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CALll-'OKNlA FISH AND GAMfci. 



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HATCHERY NOTES. 



W. H. Shebley, Editor. 



FISH DISTRIBUTION, 1918. 

 While tho fisli distribution oi,erations 

 lor all (»f the hatcheries were completed 

 h.\- the fori'|)art of October, complete re- 

 ports Iin\(^ not, as yet, been filed. IIow- 

 (•\cr. it is i)ossil)le to sive an approxima- 

 tion of the total distribution from the 

 different stations for the season of 191S. 



MT. WHITNEY HATCHERY. 

 'i'h(> i)ast season has l)een most favor- 

 able for operations at tho Mount 

 Whitney Hatchery, and tho trout distrib- 

 uted were some of the finest fish ever 

 reared at any of our hatcheries. Some 

 of the eastern brook and Loch Leven trout 

 distributed this year were from four to 



Wil.l g 



•ic :it lisli pond. Mciuiit Shasta Ilatclicry, Septcmbei 

 l)v T. L. Stinnett. 



M), 19 IS. Pliotograpli 



IVIT. SHASTA HATCHERY. 

 The api)roximate total number of fish 

 distributed for the season was as follows ; 



13..~)'(MX(>I)0 Quinunt salmon. 

 2.(MI<).0<Kt rain])ow trout. 

 l.lOO.tMItt eastern brook trout. 

 l.t>tH>.<MK) Loch Leven trout. 

 L'.OOO.dIM) steelhead trout. 

 2at>,<MlO black-spotted trout. 



Two fish distribution cars were operated 

 during most of the distributing season. 

 The fish were all strong and healthy, and 

 nearly all applicants reported that con- 

 signments were received and planted in 

 the streams in good condition. Mount 

 Shasta Hatchery is now being put in 

 readiness for the coming season's trout 

 operations and for the salmon work. 



five inches in length, which is a very re- 

 markable growth for one summer. Fol- 

 lowing is an approximation of the number 

 of fish distributed: 



1.<I0<>,<K¥> rainbow trout. 



.S;l,(NJO eastern brook trout. 

 7().(MM> Loch Leven trout. 

 24<>,000 steelhead trout. 

 240.000 black-spotted trout. 

 4<X),(XK) golden trout. 



The golden trout eggs were obtained 

 from the Cottonwood Lakes Station, 

 which was established for the purpose. 

 Owing to the remoteness of this station 

 from railroad lines and the rough, almost 

 inaccessible country through which the 

 eggs had to be carried by pack animal to 

 the Mount Whitney Hatchery, the extent 



