Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-18
FISH CONSERVATION.
MEASURE PASSES.
House Approval of $685..
600 Appropriation Goes to
Senate for Action.

Authorizing an appropriation Of So
$4,000, the House passed the White
bill Wednesday providing for a FIVE
year construction and maintenance pro-
gram for the United States Bureau of
Fisheries and the bill now goes back
to the Senate for concurrent action.
Under provisions of the act 81 ,750, 900
is to be used for 81 new fish hatcheries,
81 of which are primarily or exclusively
for game fish. Three items provide for
the propagation of commercial fish by
the purchase of stations which are now
operated under lease. There are in ad-
dition two items for distribution cars,
the greater proportion of the work of
these cars to be in connection with the
distribution of game fish.
The White bill, as passed, provides
during the f1ve-year program the cree
ton of seven fish cultural stations
during the first year as follows: New
Mexico, Idaho, Southern Wisconsin,
Montana, Colorado, New Hampshire and
Maryland or West Virginia at a cost
of $3.50 900. Second year nine stations:
Alabama, Indiana, Central Tennessee,
Pennsylvania, Western Texas, South
Carolina, New York, California and
Oregon at a cost of 100000. Third
year, four stations Florida, Maine,
Eastern Virginia, Minnesota and one
600. Fourth year: Nevada, Illinois, New
Jersey and Mississippi and a distribution
car at a cost of $685. 900. and in the
fifth year stations will be erected in
Ohio. Kansas, North Dakota, Georgia,
Washington and North Carolina to cost
$4,000.
Sees Need of Action.
Representative Lehlbach of New Jer-
d., IHHf~ 70
said:
This bill received the approval of
the House and the Senate in the last
Congress and is now again presented
for the consideration of the House.
There is urgent need for such a COM
prehenSive program of fish development.
There was a time, not many years
past, when the Atlantic sea salmon
ranged along the Atlantic Coast and
entered some % streams between New
York and the New Brunswick border
This fish is today almost extinct, being
caught in but one of these streams.
THE lobster catches in New England
and the crab hauls in Chesapeake Bay
have declined in proportion. Thus, it
will be seen that the part of wisdom is
to give serious consideration to the
repleniShment Of our fish stock and our
fish supply. The program embraces ap-
proximately 81 new stations or sub
stations involving 81 entirely new
projects. When it is completed the
Bureau of Fisheries will have log sta
lions of all kinds. At the present time
it has but u.s."
House Adds 10 Program.
The House instead of cutting down
any of the authorizations in the pro-
gram added two fish-cultural stations,
one in Minnesota at a cost of $50,00O
and another in Mississippi at similar
figure.
Representative Linthicum of Mary
land said he had always looked upon
sea-food products as one of the most
important industries in the country.
I'VE should do everything possible to
enlarge the fishing industry and produce
more fish. Some years ago introduced
two bills, one to prevent the use of
fish in the manufacture of fertilizer and
the other to protect migratory fish.
I commended that we have just as much
right to protect migratory fish as we
have to protect migratory birds"
Commissioner Henry OMalIey said
the passage of this measure is of special
interest to Washington anglers, as 1t
provides for additional bass ponds where
thousands of large and small mouth bass
will be reared to be planted in nearby
streams.