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Volcano, and Pavlol" Bays and the escapement was cori'espondingly 

 good, while the escapement of chums in these waters was lighter. 

 On the mainland from Cape Tolstoi to Kupreanof Point thei-e was 

 likewise a heavy escapement of pinks and a fair escapement of chums. 

 All pink and chum salmon streams in the Shumngin Islands district 

 were well seeded. Cohos were in evidence throughout the entire 

 season, appearing first in early June, and the pack of this species was 

 the largest for several years. On the south side of the peninsula as a 

 whole there was a good escapement of pinks and cohos, the chum 

 escapement was slightly below normal, and reds were very light. 



Bristol Bay.- — The red-salmon run throughout the Bristol Bay 

 region was far below normal, as had been anticipated. To meet the 

 situation commercial fishing was greatly restricted, and the catch was 

 approximately one-third that of the preceding year. Nevertheless 

 the escapement was insufficient for even a fair seeding of the vast 

 spawning areas, particularly so in the Egegik and Ugashik areas. 



As in previous years, an examination of the Iliamna-Lake Clark 

 spawning areas was made by Agent Dennis Winn, whose report 

 thereon is printed elsewhere in this document. 



HATCHERIES 



EXTENT OF OPERATIONS 



Salmon propagation in Alaska was carried on at two Government- 

 owned hatcheries (at Afognak and McDonald Lake) and at one 

 privately owned hatchery — that of the Northwestern Fisheries Co. 

 at Hugh Smith Lake. 



Operations of Federal and private hatcheries in Alaska in 1930 



I-ncntion of linlclipry 



\fognak 



McDonald Lake . 



If ugh Smith Lake (Quadra) 



Total 



Red or sockeye salmon 



Eggs taken 

 in 1929 



22, 000, 120 

 16, 095, 000 

 11,760,000 



49, 855, 120 



Salmon 



liberated in 



1929-30 



15,100,000 

 14,332,000 

 11,285,000 



40, 717, 000 



Eggs taken 

 in 1930 



I 6, 262, 790 



2 27, 469, 000 



21, 190, 000 



54, 921, 790 



1 Also 123,904 steclhoad-trout eggs and 10,964,470 pink-salmon eggs were collected. Of the latter, 10,155,776 

 eyed eggs were shipped in October and November to the Department of Fisheries and Game of the State 

 of Washington. 



2 Also 7,055,000 pink-salmon eggs and 100,000 chum-salmon eggs were collected. Shipments totaling 

 6,107,000 eyed i)ink-salmon eggs and 3,055,000 eyed red-salmon eggs were forwarded to Seattle for distribu- 

 tion, including 1,187,000 red-salmon eggs transferred to the bureau's hatchery at Birdsview, AVash. 



AFOGNAK 



Of the 22,000,120 red-salmon eggs collected at the Federal salmon 

 hatchery at Afognak in 1929, 4,553,200 in the eyed stage were shipped 

 to Seattle in October. From the remaining eggs there were produced 

 and planted in Litnik Lake and its tributaries 3,120,000 fry and 

 11,980,000 No. 1 fingerlings. The net loss on the total take, therefore, 

 was 10.7 per cent. 



During May, 1930, 123,904 steelhead trout eggs were taken at the 

 outlet of Litnik Lake. Of the fry hatched therefrom 110,000 were 

 liberated as No. 1 fingerlings in Island Lake in July. 



