In cooperation v/ith the !Food-?or-yictory campaign, the Service has 

 exerted every effort to step up dornostic rahhit Toroduction to furnish 

 more meat and fur. Eaboit meat is quick to produce n,nd can "be used to 

 supplement the family meat supply. V/ork along this line is in progress 

 at the Service's ralDbit experiment station at Tontana, Calif. Cooperation 

 is "being given to federal and State penal institutions that are desirous 

 of estahlishing ra"b"bitrieg for rcha"bilitation and emplojonent of the in- 

 mates as well as to fu.rnish food for the mess. Officials of the War 

 Relocation Authority have conferred with Service officials regarding the 

 introduction of meat and wool producing ra"b"bits into camps where the 

 Ja,panese are interned. 



Since March 1942, "by request of the Bureau of Yards mid Docks of 

 the Wavy Department, the field personnel of the Division of Land Acquisi- 

 tion has "been evalua.ting and surveying lands to "be purchased for war 

 purposes. 



Alignment of the Service's fish hatchery functions with the v/ar has 

 required special emphasis on two -ohascs of this work. Pan and game fish 

 produced in farm ponds throughout the country are recognized as a f'^od 

 resource of considera"blo ma.gnitude. The potential volume of this food 

 supply cannot "be accurately m^easurcd, hut estimates of the Soil Conserva-"''. 

 tion Service quoted a potential yield of 35,000,000 pounds in Texa.s alone, 

 with the estimated harvest for the country as a v/hole exceeding 100,000,000 

 pounds of fish. 



With proper management fo.rm ponds may produce from 200 to 300 pounds 

 of edi"ble fish per acre per year. This compares favora'bly with other agri- 

 cultur?.l production and is es-oecially significrnt in viev/ of the fact that 

 the lands producing fish arc frequently suhmarginal and of little or no 

 value for other u.ses. 



Since hatcheries producing warn-v/ator fish are the most vital factor 

 in putting farm ponds on a productive "basis, the Service has em"barkcd 

 on a. policy of giving preferential status to farm pond requirements. 



The farm pond "orogram h-as a direct relation to the v/ar -nrogram 

 since production of usahlo food fish is achieved within one year of 

 the initial stocking. During this year hundreds of frrm ponds are yield- 

 ing food and rccrertion to their ovrners as a result of stocking accomplish- 

 ed with the 1941 crop of fish distri"buted from Service hatcheries. 



The Fish and Wildlife Service has scattered over the "United States 

 and Alaska o, well organized corr)s of thoroughly trained men engaged in 

 law-cnforcoment work v/ho are efficient in making criminal investiga- 

 tions, apprehending violators, and mrosecuting cases in Federal and Strte 

 courts. Many of these employees are located in strategic "olaces where 

 they may "be of valua"blo service in making investigations in connection 

 v/ith espionage and sa"botago; also they have the training and eqaiiDment 

 necessary to carry on rcconnaiss.ancc and intelligence work for military 



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