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built up by plants made from this station over a number of years. 
Interesting data on the migrating characteristics of the species were 
also obtained. A Works Progress Administration project resulted in 
some clearing and grading of the erounds and repairs to buildings. 
There was also an extensive distribution of trout fingerlings from this 
station. Good results were obtained by incubating some of the eggs 
on floating trays. 
At the Baker Lake, Wash., substation trout fingerlings on hand 
were released in the fall. During the winter heavy snow caused the 
collapse of several of the buildings and damage to others. C. C. C. 
aid was obtained for salvaging the material and remodeling the saw- 
mill into a hatchery. This work was under way at the close of the 
year. 
Over 650,000 trout eggs were shipped in to the Mt. Rainier, Wash., 
substation and the resulting fish were released in various waters of 
Mt. Rainier National Park. Further investigation was made of the 
possibility of collecting eggs from wild fish in the park. Work was 
started on construction of two new rearing ponds. The rearing 
project located at Spokane, Wash., produced 500,000 fingerlings which 
were released to the States of Washington and Idaho. W. P. A. aid 
was secured in remodeling a general service building. 
Under a revision of policy at the Quinault, Wash., hatchery, collec- 
tions of sockeye salmon ege's were restricted to 2,000,000, the remainder 
of the run being allowed to spawn naturally. Space and funds made 
available by this procedure are being utilized for more intensive prop- 
agation of trout. However, all salmon are reared to fingerling size 
before release. The several hundred thousand trout fingerlings pro- 
duced were distributed in the waters of the Olympic Peninsula, which 
has become increasingly popular as a recreational center. 
The Duckabush and Quilcene, Wash., substations made capacity 
collections of over 19,000,000 chum salmon eggs. At the latter point 
more attention has been given to the propagation of trout, and 
numerous fingerlings were distributed in local waters. One of the 
buildings formerly used as an office was remodeled into a small dwell- 
ing. The fish-food dehydrating plant was operated successfully and 
the dry salmon meal produced was utilized by a number of the trout 
hatcheries in the Western territory. Production has so far been 
insufficient to meet the requirements. 
MARINE SPECIES 
The continued propagation of winter flounder at the Woods Hole, 
Mass., station has produced interesting results. There have been 
rather definite indications that plants of these fry in Long Island 
Sound and Narragansett Bay are responsible for an increase in young 
flounders. Almost 700 million fry were produced at the hatchery, in 
addition to some 8 million mackerel fry. 
In contrast, the Gloucester, Mass., station concentrated more 
strongly on the so-called ‘‘off-shore’”’ work where spawntakers are 
assigned to fishing vessels for fertilizing and planting the eggs of 
haddock, pollock, and cod. The two former species were handled in 
ereatly increased numbers, whereas there was a recession in the pro- 
duction of cod and flatfish. The hatchery was, of course, operated to 
capacitv when sufficient eggs were obtainable. The total number of 
s handled by the station exceeded 4,400,000,000. The station 
