nities for, and the advisability of additional coordinated management and administration of, international fisheries.

"(d) The means of effecting the maximum utilization, consistent with their continued preservation at an optimum level of productivity, of the marine and fresh-water fishery resources utilized or potentially capable of utilization for commercial and recreational fishing, giving special consideration to methods of managing and increasing the fishery production of interior waters, including artificial impoundments and farm ponds.

"(e) New and improved methods of capturing, landing, processing, storing, distributing, and marketing fishery products or commodities, including increasing consumption as food and the industrial utilization of fishery products through public education, or other activities; such recommendations to contemplate the full and cooperative use of the personnel and facilities of appropriate State, Territorial, county, local, or other organizations, as well as those of private and industrial or other organizations and enterprises.

"(f) A program of economic stabilization of the fisheries and of Federal, State, or other assistance needed during the post-war period and thereafter to effect orderly development and expansion of the commercial fisheries and allied enterprises, and to secure and provide for the fisheries benefits comparable to those afforded the food production activities and industries dependent upon the lands.

"(g) A comprehensive statistical and market-reporting system to provide complete, accurate, and current data on production and fishing intensity in the commercial and recreational fisheries, to facilitate the most efficient utilization of the aquatic resources and the greatest possible benefits and returns therefrom, as well as for the purpose of providing fundamental information on rates of withdrawal in order that the effects of utilization upon the basic resources may always be known.

"(h) Special and regular appropriations necessary to establish a national policy and to carry out a program for the optimum utilization of the marine and fresh-water commercial and recreational fishery resources such as may be necessary to accomplish the specific purposes and objectives hereinbefore mentioned, including funds for the publication and dissemination of technical and practical information.

"SEC. 3. There is authorized to be appropriated, out of moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, such funds as may be necessary for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this joint resolution, but not to exceed $20,000."

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2. ATLANTIC COAST FISH STUDY

Act of August 25, 1950 (64 Stat. 474; 16 U.S.C. 760a-760c)

ATLANTIC COAST FISH STUDY FOR DEVELOPMENT AND PROTECTION OF FISH

RESOURCES

SECTION 1. The Secretary of the Interior is directed to undertake a comprehensive continuing study of species of fish of the Atlantic coast including bays, sounds, and tributaries, for the purpose of recommending to the States of such coast appropriate measures for the development and protection of such resources and their wisest utilization, whether for sports or commercial fishing or both, including the limitations on season, take per unit of time, per man, or per gear, or such other recommendations as will most effectively provide for the public the maximum production and utilization of such fish consistent with the maintenance of an adequate brood reserve. (Aug. 25, 1950, c. 782, § 1, 64 Stat. 474.)

COOPERATION OF FEDERAL DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES

SEC. 2. The Secretary is directed to make application through appropriate channels to other Federal departments or agencies for such boats and other equipment in custody of such departments or agencies as may be suitable for studies authorized hereunder, and such Federal departments and agencies are authorized to transfer such boats and other equipment to the Department of the Interior without reimbursement of funds. (Aug. 25, 1950, c. 782, § 2, 64 Stat. 474.)

AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS

SEC. 3. There are authorized to be appropriated from time to time, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, such sums, not in excess of $250,000 per annum, as may be necessary to carry out the purposes and objectives of this Act. (Aug. 25, 1950, c. 782, § 3, 64 Stat. 474.)

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ATLANTIC COAST SHAD STUDY; RECOMMENDATIONS; PER ANNUM COST

LIMITATION

SEC. 2. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to undertake, through the Fish and Wildlife Service, a comprehensive and continuing study of the shad of the Atlantic Coast for the purpose of recommending to the Atlantic Coast States, through the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission, measures to be taken to arrest decline, increase the abundance, and promote the wisest utilization of such shad resources at a cost of not to exceed $75,000 per annum for a six-year period. For the purposes of this section, any agency of the United States, or any corporation wholly owned by the United States, is authorized to transfer, without exchange of funds, any boats or equipment excess to its needs required by the Fish and Wildlife Service for the studies authorized in this section. (Aug. 18, 1949, c. 478, § 2, 63 Stat. 616.)

HISTORICAL NOTE

Transfer of Functions.-All functions of all other officers of the Department of the Interior and all functions of all agencies and employees of the Department were, with two exceptions, transferred to the Secretary of the Interior, with power vested in him to authorize their performance or the performance of any of his functions by any of those officers, agencies, and employees, by 1950 Reorg. Plan No. 3, §§ 1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1262, set out in note under section 481 of Title 5, Executive Department and Government Officers and Employees, U.S. Code.

Appropriations.-Section 4 of Act Aug. 18, 1949, provided that: "There is authorized to be appropriated from time to time, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, such sums as may be necessary to carry out the purposes and objectives of this Act.”

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4. STUDY OF MIGRATORY GAME FISH

Act of September 22, 1959 (73 Stat. 642; 16 U.S.C. 760e-760g)

STUDY OF MIGRATORY GAME FISH; WATER; RESEARCH; PURPOSE

SECTION 1. The Secretary of the Interior is directed to undertake a comprehensive continuing study of the migratory marine fish of interest to recreational fishermen of the United States, including species inhabiting the offshore waters of the United States and species which migrate through or spend a part of their lives in the inshore waters. of the United States. The study shall include, but not be limited to, research on migrations, identity of stocks, growth rates, mortality rates, variations in survival, environmental influences, both natural and artificial, including pollution, and effects of fishing on the species, for the purpose of developing wise conservation policies and constructive management activities. (Pub. L. 86-359, § 1, Sept. 22, 1959, 73 Stat. 642.)

AUTHORIZATION TO ACQUIRE FACILITIES, EMPLOY OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES, COOPERATE WITH STATE AND OTHER AGENCIES, AND TO PUBLISH RESULTS

SEC. 2. For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized (1) to acquire lands, construct laboratory or other buildings, purchase boats, acquire such other equipment and apparatus, and to employ such officers and employees as he deems necessary; (2) to cooperate or contract with State and other institutions and agencies upon such terms and conditions as he determines to be appropriate; and (3) to make public the results of such research conducted pursuant to section 1 of this Act. (Pub. L. 86-359, § 2, Sept. 22, 1959, 73 Stat. 642.)

AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS

SEC. 3. There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act: Provided, That no more than $2,700,000 be appropriated for this purpose in any one fiscal year. (Pub. L. 86-359, § 3, Sept. 22, 1959, 73 Stat. 643.)

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5. STUDY OF CLAMS

Act of May 26, 1948 (62 Stat. 274; 16 U.S.C. 661 note)

STUDIES OF CLAMS

SECTION 1. The Fish and Wildlife Service of the Department of the Interior is hereby authorized and directed to undertake, in cooperation with appropriate State and interstate agencies in accordance with the provisions of the Act of August 14, 1946 (60 Stat. 1080), comprehensive studies of the soft-shell clam, Mya arenaria, and the hardshell clam, Venus mercenaria, with particular respect to the biology, propagation, and methods of cultivation of such clams. Such Service shall from time to time recommend appropriate measures for (1) arresting depletion in existing productive beds; (2) restoring to production beds formerly productive but now barren or unusable; (3) developing new areas which may be found suitable; (4) improving methods and techniques of digging, transplanting, and handling; and (5) otherwise increasing production and improving the quality of such clams for the benefit of both producers and consumers.

SEC. 2. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated, for the fiveyear period beginning July 1, 1948, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $250,000 to carry out the studies of the soft-shell clam and the sum of $250,000 to carry out the studies of the hard-shell clam.

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