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REPORT OF ALASKA INVESTIGATIONS. 



more important features are well covered. The buildings were new last year, and several fry ponds have 

 been built. Buschmann Creek and also Cobb Creek, another large stream entering Smith Lake, were 

 both teeming with sockeye salmon this fall, assuring an abundant supply of eggs for a much larger hatchery 

 than the one now in use, the capacity of which is about 18,000,000 salmon eggs. There is also good evidence 

 of a sufficient water supply. 



In connection with this hatchery I would like to speak of a stream 4 miles away known as Humpback 

 Creek, which empties into Mink Arm. This is one of the best humpback salmon streams in southeastern 

 Alaska. Last September the Yes Bay hatchery collected from Humpback Creek 2,600,000 humpback 

 salmon eggs. This stream would be of great assistance in supplying the hatchery already established at 

 Buschmann Creek, provided its capacity were increased. This location and the conditions impressed 

 me most favorably, and its close proximity to the main waters makes it all the more valuable. 



Vicinity of Yes Hay hatchery, showing traps off month of bay that hamper hatchery work. 

 GOVERNMENT HATCHERIES. 



There are two Government hatcheries in Alaska, one known as the Yes Bay hatchery, situated at 

 the head of McDonald Lake, on Cleveland Peninsula, in southeastern Alaska, and the other on Litnik 

 Lake, on Afognak Island, a Government reservation between Shelikof Straits and the Gulf of Alaska. I 

 visited these hatcheries and scrutinized every detail carefully. In connection with their operation I have 

 little but favorable comment to make. Both of them were in splendid condition inside and out, and the 

 only suggestion I would offer is that the work be expanded in every possible way in order to keep pace 

 with the ever increasing need for replenishing the supply of salmon. The present normal capacity of 

 each of these stations is about 75,000,000 red-salmon eggs. 



At Afognak there is great need for erecting a feeding shed to cost about $i ,500. The station is 

 equipped with a sawmill, and spruce timber is close at hand which may be worked up for this purpose. 



