16 U.S.C. § 778 : US Code - Section 778: Establishment of experiment stations; purpose of research

Search 16 U.S.C. § 778 : US Code - Section 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.