GLOSSARY 



All terms are defined as applied to use in the text of this digest. 



Adults: Fish that have attained sexual maturity. 



Air Force: Air Force Bases and ranges. 



Anadromous fish: A marine fish, such as the salmon, striped bass and 



shad, that migrates upstream into freshwater to spawn. 

 Aquarium: Aquaria, exhibition and museums. 



Army: Owned or controlled by the Army, excluding Corps of Engineers. 

 Atlantic Anadromous Program: Enhancement and restoration of anadro- 

 mous fish species, such as the Atlantic salmon, striped bass, American 



shad, and sturgeon. 

 Bay: A body of water partly enclosed by land. 

 Canal: A man-made waterway, ditch or channel. 

 Corps of Engineers: Corps of Engineers projects. 

 Experimental and Research: Request from experimental stations and 



research laboratories. 

 Farm Pond Program: Includes all requests for stocking ponds and other 



still waters on private property under the farm pond program. 

 Fingerlings: Young fish between one and five inches in length. 

 Fish and Wildlife: National fish hatcheries, national wildlife refuges, 



fishery research, or National Aquarium. 

 Forest Service: National forest areas. 

 Fry: Recently hatched fish that have reached the free-swimming and 



feeding stage. 

 Great Lakes Program: Enhancement and restoration of fish species, such 



as the lake trout in the Great Lakes. 

 Hatchery: 



Foreign: Distribution to a foreign country. 

 Local Government: Town, City or County program. 

 National Fish Hatchery: Transfers between Federal hatcheries. 

 State: State Fish and Game agency. 

 Indian Programs: Indian reservations and other areas mandated by 



treaties of judicial directives. 

 International Programs: All fish distributed within the United States 



that are destined for international waters, including species that may 



not normally range beyond the 200 mile limit. 

 Impoundment: All man-made lakes of fifty to five hundred acres. 

 Jurisdiction: Primary responsibility for the fishery program by owner- 

 ship of water, enabling legislation, cooperative agreement, judicial 



directive, or other mandate. 

 Local Government: Waters owned by government bodies below Federal or 



State level. 

 Miscellaneous Federal: Waters on Federal agency land not noted on this 



list. 



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