422 



§742k. Management and disposition of vessels and 

 other property acquired and arising out of fishery 

 loans or related type of activities. 

 For the purpose of facilitating administration of, 

 and protecting the interest of the Government in, 

 the fishery loan fund established by section 742c of 

 this title and any related type of activities relating 

 to fisheries for which the Department of the Interior 

 is now or may hereafter be responsible, the Secretary 

 of the Interior, notwithstanding any other provision 

 of law, may hereafter administer, complete, recon- 

 dition, reconstruct, renovate, repair, maintain, op- 

 erate, charter, assign, or sell upon such terms and 

 conditions as he may deem most advantageous to the 

 United States, any vessel, plant, or other property 

 acquired by him on behalf of the United States and 

 arising out of any fishery loan or any related type 

 of activity by the Secretary of the Interior. The Sec- 

 retary may use any of the applicable funds in each 

 particular instance for the aforesaid purposes. 

 (Pub. L. 87-219, Sept. 13. 1961, 75 Stat. 493.) 



§743. Repealed. Pub. L. 93-289, § 1(2), May 10, 1974, 88 

 Stat. 123. 



Section, act Mar. 3, 1885, ch. 360. § 1(1). 23 Stat. 494, 

 Stat. 123. was part of a paragraph entitled: "Propagation 

 of Food Fishes" i.i the Sundrj Civil Expenses Appropria- 

 tion Act, i886. It authorized the Serretary of the Treasury 

 to detail Coast Guard personnel to the Fish and Wildlife 

 Services for duty. See section 743a of this title. 



§743a. Detail of personnel and loan of equipment to 

 the Director of the Bureau of Sport Fisheries and 

 Wildlife; reports to Congress. 



(A) As used in this section, the term "agency" 

 means the department in which the Coast Guard is 

 operating, the Department of the Army, the Depart- 

 ment of the Navy, the Department of the Air Force, 

 the Atomic Energy Commission, and the National 

 Aeronautics and Space Administration. 



(B) The chief executive officer of each agency may 

 from time to time — 



(i) detail from the agency for duty under the 

 Director of the Bureau of Sport Fisheries and 

 Wildlife, Department of the Interior, such com- 

 missioned and enlisted personnel and civilian em- 

 ployees as may be spared for such duty; and 



(11) consonant with the operational needs of the 

 agency, loan equipment of the agency to the 

 Director. 



(C) The Director of the Bureau of Sport Fisheries 

 and Wildlife shall make an annual report at the end 

 of each fiscal year to the Congress concerning the 

 utilization of the provisions of this section, and the 

 additional cost, if any, to the Federal Government 

 resulting therefrom. Such annual report shall be re- 

 ferred in the Senate to the Committee on Com- 

 merce and in the House of Representatives to the 

 Committee on Merchant Marine and Fish ries. (Mar. 

 3, 1885, ch. 360, § 1(2) , as added May 10. 1974, Pub. L. 

 93-280, § 1(3), 88 Stat. 124.) 



§744. Investigations: fish propagation: annual state- 

 ment of expenditures: investigations of damages 

 by predacious fishes; executive assistance. 

 The Director of the Fish and Wildlife Service shall 



prosecute investigations and Inquiries on the sub- 

 ject, with the view of ascertaining whether any and 

 what diminution In the number of the food fishes of 

 the coast and the lakes of the United States has 

 taken place; and, if so, to what causes the same Is 

 due; and also whether any and what protective, pro- 

 hibitory, or precautionary measures should be 

 adopted in the premises; and shall report upon the 

 same to Congress. He shall submit annually to Con 

 gress at the beginning of each session a detailed 

 statement of expenditures under all appropriations 

 for "propagation of food fishes." He Is authorized 

 and directed to conduct Investigations and experi- 

 ments for the purpose of ameliorating the damage 

 wrought to the fisheries by dogfish and other preda- 

 cious fishes and aquatic animals. Said investigations 

 and experiments shall be such as to develop the best 

 and cheapest means of taking such fishes and 

 acquatlc animals, of utilizing them for economic 

 purposes, especially for food, and to encourage the 

 establishment of fisheries and markets for them. 



The heads of the several executive departments 

 shall cause to be rendered all necessary and practi- 

 cable aid to the Director in the prosecution of 

 his investigations and inquiries. (R. S. H 4396, 4397; 

 Mar. 3. 1887, ch. 362. 24 Stat. 523; June 21. 1916, ch. 

 160, §§ 1, 2. 39 Stat. 232; 1940 Reorg. Plan No. m. 

 § 3. eff. June 30, 1940, 5 F. R. 2108, 54 Stat. 1232.) 



S 745. Powers of Director. 



The Director of tho Fish and Wildlife Service 

 may take or cause to be taken at all times. In the 

 waters of the seacoast of the United States, where 

 the tide ebbs and fiows, and also In the waters of 

 the lakes, such fish or specimens thereof as may in 

 his judgment, from time to time, be needful or 

 proper for the conduct of his duties, any law, custom, 

 or usage of any State to the contrary notwithstand- 

 ing. (R. S. § 4398; 1940 Reorg. Plan No. Ul. § 3, eff. 

 June 30, 1940, 5 F. R. 2108, 54 Stat. 1232.) 



§ 746. Vessels of Pish and Wildlife Service. 



The Secretary of the Navy Is authorized to place 

 the vessels of the United States Fish and Wildlife 

 Service on the same footing with the Navy Depart- 

 ment as those of the United States Coast and Geo- 

 detic Survey. (May 31, 1880. ch. 113, 21 Stat. 151; 

 1939 Reorg. Plan No. n. § 4 (e), eff. July 1. 1939, 4 

 P. R. 2731, S3 Stat. 1433; 1940 Reorg. Plan No. m, 

 : 3, eff. June 30, 1940, 5 F. R. 2108, 54 Stat, 1232.) 



§747. Vessels of bureau; commutation of rationa of 

 officers and crews. 



CODOnCATION 

 Section, act Mar. 38. 1933, ch. 117. title I, 43 Stat. 484; 

 act Jan. 6. 1623, ch. 24, title I. 43 Stat. 112S: act May 28, 

 1034. ch. 304. title m, 43 Stat. 338; act Feb. 37, 1936, ch. 

 364, tltlr m, 43 Stat. 1047 was provision of an appropria- 

 tion act which was confined to specific appropriations. 



§ 748. Expenditure of appropriations for propagation 

 of food fishes. 



Appropriations for propagation of food fishes shall 

 not be expended for hatching or planting flsh or 

 eggs in any State In which, in the Judgment of the 



