Volume 75
Public Law 87–173
To provide for the construction of a shellfisheries research center at Milford, Connecticut.
Approved August 30, 1961
Statutory text
AN ACT
To provide for the construction of a shellfisheries research center at Milford, Connecticut.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the Secretary
Shell fisheries research center.
of the Interior, acting through the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, is authorized and directed to construct at Milford, Connecticut, a research center for shellfisheries production and for such purpose acquire such real property as may be necessary. Such research center shall consist of research facilities, a pilot hatchery including rearing tanks and ponds, and a training school, and shall be used for the conduct of basic research on the physiology and ecology of commercial shellfish, the development of hatchery methods for cultivation of mollusks, including the development of principles that can be applied to the utilization of artificial and natural salt water ponds for shellfish culture, and to train persons in the most advanced methods of shellfish culture.
Sec. 2.
There is authorized to be appropriated, out of any money in
Appropriation.
the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, not to exceed $1,325,000 to carry out this Act.
Approved August 30, 1961.