PACIFIC SALMON FISHERIES 



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Take of eggs and output of salmon hatcheries in Alaska owned by the Territorial 



government — Continued 



' Hatchery transferred from Juneau to Ketchikan in summer of 1923. 



2 Includes planting of eyed eggs and fertilized as well as fry. 



3 Includes 6,815,000 eyed eggs, 5,250,000 fertilized eggs, and 1,200,000 fry. 

 < Includes 4,885,000 eyed eggs, 6,470,000 fertilized eggs, and 2,919,000 fry. 

 5 Includes planting of 1,000,000 eyed eggs. 



« Includes planting of 450,000 eyed eggs. 



' Includes 500,000 red, 400,000 echo, 1,000,000 humpback fry held in hatchery from 1920. 



" Includes 5.098,936 eggs received from Afognak, and 945,000 from Auk Lake. 



' Fingerlings. 



'» 1,800,000 eyed eggs transferred to State of Oregon. 



11 500,000 eggs received from State of Oregon, and 500,000 from U. S. Bureau of Fisheries. 



12 Eggs received from State of Washington. 



13 Territorial hatcheries closed by Territorial legislature at end of year 1928. 

 1* 200,000 fry lost because of accidental shut-ofi of water supply. 



15 Fertilized eggs. 



i« Eggs planted at Eshamy. 



" Fire, Mar. 9, 1927, destroyed hatchery with all stock on hand. 



THE SALMON FISHERIES OF SIBERIA 



As on the Alaska coast, the aborigines of Siberia must have learned 

 early of the excellent food qualities of the salmon which each year 

 frequented the rivers of that country for spawning purposes, and 

 not only ate them fresh but also dried large quantities for winter use 

 for themselves and their dogs. 



Owing to the inaccessibility of the Siberian coast, due mainly to 

 the lack of transportation facilities for many years and the decided 

 objection of the Russian Government to travelers roaming over the 

 country, partly because of the presence of political and criminal 

 convicts and partly because of a fear that they might learn too 

 much of its resources, there has been but little written, especially 

 with regard to its fishery resources, about this remote section of the 

 Russian Empire, and what little has been published is usually fUled 

 with inaccuracies, due, doubtless, in many instances to the fact that 

 the writer generally had to get most of his information at second and 

 third hand and was also unfamiliar with fishery subjects. 



Most of the data given below were obtained directly from persons 

 living in Siberia or Japan, most of whom are engaged in the fishing 

 industry of Siberia, or from Americans who have on various occa- 

 sions visited the country in order to view its fishing possibilities at 

 first hand. 



