commercial fisheries federal aid 

 projects had been added to the function of the superintendent 

 of fisheries over the years. These additional functions required 

 a well-trained fisheries biologist for the job. However, such 



