CALIFORNIA FISH AND GAME. 



45 



You say in your lettor you "commend 

 the intention of the hiws that are for the 

 preserTation of both fish and game." If 

 so. would it not be well for you to assist 

 us in our work by talking to the people 

 in your district where, you know for 

 years, botli fish and veui.son have been 

 salted down in large quantities ; and do 

 not rush into print condemning us for 



something that you have shown plainly 

 you are not familiar with. 



Knowing you as I do, I feel it my duty 

 to call your attention to many misstate- 

 ments in your letter published in the 

 Chronicle. The public is often misled in 

 this way and the Fish and Game Ck>m- 

 mis.sion is unduly criticised. 

 Yours truly, 



(Signed) E. L. BosQUi. 



HATCHERY NOTES. 



W. H. Sheblet. Editor. 



TROUT AND SALMON DISTRIBUTION 

 FOR 1917. 



On November G, Fish Distribution Car 

 01 completed the distribution of the last 

 consignment of fish from Mount Shasta 

 Hatcherj' for the season of 1917, when 

 the streams of Marin and Sonoma coun- 

 ties received their annual allotments of 

 trout fr>-. 



The season past has been one of the 

 most successful in the history of the Cali- 

 fornia Fish and Game Commission. As 



shown by the following table, a total of 

 26,380,000 trout and salmon fry were 

 distributed. This included a shipment of 

 100.000 steelhead trout eggs, which were 

 shipped from the Brookdale Hatchery to 

 the Minnesota Game and Fish Depart- 

 ment to be hatched and distributed in the 

 streams of that state. This consignment 

 of eggs was shipped in exchange for a 

 consignment of German brown trout eggs 

 received from the Minnesota Commission 

 during the season of 1916. 



Trout and Salmon Distributed in 1917. 

 Mt. Shasta— 



Rainbow 3,073,500 



Eastern brook 1.613.500 



Loch Lovon . 1.500,000 



Black-spotted 987,000 



Stoelhcarl 3,000,000 



Total trout 10,174,000 



Salmon 6.862,000 



Mt. Whitnov— 



Rainbow 300,000 



Black-spotted 250,000 



Steclhoad 700,000 



Total trout 

 Tahoe — 



Rainbow 



Black-spotted . 



Total trout 



Tallac— 

 Black-spotted - 



Fort Seward— 



Rainbow 



Steelhead 



Total trout .. 



Salmon 



Almanor — 



Rainbow 



Domingo Springs — 



Rainbow 



1,2.50,000 



241,000 

 763,000 



1,004,000 



1,946,000 



140.000 

 1,322,000 



1,462,000 

 491,000 



355.000 



126,000 



