Title: Wisconsin. Bureau of Fisheries Management and Habitat Protection: Fish Stocking Records
Inclusive Dates: 1916-1936, 1970-1983

Creator:

• Wisconsin. Bureau of Fisheries Management and Habitat Protection

Call Number: Series 2587; 2008/073

Quantity: 3.6 c.f. (15 volumes)

Repository:

Wisconsin Historical Society Archives

Archival Locations:

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

See the catalog entry for information of possible additional materials and shelf locations.

Abstract:

Records from the Bureau of Fisheries Management and Habitat Protection of the state fish hatcheries, including breakdowns by county, of the numbers and types of fish distributed, and how many fish eggs were hatched per year. Information for 1924 is not included in this series.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-ser02587

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This collection was received in multiple parts and is organized into 2 major parts. These materials have not been physically interfiled and researchers might need to consult more than one part to locate similar materials.

• Part 1 (Series 2587): Original Collection, 1916-1936
• Part 2 (2008/073): Additions, 1970-1983

Chronological.

The same information for the years 1882-1914 can be found in the state's biennial reports of the “Wisconsin's Public Documents” series in the State Historical Society of Wisconsin (SHSW) library.

Acquisition Information

Accession Number: Series 2587, 2008-073

Series 2587	Part 1 (Series 2587): Original Collection, 1916-1936 Physical Description: 3.6 c.f. (9 volumes)  Scope and Content Note: Session laws of 1847 (chapter 253) created the Commissioners of Fisheries. These commissioners were “to receive all spawns of fish of all kinds donated by the general government to the state of Wisconsin”. The commissioners' duties were more fully defined by chapter 307 of the Session Laws of 1876. The commissioners were abolished in 1915 when they were merged with several other agencies to create the State Conservation Commission. By 1916, the Bureau of Fisheries ran several fish hatcheries and distributed thousands of fish, fry and fingerlings throughout the state. These fish stocking records document the distribution of fish, including the following details: records of the state fish hatcheries, a breakdown, by county, of the numbers and types of fish distributed, and how many fish eggs were hatched per year. The same information for the years 1882-1914 can be found in the state's biennial reports of the “Wisconsin's Public Documents” series in the SHSW library. Information for years 1915 and 1924 are not included in this series. Volumes 1-8 do not exist.
Volume   9	1916-1917
Volume   10	1918
Volume   11	1919-1921
Volume   12	1922-1923
Volume   13	1925-1927
Volume   14	1928-1930
Volume   15	1931-1932
Volume   16	1933-1934
Volume   17	1935-1936
2008/073	Part 2 (2008/073): Additions, 1970-1983 Physical Description: 0.8 c.f. (2 archives boxes)  Scope and Content Note: Information, 1970, 1973-1974, 1981-1983, on fish stocking quotas including information on numbers of species stocked at specific locations and memoranda justifying the numbers. These records, which are not scheduled, were transferred from the Government Documents section.	⇧
	Fish Stocking Quotas
Box   1 Folder   1	1970
Box   1 Folder   2	1973
Box   1 Folder   3	1974
Box   2 Folder   1	1981
Box   2 Folder   2	1982
Box   2 Folder   3	1983