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12. Fish Research and Experimentation Program 



16 V.S.C. 778-778h 



Sec. 

 778. 



773 a, 



778b 

 778c. 

 778d, 



778e. 



778f. 



778g. 

 778h 



Establishment of experiment stations; purpose of 



research. 

 Acquisition of lands; construction of buildings; 



employment of personnel; cooperation with other 



agencies; publication of results. 

 Cooperation with Department of Agriculture. 

 Authorization of appropriations. 

 Pish protein concentrate; studies, research, and 



experiments. 

 Same. 



(a) Demonstration plants. 



(b) Operation and maintenance; terms and 



conditions of contracts: compilation of 

 records, including cost data: availability of 

 records to public and Congress; public ac- 

 cess to plants. 



(c) Access to records by Comptroller General; 



limitation. 



(d) Disposition of plant and equipment. 



(e) Acquisition of property. 



Same: authorization of appropriations; availability 

 of funds until expended; authority of Secretary 

 under other provisions of law imaffected. 



Same; cooperation of Secretary with others In 

 execution of program 



Same; termination date. 



§77S. Establishment of experiment stations; purpose 

 of research. 

 The Secretary of the Interior is authorized and 

 directed to establish an experiment station or sta- 

 tions for the purpose of carrying on a program of 

 research and experimentation — 



(1) to determine species of fishes most suitable 

 for culture on a commercial basis in shallow res- 

 ervoirs and flooded rice lands ; 



(2) to determine methods for production of 

 fingerling fishes for stocking in commercial reser- 

 voirs; 



(3) to develop methods for the control of para- 

 sites and diseases of brood fishes and of fingerlings 

 prior to stocking ; 



(4) to develop economical methods for raising 

 the more desirable species of fishes to a market- 

 able size; 



(5) to determine, in cooperation with the De- 

 partment of Agriculture, the effects of fish-rice 

 rotations, including crops other than rice com- 

 monly grown on rice farms, upon both the fish and 

 other crops; and 



(6) to develop suitable methods for harvesting 

 the fish crop and preparing it for marketing, in- 

 cluding a study of sport fishing as a means of such 

 harvest. 



(Pub. L. 85-342, § 1, Mar. 15, 1958. 72 Stat. 35.) 

 S77Sa. Acquisition of lands; construction of build- 

 ings; employment of personnel; cooperation with 

 other agencies; publication of results. 

 For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of 

 this chapter, the Secretary of the Interior is au- 

 thorized (1 ) to acquire by purchase, condemnation, 

 or otherwise such suitable lands, to construct such 

 buildings, to acquire such equipment and apparatus. 

 ana to employ such officers and employees as he 

 deems necessary; (2) to cooperate with State and 

 other institutions and agencies upon such terms and 

 conditions as he determines to be appropriate; and 



(3) to make public the results of such research and 

 experiments conducted pursuant to section 778 of 

 this title. (Pub. L. 85-342, § 2, Mar. 15, 1958, 72 

 Stat. 35.) 



§778b. Cooperation with Department of Agriculture. 

 The Department of Agriculture is authorized to 

 cooperate in carrying out the provisions of this 

 chapter by furnishing such information and assist- 

 ance as may be requested by the Secretary of the 

 Interior. (Pub. L. 85-342, § 3, Mar. 15, 1958, 72 

 Stat. 35.) 



§ 778c. Authorization of appropriations. 



There are hereby authorized to be appropriated 

 such sums as may be necessary to carry out the 

 provisions of this chapter. (Pub. L. 85-342, § 4, Mar. 

 .5, 1958, 72 Stat. 35.) 



§778d. Fish protein concentrate; studies, research, 

 and experiments. 



The Secretary of the Interior Is authorized to con- 

 duct, and through grants to and contracts with pub- 

 lic and private agencies to promote studies, research, 

 and experiments designed to develop the best and 

 most economical processes and methods to reduce 

 fish which are in abundant supply and which are 

 not now widely sought after for human food to a 

 nutritious, wholesome, and stable flsh protein con- 

 centrate, as well as to conduct food technology and 

 feasibility studies with respect to such products. 

 (Pub. L. 89-701, § 1, Nov. 2, 1966, 80 Stat. 1089.) 



§778e. Same. 



(a) Demonstration plants. 



The Secretary is also authorized to construct not 

 to exceed one experiment and demonstration plant 

 for the production of a fish protein concentrate and 

 to acquire by lease one additional plant for such 

 purpose. Such plants shall be designed to demon- 

 strate the reliability and practicability and the eco- 

 nomic, engineering, and operating potentials of the 

 processes and methods to reduce fish to fish protein 

 concentrate. Such plants shall be located in such 

 geographical areas as the Secretary determines will 

 demonstrate optimum feasibility from the stand- 

 point of operation, maintenance, and economic po- 

 tential. The Secretary of the Interior shall not 

 commence construction of or lease any plant pursu- 

 ant to the provisions of sections 778d to 778h of this 

 title until the Secretary of Health. Education, and 

 Welfare shall have certified that fish protein con- 

 centrate produced from whole fish complies with 

 the provisions of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cos- 

 metics Act. 



(b) Operation and maintenance; terms and conditions 

 of contracts: compilation of records, including 

 cost data; availability of records to public and 

 Congress; public access to plants. 



The Secretary may operate and maintain or con- 

 tract for the operation and maintenance of such 



