REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. LXXIII 



mined to transfer a stock of brood fish in live-boxes from the seining- 

 groiinds and hokl them at the hatchery until they ripened. Several 

 hundred salmon were collected at the seines and floated up to the sta- 

 tion in this way, and from them 44 ripe females and 42 ripe males were 

 saved. Between October 26 and November 16, 217,000 eggs were 

 secured from these fish, and during the month of February plants of 

 fry aggregating 180,000 were made on the spawning-grounds in the 

 immediate vicinity oj the station. The fry were observed from time to 

 time during the spring by Mr. Bean, and numbers of small schools 

 could be seen in the creeks where the deposits had been made as late 

 as May. They appeared to be from 1 to 1^ inches long — not quite as 

 large as a few which had been retained at the hatchery and fed. Obser- 

 vations were continued throughout the spring, but in June all of the 

 fry disappeared from the uj)per parts of the creeks, and were apparently 

 moving toward the mouth of the river. 



Fort Gaston Station, California (Capt. W. E. Dougherty, Superintendent). 



This station was operated, as usual, for the collection of eggs of the 

 Chinook and silver salmon and the steelhead trout. A rack was con- 

 structed in Redwood Creek, and the first eggs were obtained on Decem- 

 ber 17. As a result of the season's work, 406,000 eggs of the chinook 

 and silver salmon were secured, from which 405,000 fry were hatched 

 and liberated in Redwood Creek during April and May. The spawning 

 season of the steelhead trout commenced on February 7 and continued 

 until April, 805,000 eggs having been secured from 179 brood fish. 

 Of these, shipments aggregating 550,000 were sent to Bozeman, Craig 

 Brook, Cape Vincent, St. Johnsbury, Xorthville, and Duluth stations, 

 and one consignment of 50,000 was furnished to the New York Fish 

 Commission. From the remainder of the collection 202,000 fry were 

 hatched and liberated in Redwood Creek in June. 



Owing to the increased demand for steelhead trout eggs in the East, 

 the Korbel Station, which had been closed the preceding year, was 

 reopened. The results attained at this jjoint were very unsatisfactory, 

 as work was seriously interfered with at the very height of the spawn- 

 ing season by high water, which did considerable damage to dams and 

 racks. From the eggs collected 337,600 salmon and 55,640 steelhead 

 trout fry were hatched and liberated in tbe Mad River during the 

 month of June. 



