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The collection of red-salmon eggs began on July 29 and ended on 

 September 10, 1930, with a total take of 6,262,790. Pink-salmon 

 eggs were collected between August 18 and September 10, in wliich 

 period 10,964,470 eggs were secured. In October and November 

 10,155,776 eyed pink-salmon eggs were shipped to the Department of 

 Fisheries and Game of the State of Washington. 



Efforts to decrease the number of Dolly Varden trout in Litnik 

 Lake and its tributaries were continued. 



m'donald lake 



At the Federal salmon hatchery on McDonald Lake 330,000 ad- 

 vanced fry were released in March, 6,002,000 No. 1 fingerhngs in 

 June, and 8,000,000 No. 3 fingerlings in September, 1930, from the 

 16,095,000 red-salmon eggs taken in 1929. The net loss on the take, 

 therefore, was about 11 per cent. 



Of the 2,650,000 pink-salmon eggs secured in 1929, 1,021,000 eyed 

 eggs were shipped to Seattle; the remainder were incubated and pro- 

 duced 1,389,000 fish, which were planted as advanced fry in the 

 hatchery slough during March and April. 



In 1930, 27,469,000 red-salmon eggs were collected at this station 

 from September 1 to September 25, 7,055,000 pink-salmon eggs from 

 August 22 to September 25, and 100,000 chum-salmon eggs from 

 September 12 to September 19. Several shipments of eyed eggs, 

 aggregating 6,107,000 pink-salmon eggs and 3,055,000 red-salmon 

 eggs, were forwarded to Seattle between September 18 and November 

 11 for distribution, including 1,187,000 red-salmon eggs transferred 

 to the bureau's hatchery at Birds view, Wash. 



HUGH SMITH LAKE (qUADRA) 



The Northwestern Fisheries Co. liberated 11,285,000 red-salmon 

 fry from its hatchery near Boca de Quadra in 1930, hatched from 

 11,760,000 eggs taken in 1929, a loss of 4 per cent. In 1930 the take 

 of eggs began on August 2 and was continued until September 17, 

 during which time 21,190,000 red-salmon eggs were collected. 



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 Alaskan 

 waters. In the fiscal year ended June 30, 1930, only one such private 

 salmon hatchery was operated — that of the Northwestern Fisheries 

 Co. at Hugh Smith Lake — and the rebate due on the 11,285,000 red- 

 salmon fry liberated there during the year amounted to $4,514. 



GENERAL STATISTICS OF THE FISHERIES 



The total number of persons engaged in the fisheries of Alaska in 

 1930 was 27,568, or 1,715 less than in 1929. Fishery products were 

 valued at $37,679,049— a decrease of $13,116,770, or about 26 per 

 cent, from the preceding year. Of the total amount, 83.7 per cent 

 represented the value of salmon products; 7.9 per cent, halibut; 5.7 

 per cent, herring; and 2.7 per cent, the value of all other fishery 

 products. 



