Over the winter of 1933–1934, Scoter and the BOF fishery patrol vessel ship USFS Crane supported a Civil Works Administration-funded project to clear and improve salmon spawning streams in Southeast Alaska, NOAA Fisheries Alaska Fisheries Science Center AFSC Historical Corner: Crane, a Long History of Extensive Use and by 22 February 1934 the 200 temporary employees involved had cleared log jams and other obstructions from a combined total of 802 miles of waterways in 325 streams.