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Coal Project: Background Information (Planning and Management)

Description: From foreword: "This report presents summary information on coal development in the United States, and material on the potential interactions of that development with fish and wildlife resources."
Date: July 14, 1976
Creator: Coal Project (U.S.)
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Energy Related Use Conflicts for the Columbia River Estuary, Volume 1: Text

Description: Report that "provides a narrative description of projected energy development and describes the biological characteristics of fish and wildlife and their habitats, and gives a critique of potential environmental impacts, and measures of protection and mitigation" (p. iii)
Date: June 1983
Creator: Garcia, John; Loehr, Lincoln; Richter, Klaus; Ahlborn, Gary; Westerlund, Frank & Pratt, Jeremy
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A Fishway that Shad Ascend

Description: History and description of the Shad Run at Lawrence Fishway for purposes of design of fishways that will successfully pass shad.
Date: 1951
Creator: Collins, Gerald B.
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The Japanese Tuna Fishing Industry

Description: Report consisting of several translated Japanese works on fisheries and the costs of tuna fishing in the oceans around Japan.
Date: July 1952
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Waterfowl Populations in the Upper Chesapeake Region

Description: The Upper Chesapeake region is one of the more important areas in North America for migrating and wintering waterfowl. Conditions here affect the welfare of waterfowl populations in the entire Atlantic Flyway. During the more recent years of this study there was a noticeable decline in the waterfowl populations in this region, probably as a result of destruction and disturbance of habitat along with a steady increase in hunting pressure. The purpose of this report is to present information on t… more
Date: July 1962
Creator: Stewart, Robert E.
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Some Biological Effects of Ditching Tidewater Marshes

Description: Just a century ago some 625,000 acres of salt, brackish, and freshwater marshes bordered the Atlantic coast from Maine to Virginia. As early as 1885, however, work was begun to reclaim for agriculture considerable acreages of the fresher tidal lands. This research was conducted to study the effects of marshland drainage on plants, wildlife and wildlife habitat.
Date: 1950
Creator: Bourn, Warren Scudder & Cottam, Clarence
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Otter Trawl Explorations in Philippine Waters

Description: A trawl fishery of considerable magnitude has developed in the Philippines since liberation from the Japanese in 1945. At the inception of the Philippines Fishery Program of the United States Fish and Wildlife Serve, the trawl fishery was using a Japanese beam trawl and was, for the most part, confined to Manila Bay. Realizing that the supply of fish badly needed by the Philippine public could be augmented by trawling, the program inaugurated exploratory fishing voyages to likely grounds and de… more
Date: 1950
Creator: Warfel, Herbert Elmer & Manacop, Porfirio R.
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Fish and Shellfish Preferences of Household Consumers

Description: "This report is an analysis of a nationwide survey in October 1951 of household consumers' preferences for fresh and frozen fish and shellfish. The survey was conducted under the auspices of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service to aid the Nation's fishing industry, which is composed predominantly of small firms that find it difficult to make adequate contacts with consumers" (p. 1).
Date: 1955
Creator: Stolting, Walter H.
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Five Japanese Papers on Skipjack

Description: Reports regarding skipjack fishing grounds in the Northeastern Sea near Japan.
Date: August 1952
Creator: Sasaki, Takeo; Tauchi, Morisaburo; Aikawa, Hiroaki; Uda, Michitaka & Tsukushi, Jiro
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Duck Production Studies on the Prairie Potholes of South Dakota

Description: From introduction: "Determine the extent, distribution, and numbers of small water areas formerly and now present in the prairie pothole region of the Dakotas and Minnesota; to determine their importance to wildlife, the factors bringing about their disappearance, and to develop, if possible, methods for their preservation, if that appears warranted."
Date: March 1956
Creator: Evans, Charles D.
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Summary of Sportsmen's Expenditures: Missouri River Basin

Description: From introduction: "These surveys were for the purpose of determining the average daily expenditure of fisherman or hunters using specific areas, and this daily expenditure was then used to determine the expenditure per pound of fish, or unit of bird or animal bagged,"
Date: March 1957
Creator: Nichilson, A. J.
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Abundance and Distribution of Mangrove Landbirds in Florida

Description: Summary of extensive surveys on Florida mangrove landbirds conducted during 2008-2011, with results quantifying distribution and estimating breeding-season abundance of mangrove landbirds.
Date: May 2014
Creator: Lloyd, John D. & Slater, Gary L.
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