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ALASKA FISHERIES AND FUR INDUSTRIES IN 1918. 
OPERATIONS OF ALASKA HATCHERIES IN 1918. 


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Red ee Red cee Red fie pas 
. eye Salmon eye Saimon eye Saimon 
Stations. eggs taken liberated in eggs taken 
1917. 1917-18. 1918. 
McDonald hake GYiesiB av )he a8 soce ee a eee eee es 34, 950, 000 32, 539, 200 a 47,300, 000 
Cail pe ety A Oi ge aaah at os Mage ees nee b 53,036,000 | + 31,427,000 c 54,681, 000 
Seal Bay 2,712, 000 G2, 712) 000) 5io ee ae 
840, 6, 135, 000 € 19, 620, 000 
13, 600, 000 12, 990, 000 20, 400, 000 
4, 826, 000 4, 587, 000! 15. eo eee ee 
otal cg loc AM ee HAN oh gary eee yet a Tak mpeg 115, 964, 000 90, 390, 200 142, 001, 000 

1,365,000 humpback-salmon eggs were also taken. 
18,000,000 eyed eggs transferred to Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia. 
a 97,000 humpback-salmon eggs were also taken. 
yed eggs. 
3,660,000 humpback-salmon eggs were also taken. 
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HATCHERY REBATES. 
The Federal fishery law of Alaska provides that the catch and pack . 
of salmon by the operators of private hatcheries shall be exempt from 
all license fees and taxation of every nature at the rate of 10 cases 
of canned salmon to every 1,000 red or king salmon fry liberated 
upon compliance with certain conditions, among which may be 
mentioned the filing of affidavits with the clerk of the district court 
of the division of Alaska wherein the hatchery is located and with the 
Secretary of Commerce, showing the number of red-salmon fry released 
during the fiscal year for which report is made. The following table 
gives the rebates due to private operators for the fiscal year ending 
June 30, 1918: 
REBATES CREDITED TO PRIVATE SALMON HATCHERIES DURING THE FiscAL YEAR 
ENDED JUNE 30, 1918. 



: Red-salmon | Rebate 
Owners. Location. fry liberated. due: 
Alaska Packers Association..............---.--- Naha Stream.........-...-..| 6, 135, 000 $2, 454.00 
Northwestern Fisheries Co...........----------- Quadra akel-.s--2-.5----<= 12, 990, 000 5,196.00 
Ose see arcs feet me ae Rae ae ate ae eee Hetta Lake.........-:-...-- 4, 587, 000 1,834.80 
MPOtAl sc toe chee ices Sete aa Oe ee eee eee eee eee 23,712,000| 9,484.80 
HATCHERY INSPECTION. 
The law provides that all private hatcheries shall be inspected by 
order of the Secretary of Commerce and that no rebate certificates 
shall be issued to the owners of such establishments until the efficiency 
of the hatcheries has first been approved by the Secretary of Com- 
merce in the manner provided by law. The necessary inspections 
were made and the character of operations approved. 
HATCHERY OPERATIONS. 
MCDONALD LAKE. 
The name Yes Bay, as applied to the hatchery on McDonald Lake, 
was obviously inappropriate, as the hatchery is not located on the 
bay. It has been decided, therefore, that henceforth this station 
