§ 778. — Establishment of experiment stations; purpose of research.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC778]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 10C--FISH RESEARCH AND EXPERIMENTATION PROGRAM
Sec. 778. Establishment of experiment stations; purpose of
research
The Secretary of Agriculture shall establish 1 or more centers 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 reservoirs and flooded rice lands;
(2) to determine methods for production of fingerling fishes for
stocking in commercial reservoirs;
(3) to develop methods for the control of parasites 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 marketable size;
(5) to determine, in cooperation with the Secretary of the
Interior, the effects of fish-rice rotations, including crops other
than rice commonly 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, including a study of sport fishing as a
means of such harvest.
(Pub. L. 85-342, Sec. 1, Mar. 15, 1958, 72 Stat. 35; Pub. L. 104-127,
title VIII, Sec. 889(a)(1), Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 1180.)
Amendments
1996--Pub. L. 104-127, in introductory provisions, substituted
``Secretary of Agriculture shall'' for ``Secretary of the Interior is
authorized and directed to'' and ``1 or more centers'' for ``an
experiment station or stations'' and, in par. (5), substituted
``Secretary of the Interior'' for ``Department of Agriculture''.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 778a of this title.
