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666 U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES 



from the town of Roy, in Pierce County; and the Stillaguamish hatch- 

 ery, located on the Stillaguamish River, about 4 miles from the town 

 of Ai'lington, in Snohomish County. The latter has since been 

 moved to Jim Creek, a tributary of the south branch of the Stilla- 

 guamish River. 



The Startup hatchery, located near Startup, on the Skykomish 

 River, was formerly used as a collecting station for the Snohomish 

 hatchery. It is still used for this purpose, but also retains and 

 hatches a considerable quantity of spawn. The station is about 4 

 miles from the Snohomish hatchery. In 1918 it was rebuilt and now 

 bears the name of Skykomish hatchery. 



In 1900 the State established a fisheries experimental station at 

 Keyport Landing, on the east arm of Port Orchard Bay, with Pearson 

 as the nearest post office. The work of the station was devoted to 

 salmon and oysters until it was abandoned a few years later. 



The State established a hatchery on the Dungeness River, about 7 

 miles from the town of Dungeness, in Clallam County, in 1901. In 

 1906 it constructed a hatchery on a small tributary of the Skagit 

 River, between Hamilton and Lyman. This was destroyed in 1917 by 

 floods. The station built on Sauk River, a tributary of the Skagit, has 

 been operated only occasionally since the Skagit hatchery was built. 



The ^Vhite River hatchery was constructed on Suice Creek, a trib- 

 utary of Green River, some years ago. During the summer of 1909 

 a new hatchery was built at this station, the old one being too small 

 to accommodate the amount of spawn that could be taken. The new 

 hatchery is located on the east side of Suice Creek near the county 

 road. The building contains 140 hatching troughs. The plant has 

 a pond system, where the fry are kept and fed until they are able to 

 shift for themselves. 



During the summer of 1911 the city of Tacoma constructed a large 

 concrete dam in the Green River, about 4 miles west of Eagle Gorge. 

 As this dam prevented the salmon from reaching the spawning beds, 

 the State established an eyeing station the same year just below 

 the dam. In 1913 the name was changed to Green River hatchery, 

 to conform to the name of the main stream. All work in this field 

 has been concentrated in a large new establishment completed in 1927. 



In 1912 the United States Bureau of Fisheries completed the Quil- 

 cene and Duckabush hatcheries. Both are on small tributaries enter- 

 ing the west side of Hoods Canal, an arm of Puget Sound. 



In 1913 a new station was operated by the Bureau on the Duse- 

 waUips River, a tributary of Hoods Canal, Puget Sound, near Brin- 

 non. Two new field stations — on Elwell River, a tributary of the 

 Skykomish River, near Sultan, and on Sauk River, a tributary of the 

 Skagit River, near Darrington — were also put into operation the 

 same year. The Sauk River had been worked by the State at one 

 time. 



In 1913 the Middle Fork Nooksak eyeing station was transformed 

 into a hatchery. In the same year the eyeing station on the south 

 fork was moved farther up the river. The plant was finaUy aban- 

 doned in 1922. 



In 1914 stations were established by the United States Bureau of 

 Fisheries on Day Creek and Illabot Creek, tributaries of the Skagit 

 River, while a substation was opened on Hamahama River at Eldon, 

 distant about 9 miles up Hood Canal from the mouth of the Ducka- 

 bush River. 



