PROrAGATION AND DISTRIBUTION" OF FOOD FISHES, 192 8 365 



QuiNAULT (Wash.) Station 

 (Marcus S. Meyer^ Superintendent) 



While no extensive improvements were made to buildings or ponds, the 

 discontinuance of tlie use of dirt ponds necessitated the construction of screen 

 inclosures in Fulls and Merriman Creeks to maintain the rearing capacity of 

 the station. A new rack was built in Big Creek to replace the old trap. A 

 total of 18,218,000 sockeye-salmon eggs was taken by seining between October 

 20 and December 5. During the same period nearly 3.000.000 silver-salmon 

 eggs were obtained, but in order to relieve congestion in the hatchery the 

 majority of these were transferred to other stations. A few chinook-salmon 

 eggs also were secured in conjunction with this work. A number of shipments 

 of sockeye and silver salmon eggs were made to State hatcheries in Washington 

 and Oregon as well as to other stations of the bureau. Of a shipment of 

 209,000 eastern brook-trout eggs received in early December, 100,000 were 

 planted in the eyed stage in isolated lakes and streams. All fry produced from 

 the remainder, with the exception of about 2,000, were distributed by the 

 United States Forest Service. The fiscal year closed with approximately 

 1,000,000 sockeye-salmon fingerlings on hand. 



Clackamas (Oreg.) Station and Substations 

 (Philo B. Hawle\% Superintendent) 



The eggs collected in this field, including the main stations and its sub- 

 stations, aggregated over 4.000,000 in excess of those taken in the previous 

 year. Chinook salmon and silver salmon, as well as the steelhead, rainbow 

 trout, and brook trout, were the species handled. 



Clackamas {Oreg.) siation. — The 19 rearing ponds at this point were equipped 

 with frameworks of iy2-inch galvanized-iron pipe to serve as a support for 

 vines planted at the sides to provide shade in order to maintain a lower 

 temperature dtiring the summer months. It is hoped that this novel expedient 

 will prove to be effectual as well as being inexpensive and ornamental. In 

 the early fall the prosi^ect for a satisfactory collection of chinook-salmon eggs 

 appeared good. In late September, however, the water was extremely high, 

 and debris soon collected on the rack, backing tip the water and threatening 

 damage to shore property. To avoid this it was necessary to dynamite a 

 portion of the rack, and the continuation of high water prevented any attempt 

 to reconstruct it. Consequently no eggs, were collected. 



A number of shipments were received from the State of Oregon and from 

 substations of the bureau and a fair production of fingerlings resulted. Brook- 

 trout eggs and steelhead eggs also were transferred to the Clakamas station 

 during the year as well as 137,500 rainbow-trout eggs. Some of these were 

 retransferred, but the majority were held for hatching, and the output was 

 distributed in the fingerling stage. There were on hand at the close of the 

 year 40,000 steelhead trout. The staticm was materially assisted during the 

 year by the cooperation afforded by the Oregon Fish Commission and the 

 Oregon Game Commission in connection with the distribution of fish and the 

 transfer of eggs. 



Little White Salmon (Wash.)/ substation. — Plans have been made to con- 

 struct a cold-storage plant at this station for keeping the supply of fish food 

 needed for all the bureau's hatcheries in this field. The foundation has been 

 laid, and when completed the plant will have a storage capacity of about 70 

 tons. Two woodsheds were erected during the year, and minor repairs were 

 made to buildings and grounds. The station is being equipped with fry trays 

 as fast as possible. A number of skiffs were constructed for use at this and 

 other stations. At the beginning of the year approximately 90.000 fingerling 

 steelhead and sockeye salmon were on hand, which were distributed later in 

 local waters. Favorable fishing conditions during the egg-collecting season 

 permitted a take of 26,600,000 chinook-salmon eggs, approximately the capacity 

 of the hatchery. It is estimated that 40,000,000 could have been secured had 

 fishing been continued to the end of the season. A normal hatch was secured, 

 and the fry were reared to the iVu and 2 fingerling stages before being dis- 

 tributed in the Little White Salmon River. A shipment of brook-trout eggs 

 was received in November, and the product was distributed as fingerlings No? 1, 

 some to applicants and the remainder in waters in the Cascade Mountains. 



