﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  LXXIII 
  

  

  mined 
  to 
  transfer 
  a 
  stock 
  of 
  brood 
  fish 
  in 
  live-boxes 
  from 
  the 
  seining- 
  

   grounds 
  and 
  hohl 
  them 
  at 
  the 
  hatchery 
  until 
  they 
  ripened. 
  Several 
  

   hundred 
  salmon 
  were 
  collected 
  at 
  the 
  seines 
  and 
  floated 
  up 
  to 
  the 
  sta- 
  

   tion 
  in 
  this 
  way, 
  and 
  from 
  them 
  44 
  ripe 
  females 
  and 
  42 
  ripe 
  males 
  were 
  

   saved. 
  Between 
  October 
  26 
  and 
  November 
  16, 
  217,000 
  eggs 
  were 
  

   secured 
  from 
  these 
  fish, 
  and 
  during 
  the 
  month 
  of 
  February 
  plants 
  of 
  

   fry 
  aggregating 
  180,000 
  were 
  made 
  on 
  the 
  spawning-grounds 
  in 
  the 
  

   immediate 
  vicinity 
  of 
  the 
  station. 
  The 
  fry 
  were 
  observed 
  from 
  time 
  to 
  

   time 
  during 
  the 
  spring 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Bean, 
  and 
  numbers 
  of 
  small 
  schools 
  

   could 
  be 
  seen 
  in 
  the 
  creeks 
  where 
  the 
  deposits 
  had 
  been 
  made 
  as 
  late 
  

   as 
  May. 
  They 
  appeared 
  to 
  be 
  from 
  1 
  to 
  H 
  inches 
  long 
  — 
  not 
  quite 
  as 
  

   large 
  as 
  a 
  few 
  which 
  had 
  been 
  retained 
  at 
  the 
  hatchery 
  and 
  fed. 
  Obser- 
  

   vations 
  were 
  contiuued 
  throughout 
  the 
  sf)ring, 
  but 
  in 
  June 
  all 
  of 
  the 
  

   fry 
  disappeared 
  from 
  the 
  upper 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  creeks, 
  and 
  were 
  apparently 
  

   moving 
  toward 
  the 
  mouth 
  of 
  the 
  river. 
  

  

  Fort 
  Gaston 
  Station, 
  California 
  (Capt. 
  W. 
  E. 
  Dougherty, 
  Superintendent). 
  

  

  This 
  station 
  was 
  operated, 
  as 
  usual, 
  for 
  the 
  collection 
  of 
  eggs 
  of 
  the 
  

   Chinook 
  and 
  silver 
  salmon 
  and 
  the 
  steelhead 
  trout. 
  A 
  rack 
  was 
  con- 
  

   structed 
  in 
  Redwood 
  Creek, 
  and 
  the 
  first 
  eggs 
  were 
  obtained 
  on 
  Decem- 
  

   ber 
  17. 
  As 
  a 
  result 
  of 
  the 
  season's 
  work, 
  406,000 
  eggs 
  of 
  the 
  chinook 
  

   and 
  silver 
  salmon 
  were 
  secured, 
  from 
  which 
  405,000 
  fry 
  were 
  hatched 
  

   and 
  liberated 
  in 
  Eedwood 
  Creek 
  during 
  April 
  and 
  May. 
  The 
  sjiawning 
  

   season 
  of 
  the 
  steelhead 
  trout 
  commenced 
  on 
  February 
  7 
  and 
  continued 
  

   until 
  April, 
  805,000 
  eggs 
  having 
  been 
  secured 
  from 
  179 
  brood 
  fish. 
  

   Of 
  these, 
  shipments 
  aggregating 
  550,000 
  were 
  sent 
  to 
  Bozeman, 
  Craig 
  

   Brook, 
  Cape 
  Vincent, 
  St. 
  Johnsbury, 
  Xorthville, 
  and 
  Duluth 
  stations, 
  

   and 
  one 
  consignment 
  of 
  60,000 
  was 
  furnished 
  to 
  the 
  New 
  York 
  Fish 
  

   Commission. 
  From 
  the 
  remainder 
  of 
  the 
  collection 
  202,000 
  fry 
  were 
  

   hatched 
  and 
  liberated 
  in 
  Redwood 
  Creek 
  in 
  June. 
  

  

  Owing 
  to 
  the 
  increased 
  demand 
  for 
  steelhead 
  trout 
  eggs 
  in 
  the 
  East, 
  

   the 
  Korbel 
  Station, 
  which 
  had 
  been 
  closed 
  the 
  preceding 
  year, 
  was 
  

   reopened. 
  The 
  results 
  attained 
  at 
  this 
  point 
  were 
  very 
  unsatisfactory, 
  

   as 
  work 
  was 
  seriously 
  interfered 
  with 
  at 
  the 
  very 
  height 
  of 
  the 
  spawn- 
  

   ing 
  season 
  by 
  high 
  water, 
  which 
  did 
  considerable 
  damage 
  to 
  dams 
  and 
  

   racks. 
  From 
  the 
  eggs 
  collected 
  337,600 
  salmon 
  and 
  55,640 
  steelhead 
  

   trout 
  fry 
  were 
  liatched 
  and 
  liberated 
  in 
  the 
  Mad 
  River 
  during 
  the 
  

   month 
  of 
  June. 
  

  

  