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Fish Health - We did not experience any major fish health problems during the year. We Fad Learnea problems on the RBS and CSF broodstock; these outbreaks F were treated with Masoten. The anchorworms on squawfish•appeared to be entirely -]eared up by late summer but we continued treatments on the razorbacks up into early November as water temperatures had remained high enough to allow Learnea reproduction to continue. The Icthyophonus problem reported last year persists but it has declined somewhat and currently appears to pose no long-term problem to station operations. Low over winter survival of Comanche Springs pupfish and Gila topminnow seem to be the major impact. Hatchery Biologist Ron Major conducted the annual disease inspection and cleared RBS, CSF and BTC for stocking in Colorado River drainage waters. Preserved Specimens - The demand for preserved fish specimens continues. The following agencies and institutions requested and received preserved specimens during the year: the Mexican Government; the NM Department of Game and Fish, the Arizona Game and Fish Department, the Utah Division of Wildlife and the Colorado Division of Wildlife; Arizona State University, the University of Nevada at Las Vegas, Eastern New Mexico University, the University of Michigan, Kansas State University, the University of Texas, and the British Museum of Natural History. COOPERATION WITH OTHER AGENCIES AND INSTITUTIONS We continue to work closely with State agencies, academic institutions, other Service personnel, other concerened conservation groups and southeastern New Mexico school systems. We continue to provide fish to Arizona under negotiated cooperative agreements and distribute requested fish for them. Theop spent two months with the State of Kansas assisting with fish culture efforts on walleye, smallmouth bass, spotted bass and striped bass. Connie assisted Charlie Sanchez in collecting fish samples for environmental contaminant evaluation. We fre- quently assisted the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish by providing equipment or holding fish for them. Dexter continues to serve as a "water change" station on long RDU hauls. Roger gave presentations and demonstrations on hormone use in fish culture to an NMSU graduate class in fisheries and the student chapter AFS meeting. Buddy attended career day at Hobbs High School. Sharon spent several days in the Regional Office helping organize and set up a regional fishery filing system. Troy spent two weeks on the RDU. We conducted CSF seining experiments for the Colorado River Fishery Project. We accommodated three people from Monty Stouffer Productions who spent several days shooting film for an upcoming PBS special documentary on "Native Fishes in Trouble". At regional request, Theop conducted a special water quality study on selected management units at Bitter Lake NWR. As part of the study a load of CCF where marked prior to stocking in refuge waters. Buddy continues to serve on the Rio Grande Fishes Recovery Team working with personnel from the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish, Texas Parks and Wildlife, Soil Conservation Service, Bureau of Reclamation, National Park Service, Oklahoma State University, the University of Texas, and the Republic of Mexico. We shipped live and preserved fish to the many agencies and institutions previously mentioned. OTHER ACTIVITIES Assisted by the Justice Department, Service personnel appeared before State Justice Lafel E. Oman for relief from existing water right allotments rendered when shallow water in the Pecos Valley Conservancy District was adjudicated in 1973.