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The collection of red-salmon egg:s began on July 29 and ended on 

 October 3, 1931, with a total take of 23,054,720. From October 18 to 

 November 7, inclusive, 2,731,424 Dolly Varden trout eggs were col- 

 lected for shipment to the States. 



m'donald lake 



Of the 27,469,000 red-salmon eggs collected at the Federal salmon 

 hatchery on IMcDonald Lake in 1930, 3,055,000 in the eyed stage were 

 shipped to Seattle in the fall for distribution in the States of Washing- 

 ton and Oregon. From the remaining eggs there were produced and 

 liberated in Lake McDonald 22,480,000 No. 2 fingerlings, making a 

 net loss on the take of about 7 per cent. 



There were also planted in Lake McDonald advanced fry consisting 

 of 85,000 chum-salmon fr}^, hatched from the 100,000 eggs of that 

 species collected in the preceding year, and 261,000 pink-salmon fry, 

 the brood of the eggs remaining at the hatchery from the take of 

 7,055,000 after 6,107,000 in the eyed stage had been shipped to Seattle 

 in the fall of 1930. 



On March 3, 1931, a shipment of 128,000 eastern brook trout eggs 

 was received at the hatchery for incubation. The resultmg fry num- 

 bered 116,000, but there was a considerable loss while the}^ w^ere being 

 reared. In September and October 77,050 No. 3 fingerlings were 

 planted in various lakes in the vicinity of Juneau, Ketchikan, Wran- 

 gell, Petersburg, and Red Bluff. 



In 1931, 25,000,000 red-salmon eggs were collected at this station 

 from August 29 to September 17, and 353,000 pink-salmon eggs from 

 August 29 to September 5. A shipment of 3,144,960 eyed red-salmon 

 eggs was forwarded to Seattle in October for delivery to the Oregon 

 Fish Commission. 



HUGH SMITH LAKE (QUADRA) 



The Northwestern Fisheries Co. liberated 20,266,000 red-salmon fry 

 from its hatchery near Boca de Quadra in 1931, hatched from 21,190,- 

 000 eggs taken in 1930, a loss of 4 per cent. In 1931 the take of eggs 

 began on August 6 and was continued until September 7, during 

 which time 20,280,000 red-salmon eggs were collected. 



HATCHERY REBATES 



The owners of private salmon hatcheries in Alaska who are also 

 packers of canned salmon receive a rebate on license fees and taxes 

 of every nature on their catch and pack of salmon at the rate of 40 

 cents per 1,000 king or red salmon fry liberated by them in Alaskan 

 waters. In the fiscal year ended June 30, 1931, only one such private 

 salmon hatchery was operated — that of the Northwestern Fisheries 

 Co. at Hugh Smith Lake — and the rebate due on the 20,266,000 red- 

 salmon fry liberated there during the year amounted to $8,106. 



GENERAL STATISTICS OF THE FISHERIES 



The total number of persons engaged in the fisheries of Alaska in 

 1931 was 22,577, or 4,991 less than in 1930. Fishery products were 

 valued at $33,594,752— a decrease of $4,084,297, or about 11 per cent, 

 from the preceding year. Of the total amount, 90.6 per cent repre- 

 sented the value of salmon products; 4 per cent, halibut; 3.6 per 

 cent, herring; and 1.8 per cent, the value of all other fishery products. 



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