Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-102
§778 Establishment of Experiment Stations; Purpose of Research
Title 16 › CHAPTER 10C — FISH RESEARCH AND EXPERIMENTATION PROGRAM › § 778
Summary
The Secretary of Agriculture must set up one or more research centers to study commercial fish farming in shallow reservoirs and flooded rice lands. The centers must study which fish species work best, how to produce and protect breeding fish and young fish (fingerlings) before stocking, cheap ways to raise fish to market size, how rotating fish with rice and other common crops affects both, and how to harvest and prepare fish for sale, including using sport fishing.
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Title 16, §778
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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.
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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”.
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16 U.S.C. § 778
Title 16, Conservation
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102