PROPAGATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF FISHES FROM 



HATCHERIES AND FISHERY RESOURCE MANAGEMENT FOR FY 1983 



INTRODUCTION 



This report on fishes and fish eggs distributed by national fish hatcheries 

 for the period October 1, 1982, to September 30, 1983, is a continuation of 

 a series of publications issued since 1872. Records of hatchery outputs 

 were published in the annual Commissioner's Report of the U.S. Commission of 

 Fish and Fisheries through 1903 and in the Annual Report of the Commissioner 

 of Fisheries of the U.S. Department of Commerce, until 1940. From 1941 

 through 1962, these tabulations were presented as "Statistical Digest". Be- 

 ginning in 1963, these reports became known as the"Fish Distribution Report" 

 Report No. 2 for 1965 and 1966 established the fiscal year as the period 

 of coverage. In 1976, the fiscal year time frame was changed from July 

 through June to October through September. Report No. 11 recorded fish dis- 

 tribution for the period of July 1, 1975, through September 20, 1976, which 

 included the 3 month transition quarter — July, August, and September 1976. 

 All future fish distribution reports will coincide with the October through 

 September fiscal year. 



The Hatcheries and Fishery Resources Management system produces primarily 

 salmon, trout, catfish, pike, bass, and sunfish. Several additional species 

 of fish are produced and collected for use as test animals in various re- 

 search projects. 



The goal of the Fish and Wildlife Service is to conserve the Nation's fresh- 

 water and anadromous fishery resources for the benefit of the people. Dis- 

 tribution of fish from the Federal hatchery system assists in meeting this 

 goal in accordance with the following objectives: 



a. To restore and/or maintain existing freshwater and anadromous 

 fishery resources in suitable streams, rivers or lakes of the 

 United States. 



b. To restore fishery resources destroyed or depleted through 

 human activities. 



c. To aid States in the management and development of depleted 

 fishery resources. 



d. To protect the Nation's fisheries by listing the introduction 

 or distribution of diseased fish and their attendent pathogens. 



e. To control the introduction and population levels of exotic 

 species damaging to the fishery resources or aquatic ecosystem. 



f . To carry out responsibilities established by treaties and 

 other commitments of the Federal Government to maintain and 

 to restore fishery resources. 



