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winter be dry and lake levels remain low, 

 the spawners will scatter to the mouths 

 of the other creeks and deposit their eggs, 

 decreasing greatly the egg-taking oppor- 

 tunities of the "strippers" at North 

 Creek. All preliminary arrangements 

 have been completed at this station, and 

 everything is now in readiness for the 

 commencement of egg collecting opera- 

 tions as early in the spring as it is pos- 

 sible for the crew to get in through the 

 desert pass. 



Tahoe Hatchery has been shut down 

 for the winter, and a ten years' lease has 

 been secured from Mrs. Anita Baldwin 

 on Tallac Hatchery, which is unique as 

 the only available place for collecting and 

 hatching the eggs of the black-spotted 

 trout. 



The Commission is also negotiating for 

 the purchase of three acres of the Frank 

 X. Walker property, near Tahoe City, 

 which includes three natural springs. It 

 is planned to abandon the old Tahoe City 

 Hatchery, and erect a modern hatchery 

 with a capacity of three to four million 

 trout. 



Plans to improve "NVawona Hatchery 

 are pending. We are waiting for a lease 

 from the Wawona Hotel Company, who 

 have promised us all that we have re- 

 quested in the shape of land and water 

 rights. 



Almanor and Domingo Springs hatch- 

 eries were closed during the latter part 

 of September, after being put in readi- 

 ness for the spring egg collecting opera- 

 tions, which will probably be commenced 

 during the fore part of March. 



Salmon egg collecting operations at 

 Bryans Rest on Eel River, Humboldt 

 County, have not proved a success. 

 After a two-foot rise in the river, a few 

 salmon reached the racks, and 350,000 

 eggs were taken. The opinion of our 

 assistants in charge of the operations is 

 that the market fishermen were catching 

 nearly all of the fish in the lower reaches 

 of the river. The racks, traps, etc.. were 

 carried out by the flood waters following 

 the last storm, but fortunately practi- 

 cally all of the material was saved, and 

 can be used for future operations. 



The Fort Seward Hatchery has been 

 given a thorough overhauling and is in 

 excellent condition for next season's 

 operations. The salmon eggs taken at 

 the Brvans Rest Station will be hatched 



and reared at Fort Seward Hatchery, 

 and distributed at the proper time in the 

 tributaries of Eel River. 



Ukiah Hatchery and Snow Mountain 

 Egg Collecting Station will be i*epaired 

 during the month of December. The 

 fishway and trap on the Snow Mountain 

 Dam were damaged by the water last 

 season, and must be repaired before the 

 steelhead trout begin to run. 



A few minor repairs are necessary at 

 the Brookdale Hatchery, and this work 

 will be completed during the month of 

 December. 



Scott Creek Egg Collecting Station is 

 in readiness for the season's operations. 



A HATCHERY FOR YOSEMITE 

 VALLEY. 



If negotiations now pending with the 

 Department of the Interior relative to 

 a water supply and site are successful, 

 it is proposed to erect a suitable hatchery 

 in the Yosemite Valley this coming sea- 

 son. The ever-increasing number of visi- 

 tors and pleasure seekers to this wonder- 

 ful section, and its easy access by 

 automobile, has made it necessary to 

 heavily stock the streams and lakes of 

 this region. The long distance that the 

 fish have to be carried from Mount 

 Shasta or the Mount Whitney hatcheries 

 to the Yosemite region does not meet 

 the demand, as the number that can be 

 shipped so great a distance is limited. 

 It will be a better policy and more eco- 

 nomical to hatch and rear the fish in the 

 Yosemite Valley, where they can be dis- 

 tributed by the park service. In addi- 

 tion, a hatchery in the Y'^osemite would 

 be of great educational value as it would 

 be visited by most of the 30.000 persons 

 who visit the valley annually. 



INSECT FOOD FOR TROUT 

 INTRODUCED. 



A most important work has been under- 

 taken by the Fishcultural Department in 

 the collecting and distributing of aquatic 

 insects upon which trout feed, Cordyalis 

 larvae being taken from the Klamath 

 River to streams tributary to Lake 

 Tahoe, and 500.000 of the valuable 

 Gammarus, or fresh water shrimp, being 

 brought from the state of Nevada to 

 plant in Tahoe and Donner lakes. The 

 planting of suitable food should keep 

 pace with the distribution of young fish, 



