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REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



trout. Silverside salrnou are caught below a rack in the Trinity, and 

 a few quinnat salmon also are takeu there. 



A tributary collecting statiou has been established on Bair's ranch 

 upon Redwood Creek. The substation has a small hatchery and ponds 

 for penning salmon. Probably a smaller proportion of quinnat salmon 

 are found in Redwood Creek than in the Trinity. The run is short and 

 occurs in the fall. 



Another hatchery site was selected by Commissioner McDonald at 

 Korbel on Mad River, where there is a large run of quinnat salmon, 

 and where there is less interruption from net fishing. The site is about 

 one-half mile above Korbel, at a point where a small tributary (Clear 

 Creek) enters the river and furnishes ample water for the hatchery. A 

 flume 150 yards long will suffice to convey the water, and a large build- 

 ing, formerly used by the Korbel Lumber Company, can be utilized for 

 a hatchery and quarters for the employees at the cost of the lumber 

 which it contains. The salmon can be stopped by a rack opposite the 

 station. 



There were collected during the season, from November to May, 

 about 800,000 eggs of salmon, and about 400,000 of the steelhead, 

 15,000 of the Von Behr, and 3,000 of the rainbow. 



During the fall a disease occurred among the trout which was not 

 checked until it had destroyed a large number of each variety and 

 nearly exterminated the Eastern brook trout. 



In August and September 5,450 yearling rainbow trout were depos- 

 ited in the waters of Trinity Mountain, Humboldt County. 



In March and April 10,000 rainbow-trout eggs were shipped to the 

 Wytheville, Va., Station; 100,000 eggs of the steelhead to the North- 

 ville, Mich., Station, and 50,000 eggs of the steelhead to the California 

 State hatchery at Sisson. 



There were remaining on hand at the station and substation on the 

 1st of July fry, as follows: Salmon, 560,000; steelhead, 332,000; east- 

 ern brook trout, about 40; Von Behr, 15,000; rainbow, 3,000; brood 

 stock, about 000. The salmon and steelheads, when sufficiently grown, 

 will be planted in waters adjacent to the station. 



The season was very unfavorable for taking eggs on account of the 

 continuous high water during the winter months. 



The highest temperatures of the air and water at noon at the station 

 for the months given were as follows: 



November, 1893 

 December, 1893. 

 January, 1894. . 

 February, 1894 . 



Month. 



March, 1894 

 April, 1894 . . 

 May, 1894 . . 

 June, 1894... 



Air. 



a 64 

 a 64 



Water. 



a 58 

 a 60 



