PROPAGATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF FOOD FISHES, FISCAL 



YEAR 1930' 



By Glen C. Leach, Chief, Division of Fish Culture 



CONTENTS 



Page 



Introduction 1125 



Part 1. — Fish Production: Propagation and Rescue Work 



Species handled 1126 



Output 1127 



Cooperation with other conservation agencies 1128 



Cooperative fish nurseries 1 129 



State fish-cultural activities 1132 



Salvage of food fishes 1135 



Transfers of eggs between stations 1136 



Shipments to foreign countries 1137 



Output of stations and substations 1137 



Egg collections 1143 



Fish-cultural notes 1145 



New stations 1145 



Five-year expansion program 1146 



Fish food 1146 



Refrigerating plant for fish food 1146 



Black-spotted trout egg collections Pyramid Lake, Nev 1146 



Distribution by truck 1147 



Effect of weather conditions on fish culture 1147 



Commercial species 1148 



Pacific salmons 1148 



Afognak (Alaska) station 1148 



Yes Bay (Alaska) station 1149 



Birdsview (Wash.) station and substations 1149 



Birdsview (Wash.) station 1150 



Baker Lake (Wash.) substation 1150 



Duckabush (Wash.) substation 1150 



Quilcene (Wash.) substation 1151 



Walcotts Slough (Wash.) substation 1151 



Sultan (Wash.) substation 1151 



Lake Crescent (Wash.) State trout hatchery 1151 



Quinault (Wash.) station 1152 



Clackamas (Oreg.) station and substations 1153 



Clackamas (Oreg.) station 1153 



Little White Salmon (Wash.) substation 1153 



Big White Salmon (Wash.) substation 1153 



Rogue River (Oreg.) substation 1154 



Applegate Creek (Oreg.) substation 1154 



Salmon (Idaho) substation 1154 



Baird (Calif.) station and substations 1154 



Battle Creek (Calif.) substation 1155 



Mill Creek (Calif.) substation 1155 



^Appendix XVI to the Report of the U. S. Commissioner of Fisheries for 19.30. B. F. 

 Doc. 1098. Submitted for publication Oct. 27, 1930. 



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