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of the New Enjrland Fish Co. at Ketchikan Avithout cost to the Gov- 

 ernment. Fin<rorlinp:.s nos. 2, 3, and 4 were rek'usod in Lake Mc- 

 Donahl during the period from July to November, inchisive. 



At the McDonald Lake hatchery there were received on March 8, 

 1932, for incubation, 50,000 eastern brook-trout e<rgs, from which 

 36,000 no. 2 fingerlings were produced and distributed in various 

 lakes of southeast Alaska in the following September. The Mc- 

 Donald Lake hatchery also produced and liberated 317,000 pink- 

 salmon fry from eggs taken in 1931. 



Egg collections in 1932 were as follows: At Afognak, 19,151,800 

 red-salmon eggs and 2,524,500 pink-salmon eggs ; at McDonald Lake, 

 25,500,000 red-salmon eggs and 558,000 pink-salmon eggs; and at the 

 private hatchery on Hugh Smith Lake, 25,895,000 red-salmon eggs. 



In October 379,904 eyed pink-salmon eggs and 3,010,650 eyed red- 

 salmon eggs were forwarded to Seattle from McDonald Lake, the 

 former for the State of Washington and the latter for Oregon, and 

 a shipment of 2,228,000 eyed pink-salmon eggs was sent from Afog- 

 nak to Seattle in November for the State of Washington. 



Operations of Federal and private hatcheries in Alaska in 19S2 



Location of hatchery 



Red or soekeye salmon 



Eggs taken 

 in 1931 



Salmon 



liberated 



in 1932 



Eggs taken 

 in 1932 



Afognak 



McDonald Lake 



Hugh Smith Lake (Quadra) 



Total 



23, 054, 720 

 25, 000, 000 

 20, 280, 000 



19, 920, 712 

 18, 980, 500 

 19, 403, 000 



• 19,151,800 



2 25, 500, 000 



25, 895, 000 



68, 334, 720 



58, 304, 212 



70, 546, 800 



> Also 2,524,500 pink-salmon eggs were collected, of which 2,228,000 in the eyed stage were shipped to 

 Seattle in November for the State of Washington. 



2 Also 558.000 pink-salmon eggs were collected. Shipped 379,904 eyed pink-salmon eggs and 3,010,650 

 eyed red-salmon eggs to Seattle in October, the former for the State of Washington and the latter for Oregon. 



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 

 waters. In the fiscal year ended June 30, 1932, only one such private 

 salmon hatchery was operated — that of the Northwestern Fisheries 

 Co. at Hugh Smith Lake — and the rebate due on the 19,403.000 red- 

 salmon fry liberated there during the year amounted to $7,701. 



GENERAL STATISTICS OF THE FISHERIES 



The total number of ])ersons engaged in the fisheries of Alaska in 

 1932 was 20,122, or 2,455 less than in 1931. Fishery products were 

 valued at $25,028,920, a decrease of $8,565,832, or 25 percent, from 

 the preceding year. Of the total amount, 90.3 percent represented 

 the value of salmon products; 4.7 percent herring; 2 percent halibut; 

 1.8 percent clams; and 1.2 percent the value of all other fishery 

 products. 



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