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Kodiak-Afognak district. — A considerable improvement was man- 

 ifest in the red-salmon run in many of the streams in the Kodiak- 

 Afognak region. Escapements of this species in Red River, and 

 Kaflia, Uganik, and Ugat Bays were much larger than in the pre- 

 vious year, but the Alitak and Karluk runs were lighter than usual. 

 A further increase was noted in the number of red salmon that 

 ascended Buskin and Eagle Rivers, as compared with former years. 

 Pink salmon were more abundant than in any even year since 1926, 

 although their arrival, as in other districts, was later than usual. 

 The coho run was normal, but chums were less numerous than for 

 several years. 



Chignik. — The red-salmon run at Chignik was by far the largest 

 recorded since the counting weir was first established in 1922, Cohos 

 were not as numerous as in the previous year, but pink salmon were 

 more abundant than in any other season since 1926. The run of 

 cliums was light and the fish were small. 



Alaska Peninsula. — Good runs of salmon entered the Alaska 

 Peninsula waters and virtually all spawning grounds were well 

 seeded. Chum salmon were abundant in Herendeen Bay on the 

 north side of the Alaska Peninsula, and there were good runs of 

 reds at Nelson Lagoon and in Bear River. The weir counts at 

 Orzenoi and Morzhovoi Bays, on the south side of the peninsula, 

 .showed an increase over previous years in the escapement of red 

 salmon. Ikatan Bay and Morzhovoi Bay were well stocked with 

 pinks and chums, and it was reported that streams between Kupre- 

 anof Point and Castle Cape also had heavy escapements of these 

 species. In Belkofski, Volcano, and Pavlof Bays the run of pinks 

 Avas heavy and chums fair. All spawning streams of the Shumagin 

 Islands were adequately seeded. 



Bristol Bay. — In nearly all parts of the Bristol Bay district the 

 escapement of red salmon equaled or exceeded that of 1931, which 

 was one of the most satisfactory on record. The heaviest runs en- 

 tered the Kvichak and Naknek Rivers; seeding was normal in the 

 Egegik system, but was considered only fair in the Ugashik and 

 Nushagak areas. The Wood River region had a smaller escapement 

 than any other section of the Bristol Bay district, but investigation 

 indicated a fair seeding of the spawning grounds. 



HATCHERIES 

 EXTENT OF OPERATIONS 



Salmom propagation in Alaska was continued at the Government's 

 hatcheries at Afognak and McDonald Lake and at the privately 

 owned hatchery of the Northwestern Fisheries Co. on Hugh Smith 

 Lake. 



During the year these hatcheries produced and liberated in Alaska 

 waters 58,304.212 young red salmon from the eggs that had lieen 

 collected in 1931. Of this number 19,920,712 were from the Afognak 

 hatchery, 18,980.500 from the McDonald Lake hatchery, and 19,403,- 

 000 from the private hatchery at Hugh Smith Lake. At two of the 

 hatcheries the young salmon were released as fry, but at McDonald 

 Lake they were held and fed with salmon scrap that had been ob- 

 tained from nearby canneries and frozen at the cold-storage plant 



