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COMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW 



Vol. 28, No. 9 



percent, of the fund. Maximum permissible 

 grants--$246,000 each--were allocated to 

 Alaska, California, Florida, Louisiana, Mas- 

 sachusetts, and Texas. 



Under the research and development pro- 

 gram, the States are reimbursed for up to 

 75 percent of the costs of approved projects. 

 The research and development programs are 

 administered by Interior's Bureau of Com- 

 mercial Fisheries. 



The tabulation lists the apportionment of 

 funds to each State and other entity for the 

 1967 fiscal year, which beg an July 1, 1966. 



Note: See Commercial Fisheries Review , Sept. 1965 p. 22, 



Fish Hatcheries 



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COMPREHENSIVE SURVEY OF NEEDS 

 FOR HATCHERY FISH ANNOUNCED: 



A survey to determine future needs for 

 hatchery fish to help manage the Nation's 

 sport fisheries was announced July 24, 1966, 

 by Secretary of the Interior Stewart L. Udall. 



The survey will be made by Interior's 

 Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife in 

 cooperation with State fish and game depart- 

 ments. It will be used to estimate the water 

 now suitable for sport fish and how much of 

 this is or should be stocked, number of fish- 

 ermen, future stocking needs, and capabil- 

 ities of National, State, and private hatch- 

 eries. The survey is also expected to be 

 helpful in deciding the future roles of public 

 and private hatcheries. 



In announcing the survey. Secretary Udall 

 said data gathered will be projected to cover 

 needs for ^'hatchery fish" in 1973, 1980, and 

 2000. "The role of artificial production in 

 providing for America's angling needs must 

 be better defined. Stocking and production 

 guidelines resulting from this survey are 

 needed to keep up with the ever-increasing 

 angling pressure while still maintaining or 

 improving the quality of fishing," the In- 

 terior Secretary said. 



Full cooperation from State game and fish 

 departments was assured by the president of 

 the International Association of Game, Fish, 

 and Conservation Commissioners. 



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Great Lakes 



LAKE TROUT FISHERY ENCOURAGED 



BY SEA LAMPREY DECLINE: 



Prospects for restoring the multimil- 

 lion-dollar lake trout fishing industry in the 

 upper Great Lakes have becom.e increasingly 

 encouraging due to reduction in numbers of 

 parasitic sea lamprey. Secretary of the In- 

 terior Stewart L. Udall said after reviewing 

 latest statistics from the joint United 

 States-Canadian control program. 



During the spring of 1966, some 4,300 sea 

 lamprey were captured at 16 checkpoints on 

 the United States shore of Lake Superior, 

 compared with 10,129 for a similar period 

 a year earlier, according to Interior's Bu- 

 reau of Commercial Fisheries. This rep- 

 resents the most dramatic decrease since 

 the 80-percent reduction recorded in the 1- 

 year period ending in 1962. 



The number of spawning adult sea lam- 

 preys caught at electric barriers on streams 

 tributary to Lake Superior during 1966 has 

 been about 50 percent below the 1962-1965 

 level and indicates a reduction of about 90 

 percent from the average of 1957-61. A 

 steady decline in sea lamprey catches also 

 is reported for Lake Michigan streams. 



Shows Great Lakes whitefish with sea lamprey attached to it. 



In the program of chemically treating 

 lamprey -spawning streams to destroy the 

 trout predator while it is still in its larvae 

 or ammocete form, about 75 percent of 

 Lake Superior's infested tributaries have 

 now had a second application of the lamp- 

 ricide. The first round of treatments for 

 the 99 Lake Michigan streams was com- 

 pleted early in spring 1966 and the program 

 is now under way in Lake Huron. 



Some 4.8 million yearling lake trout are 

 being planted in Lakes Superior (3.1 mil- 

 lion) and Michigan (1.7 million) during 1966. 

 This is the largest annual stocking to date 

 and brings the total for Lake Superior to 



