50 CFR § 70.1 - Purpose.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t50/s70.1"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "50 CFR § 70.1 - Purpose."
title_number: 50
title_name: "Wildlife and Fisheries"
section_number: "70.1"
section_name: "Purpose."
chapter_name: "UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
subchapter_number: "E"
subchapter_name: "MANAGEMENT OF FISHERIES CONSERVATION AREAS"
part_number: "70"
part_name: "NATIONAL FISH HATCHERIES"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "Sec. 4, 48 Stat. 402, as amended, sec. 4, 76 Stat. 654; 5 U.S.C. 301, 16 U.S.C. 664; 460k; sec. 2, 80 Stat. 926; 16 U.S.C. 668dd."
regulatory_source: "45 FR 28723, Apr. 30, 1980, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "70"
---


# 70.1 Purpose.

All national fish hatchery areas are maintained for the fundamental purpose of the propagation and distribution of fish and other aquatic animal life and managed for the protection of all species of wildlife.