Figure 6.--Spring Creek National Fish Hatchery, Washington 



1953-60 is 5,600 fish.' A minor sport fishery 

 also exists in this area. Additional eggs from 

 other stations have been transferred to Klickitat 

 Hatchery to augment the newly established 

 runs. To date over 32,847,000 fry and finger- 

 lings have been released from this station 

 (table 5). 



Ox Bow Hatchery, Oregon 



In Oregon the main fall Chinook salmon 

 producing station is Ox Bow Hatchery on 

 Herman Creek. This station, established in 

 1914, ranks third in number of adults handled 

 as compared with other hatcheries in Bonne- 

 ville Dam pool area. During 1945-60 nearly 

 67,000 adult salmon have returned to the 



'Data furnished by Washington Department of Fish- 

 eries at Vancouver, Washington. 



hatchery racks (table 4) and the hatchery 

 has released over 55,745,000 fry and finger- 

 lings (table 5). 



Natural spawning has occurred in this hatch- 

 ery stream only in 1946, 1950, and 1952. In 

 those 3 years approximately 400, 600, and 

 2,400 salmon, respectively, were estimated 

 to have spawned naturally in Herman Creek 

 (table 6). Recently constructed trapping and 

 spawning facilities located at the lower end 

 of Herman Creek now prevent salmon from 

 utilizing the natural spawning area above. 



Cascade Hatchery, Oregon 



Cascade Hatchery, located on Eagle Creek, 

 was established in 1958. Each year a rack is 

 installed a short distance above the mouth of 

 the stream. Prior to 1958 Bonneville hatchery 



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