22 U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES 
Kodiak district—Generally speaking, there was a satisfactory 
escapement of salmon to spawning grounds in the Kodiak region. 
This was particularly true of the Karluk River, where there was 
an excellent escapement. Other streams showed .mprovement over 
former years, although in some cases the runs were not as extensive 
as had been anticipated. 
Alaska Peninsula district—Investigations of spawning escape- 
ments in the Alaska Peninsula district were made by Assistant 
Agent L. G. Wingard. With the exception of a few places, the 
escapement generally was good. At some points the streams would 
have absorbed larger numbers of spawning fish had it not been for 
low stages of the water, which prevented their ascent to the spawn- 
ing er ounds. Heavy rains later on improved this condition. 
Bristol Bay district—In August and September Agent Dennis 
Winn made an extended trip over certain important areas tributary 
to the Bristol Bay district to observe the escapement of spawning 
salmon. The regions visited were substantially the same as those 
covered for a number of years previous, and comparisons with former 
conditions were thus possible. The inspection showed a satisfactory 
escapement of salmon generally throughout the region covered. Ex- 
cept in a few places, the number of ‘salmon that escaped was con- 
sidered sufficient for a proper seeding of the beds. In fact, the 
escapement was considered the best since 1918, with the exception 
only of 1922. 
HATCHERIES 
EXTENT OF CPERATIONS 
Salmon propagation in Alaska, exclusive of Territorial activities, 
was carried on at two Government-owned hatcheries, situated at 
Afognak and McDonald Lake, and two privately owned hatcheries— 
that of the Alaska Packers Association at Heckman Lake and the 
Northwestern Fisheries Co. at Hugh Smith Lake. 
Operations of Federal and private hatcheries in Alaska in 1926 






Red or sockeye salmon 
Location of hatchery : 
Eggs taken | cae ag Eggs taken 
in 1925 1925-26 in 1926 
ATOR IIB Ke. $08 Sek UNI eet EE UD EAE LOR Le Be 11, 000, 000 10, 075, 000 1 21, 250, 000 
WeDonsldsWaket 2-2 222 u ste ee a Le Re ee 39, 680; 000 27, 392, 200 2 30, 760, 000 
Hieckmanulsaken(Hortm sn) sn een Seren 16, 920, 000 15, 990, 000 3 21, 420, 000 
EughiSmithyake(Quadra) i - 2252 Se eee ae ae ee 20, 240, 000 19, 345, 000 20, 000, 000 
TT O Ua eee ein coe oS oe es ee AN ee ee eee 87, 840, 000 72, 802, 200 93, 430, 000 



1 Also 2,060,000 cebindaa-th trout eggs and 4,212,000 ae rene eggs were collected. 
2 Shipped 5,241,130 eyed eggs to Seattle and 1,717,760 to the Territorial hatchery at Ketchikan, 
3 At the Fortmann hatchery 4,183,000 humpback-salmon fry were released in 1925-26 and 6,640,000 eggs 
of this species were taken in 1926. 
AFOGNAK 
At the Federal salmon hatchery at Afognak 10,075,000 No. 1 
fingerling red salmon were distributed from the 11,000,000 eggs 
collected in 1925, a loss of 8.4 per cent. During the month of April 
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