ALASKA FISHERY AND FUR-SEAL INDUSTRIES, 1926 273 
2,060,000 steelhead-trout eggs were collected at Litnik Lake for 
shipment to the States. Of these, 1,023,360 eyed eggs were shipped 
to Seattle on June 2, but a marked rise in the w: rater temperature 
caused the incubation of the remainder of the eggs to advance so 
rapidly that they could not be shipped. The 850,000 fry resulting 
were deposited in local waters during the month June. 
The collection of red-salmon eggs began July 27, 1926, and ended 
September 10, with a total take of 21,250, 600. A collection of 
humpback-salmon eggs was also made between August 30 and Sep- 
tember 7, in which period 4,212,000 eggs of this species were secured. 
The destruction of predatory trout was carried on throughout the 
greater part of the year, approximately 35,950 Dolly Vardens being 
taken. 


Fic. 6.—McDonald Lake hatchery 
MCDONALD LAKE 
At the Federal salmon hatchery on McDonald Lake 27,392,200 
red-salmon fry and fingerlings were released from March to July, 
1926, from the 39,680,000 eggs taken in 1925. In addition, a ship- 
ment of 8,645,760 eyed eggs had been made to the States in November, 
1925, making the net loss on the total take 9 per cent. 
Egg taking i in 1926 began on September 6 and ended on September 
29, with a total take of 30,760,000 red-salmon eggs. During the 
month of October, 5.241,130 "eyed eggs were shipped to Seattle for 
distribution in the State of Washington, and 1,717,760 eyed eggs 
were sent to the Territorial hatchery at Ketchikan. 
HECKMAN LAKE (FORTMANN) 
The Alaska Packers Association liberated 15,990,000 red-salmon 
fry from its Fortmann hatchery on Heckman Lake in 1926, which 
were hatched from 16,920,000 eggs taken in 1925, a loss of 5.5 per 
