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HATCHERIES 



EXTENT OF OPERATIONS 



Salmon propagation in Alaska, exclusive of Territorial activities, 

 was carried on at two Government-owned hatcheries (at Afognak 

 and McDonald Lake) and at two privately owned hatcheries — that 

 of the Alaska Packers Association at Heckman Lake and that of the 

 Northwestern Fisheries Co. at Hugh Smith Lake. Operation of 

 the Heckman Lake hatchery of the Alaska Packers Association was 

 brought to a close in 1927, the work during the year consisting only 

 of handhng the eggs taken in 1926 and the fry hatched therefrom. 



Operations of Federal and private hatcheries in Alaska in 1927 



Location of hatchery 



Red or sockeye salmon 



Eggs taken 

 in 1926 



Salmon 

 liberated 

 in 1926-27 



Eggs taken 

 in 1927 



Afognak 



McDonald Lake 



Heckman Lake (Fortmann) 

 Hugh Smith Lake (Quadra) 



Total -- 



21, 250, 000 

 30, 760, 000 

 21, 420, 000 

 20, 000, 000 



14, 400, 000 



20, 467, 000 



2 18, 830, 384 



19, 340, 000 



1 4, 225, 408 

 20, 240, 000 



20, 240, 000 



93, 430, 000 



73, 037, 384 



44, 705, 408 



1 Also 1,090,000 steelhead-trout eggs were collected, and the resulting eyed eggs (790,400) were shipped 

 to Seattle. 



2 At the Fortmann hatchery 2,490,000 humpback-salmon fry were released in 1926-27. 



Of the 21,250,000 red-salmon eggs collected at the Federal salmon 

 hatchery at Afognak in 1926, 3,402,000 eyed eggs were shipped to 

 Seattle in October, and from the remaining eggs 14,400,000 No. 1 

 fingerlings were produced and liberated in Litnik Lake and its trib- 

 utaries. The net loss on the total take, therefore, was 16.2 per 

 cent. In the fall of 1926, also, a shipment of 3,617,000 eyed hump- 

 back-salmon eggs from the 4,212,000 eggs collected during the season 

 was forwarded to Seattle. From April 27 to May 25, 1927, 1,090,000 

 steelhead-trout eggs were collected at Litnik Lake, and the resulting 

 eyed eggs (790,400) were shipped to Seattle in June for distribution. 

 The collection of red-salmon eggs began August 7, 1927, and ended 

 September 28, with a total take of 4,225,408. 



As a result of the work of exterminating predatory fish at this 

 station during recent years, comparatively few Dolly Varden trout 

 were observed in the spring of 1927. 



M DONALD LAKE 



At the Federal salmon hatchery on McDonald Lake 19,000,000 

 red-salmon fingerlings No. 1 were released from April through July, 

 1927, and 1,467,000 fingerlings No. 2 were released in August from 

 the 30,760,000 eggs taken in 1926. In addition, a shipment of 

 5,241,130 eyed eggs had been made to Seattle and 1,717,760 to the 

 Territorial hatchery at Ketchikan in the fall of 1926, making the 

 net loss on the total take 10.8 per cent. 



