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Egegik Rivers were very large. Subsequent observations at Lake 

 Iliamna and Lake Clark indicated that the fish were well distributed 

 on the spawning grounds. The run of reds in Nushagak Bay was 

 light and the escapement was considerably below normal. The run of 

 this species in Ugashik River also was light, but it is believed that 

 an escapement of approximately 50 percent of the run was obtained. 



HATCHERIES 

 EXTENT OF OPERATIONS 



The operation of the Government's hatcheries at Afognak and Mc- 

 Donald Lake was discontinued after the young salmon hatched 

 from eggs taken in the preceding year had been liberated. At the 

 privately owned hatchery on Hugh Smith Lake salmon propaga- 

 tion was carried on throughout the year. This hatchery was taken 

 over by the Pacific American Fisheries when it leased the properties 

 of the Northwestern Fisheries Co. in Alaska in the spring of 1933. 



From the Afognak hatchery there were released in near-by lakes 

 during the months from March to June, inclusive, 17,400,000 red- 

 salmon fry that had been produced from the 19,151,800 eggs col- 

 lected in 1932. A shipment of 154,000 eyed Dolly Varden trout 

 eggs was forwarded from this hatchery to the Bureau at Seattle 

 in February. 



Of the 25,500,000 red-salmon eggs that were collected at the 

 McDonald Lake hatchery in 1932. 3,010,650 in the eyed stage were 

 shipped to Seattle in October of that year. From the remainder 

 there were produced and liberated into Lake McDonald 2,480,000 

 advanced fry and 14.073,000 no. 2 fingerlings, the former being 

 released in May and the latter in July. There were also released 

 into Lake McDonald in March 153,900 pink-salmon fry, produced 

 from eggs collected at this hatchery in 1932. 



The private hatchery at Hugh Smith Lake produced and liberated 

 in Alaska waters 22,lt3,950 red-salmon fry from the 25,895,000 eggs 

 collected in 1932. A collection of 20,650,000 red-salmon eggs was 

 made at this hatchery in 1933. 



Operations of Federal and private hatcheries in Alaska in 1933 



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 Alaska 



