It is the policy of the Fish and Wildlife Sen.'^ice to allocate or distribute 

 the output of its Fish Hatcheries in the follo\<7ing order of priority: 



(1) Coastal anadromous fishery programs. 



(2) Great Lakes fisheries program. 



(3) Federal Research programs. 



(4) Threatened and endangered species program. 



(5) Federal Interagency conrnitments . 



(6) Mitigation for Federal vrater projects. 



(7) Special requests - i.e., small numbers of eggs for university 

 research or for establishing new broodstock. 



(8) Foreign requests. 



(9) State requests. 



(10) Private requests. 



The present systen for allocating fish to the several classes of water has 

 been used by the Federal Government since 1949. The records system used 

 to report stocking of fish was completely revised as of January 1, 1966 to 

 provide more c\irrent data and better identificaticn of the various program 

 areas. As a result of the development of fishery management programs, 

 long-range stocking requirements have been determined in many States and 

 Federal areas. Fish stocking requests are now provided by fishery program 

 managers for the various management programs, and it is no longer necessary 

 or desirable to receive individijal stocking requests for public waters. 

 Fish are allocated, however, on an individual basis for newly created wa- 

 ters and special programs that meet the present Fish and Wildlife Service 

 criteria for stocking. 



