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Tennesseeˈs Fisheries Program
Author(s) -
Kuhne Eugene R.
Publication year - 1939
Publication title -
transactions of the american fisheries society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.696
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 1548-8659
pISSN - 0002-8487
DOI - 10.1577/1548-8659(1938)68[240:tfp]2.0.co;2
Subject(s) - fishery , hatchery , fish <actinopterygii> , work (physics) , stocking , technician , halibut , business , engineering , biology , mechanical engineering , electrical engineering
In January, 1938, the Game and Fish Division embarked upon an intensive fisheries program. At the present time, we are able to point to a few specific projects which have been started, and to indicate the probable course of development of the program for the coming year. Only one project, the compilation of the commercial fisheries statistics for the period, 1931 to June 1, 1938, has been completed. Projects now under way include, stream and lake surveys, pollution studies, creel census, growth‐rate studies, commercial fish‐yield statistics, and maintenance of stream‐improvement structures. Plans are under way for the development of a commercial fishery under immediate supervision of the State, for legislative revisions to give better protection to game and commercial fishes, and for the publication of a popular illustrated booklet giving the correct common names of the more important species of fish. Formal application blanks have been devised for the fish‐distribution work, and a record is being compiled of past and present stocking activities. Twenty‐nine acres of rearing ponds, built by the National Youth Administration and local sportsmen, are being put into operation to supplement the present production of the hatcheries. The technical fisheries personnel at present includes a fish technician, a survey party of three men (part time), two hatchery superintendents, and two fish‐culturists. Special equipment and laboratory facilities have been provided for the fisheries work.