---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 U.S.C. § 760–7"
title: "16"
title_heading: "Conservation"
number: "760–7"
heading: "Establishment of fish hatchery in West Virginia"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/16/760-7"
units:
  - "Chapter 9A — Preservation of Fishery Resources"
---

# §760–7. Establishment of fish hatchery in West Virginia


The [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) of the Interior is authorized to establish, construct, equip, operate, and maintain a new fish hatchery in the [State](/usc/16/590q.md?p=a) of West Virginia.


## Source credit

(Aug. 6, 1956, ch. 978, § 1, 70 Stat. 1057.)