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an individual is usually not the best experienced person to 

 handle the original function of the section (the supervision of 

 hatchery production and distribution) . 



3. The titles of "Fisheries Division Chief" for head of the 

 division and "Superintendent of Fisheries", which was required 

 by law for head of the hatchery section were confusing. 



In an attempt to solve these problems, the division organiza- 

 tion was changed under executive reorganization to a Bureau of 

 Management and Research, headed by a bureau chief who is also 

 assistant division administrator and a Bureau of Fisheries Services, 

 headed by a second bureau chief who is assisted by a hatchery 

 production specialist for the function of fish production and 

 distribution. The hatchery production specialist serves part 

 time in that function and part time as manager of one of our 

 production stations. The Executive Reorganization Act's title 

 requirements of division administrator and bureau chief have 

 superseded the old law and solved the superintendent of fisheries — 

 chief of fisheries title problem. 



The Fisheries Program has both fact-finding and action phases. 

 The fact-finding phase consists of survey and investigational work 

 under a scheduled program to provide basic data necessary for 

 management. The action phase includes (1) habitat preservation, 

 restoration and improvement, (2) population manipulation (i.e. 

 removing rough fish and chemicals and restocking with game fish, 

 stocking small game fish in waters where there is iriadequate 

 reproduction, and introducing new species), (3) planting catchable 



