62 STAT.] 80TH CONG., 2D SESS.-CH. 754-JUNE 29, 1948 transportation of specimens and other expenses incidental to the main- tenance and operation of aquaria, $1,879,525, including not to exceed $2,000 for purchase of land adjoining the San Angelo, Texas, fish cultural station and expenses incident thereto, and not to exceed $35,000 for the construction and operation, in accordance with the provisions of the Act of August 14, 1946 (60 Stat. 1080), of fish cultural facilities on lands owned by the State of South Dakota. Operation and maintenance of fish screens: For operation and maintenance, in cooperation with the Bureau of Reclamation and the Bureau of Indian Affairs, or either, of fish screens and ladders on Federal irrigation projects, and for the conduct of investigations and surveys, the preparation of designs, and for determining the require- ments for fishways and other fish protective devices at dams constructed under licenses issued by the Federal Power Commission, $36,300. Investigations respecting food fishes: For investigations and studies into the cause of the decrease of food fishes, and other aquatic and plant resources, in connection therewith, and of means of securing a maximum sustained yield from such resources, including not to exceed $20,000 to investigate and eradicate the predatory sea lampreys of the Great Lakes as authorized by joint resolution of August 8, 1946, Public Law 672; maintenance, repair, improvement, equipment, and operation of fishery-experiment and biological stations; the construc- tion of salmon-counting weirs, and the improvement of salmon- spawning streams in Alaska; $1,147,500. Commercial fisheries: For collection and compilation of fishery statistics and related information; conducting investigations and studies of methods and means of capture, preservation, utilization, and distribution of fish and aquatic plants and products thereof, including investigation, study and research with respect to the utilization of packed sardines and the development of methods and procedures which should be employed in improving the quality and appearance of packed sardines; maintenance, repair, alteration, improvement, equip- ment, and operation of laboratories and vessels; and enforcing the applicable provisions of the Act authorizing associations of producers of aquatic products (15 U. S. C. 521); including contract stenographic reporting services, $510,000. Investigation, exploration, and development of Pacific fisheries: For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of the Act of August 4, 1947 (Public Law 329), authorizing the exploration, investi- gation, development, and maintenance of the fishery resources and the development of the high-seas fishing industry of the Territories and island possessions of the United States in the tropical and subtropical Pacific Ocean, and intervening areas; printing and binding: tempo- rary services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2. 1946 (5 U. S . C . 55a); employment of officers and crews of vessels in accordance with policies and wage scales approved by the Secretary pursuant to the provisions of section 606 of the Federal Employees' Pay Act of 1946 (5 U. S. C . 946); and payment of subsistence allow- ances to officers and crews of vessels at rates approved by the Secretary; $1,000,000. Fishery market news service: For collecting, publishing, and dis- tributing, by telegraph, mail, or otherwise, information on the fishery industry, market supply and demand, commercial movement, location, disposition, and market prices of fishery products, $143,000. Alaska fisheries: For protecting the seal, sea otter, and other fisheries of Alaska, including the furnishing of food, fuel, clothing, and other necessities of life to the natives of the Pribilof Islands of Alaska; construction, improvement, repair, and alteration of buildings and roads, and subsistence of employees while on said islands; contract 1143 16U..c. . C. - 666c. Predatory sea lam- preys, Great Lakes. 60 Stat. 930. 16U. S. C. §§921- 923. Packed sardines. 48 Stat. 1218 . 61 Stat. 726 . 16 U. S. C., Supp. I. §§ 758-7d . 60 Stat. 810. 60 Stat. 218 .
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