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CALIFORNIA FISH AND GAME. 



HATCHERY NOTES. 



W. H. SHEBLEY, Editor. 



MOUNT SHASTA HATCHERY. 



With the completion of the work of 

 distributing the 1917 hatch of fish from 

 the different hatcheries, worlc on preparing 

 for the collection of trout eggs for the 

 season 191S was immediately commenced. 



The buildings, hatching troughs and 

 pond system have been given a general 

 overhauling ; work was completed before 

 the winter storms set in. 



cxecllent condition and will be reaciy for 

 distribution during the middle or hitter 

 part of May. 



Rainbow egg-collecting operations were 

 commenced during the fore part of Feb- 

 ruary at Mount Shasta xiatchery and at 

 the Klamath River stations ; to date ap- 

 proximately 500,0€0 have been taken. 

 While the season is late, owing to very 

 unusual weather conditions, we believe 



Fig. 52. 



Seining spawning salmon at Bryan's Rest Fgg Collecting Station 

 Humboldt County, California. Photograph by S. Campbell. 



Eel River, 



Thirteen million salmon eggs were re- 

 ceived at this station, and the resulting 

 fry are now being reared for distribution 

 in the upper reaches of the Sacramento 

 and Klamath rivers. A portion of these 

 fry will be distributed during the coming 

 spring and the balance held over summer 

 in the three large rearing ponds and 

 planted during the fall of 191S. 



The taking of Loch Leven and Eastern 

 brook trout eggs from the adult fish car- 

 ried in the ponds at Mount Shasta 

 Hatchery was very successful this year ; 

 1,850,000 Loch Leven fry and 1,350,000 

 Eastern brook fry were hatched from the 

 eggs secured. These fry hatched out in 



that the operations on the Klamath River 

 will result in an average take of rainbow 

 trout eggs. 



MOUNT WHITNEY HATCHERY. 



The 150,000 Eastern brook and Loch 

 Leven eggs which were shipped to Mount 

 Whitney Hatchery have hatched out and 

 are doing nicely. It is proposed to ship a 

 sufficient number of rainbow and steelhead 

 trout eggs to the Mount Whitney Hatch- 

 ery from other hatcheries and egg-collect- 

 ing stations to supply 1,.500,000 trout for 

 distribution in southern California coun- 

 ties. 



