REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. LIX 



ary 26, tlie number of fry produced beiug 24,877. At the close of the 

 year there were at the station — 



Raiubow trout (breeders) 300 



Rainbow trout (fry) 18, 450 



Vou Bebr trout (fry) 24, 856 



Brook trout (fry) 9, 854 



On July 1 the reservation was turned over to the Interior Depart- 

 ment for Indian school purposes, in accordance with the act of July 31, 

 1892, and Oapt. Edmunds and his command transferred to Benicia 

 Barracks, Cal. In this connection the Commissioner takes pleasure 

 in acknowledging- the hearty and efficient aid extended by Capt. 

 Edmunds in the conduct of the Commission's work at Fort Gaston 

 and Kedwood. 



Clackamas Station, Oregon (Waldo F. Hubbakd, Superintendent). 



The work of this station consists in the propagation of the quinnat 

 salmon. On August 25, 1891, the work of clearing the fishing-grounds 

 and building the traps was begun. Some distance below the rack, 

 which was built at the end of the previous year, were two channels, in 

 each of which a trap was placed. Between the rack and the traps all 

 the large rocks were removed from the river, which left a bed of fine 

 gravel where the salmon came to spawn and thence were driven into 

 the traps. A second fishing-j)lace, further down the river, was made. 

 Here the fish were caught by a net and put in pens, where they were 

 kept till stripped of their spawn. 



On September 8 the first eggs were taken from four salmon caught 

 in one of the traps. It soon became evident, however, that but few 

 fish could be caught at the station, owing to the existence, about five 

 miles below, ot a dam -across the river which in low water prevented 

 the ascent of the salmon. As a good many fish were seen below this 

 dam a temporary collecting-station was there established September 

 21. A large tent, to serve as a hatchery, was placed on a small island 

 below the dam, from which, by means of a flume, water was led into 

 the hatching troughs. Two si)awn-takers were left at this station, the 

 parent fish being purchased from the fisheruien in the vicinity. 



Eggs were obtained daily during October, the total amount gathered 

 being 1,185,000. The number of eggs taken at the regular station 

 during the season, from September 8 to October 31, was 851,500. The 

 total take of eggs was 2,036,500. The number of salmon spawned at the 

 station was 198, and at the tent 217. The average number of eggs to 

 the full-roed fish was about 5,000. Ej^e-spots began showing in the 

 eggs taken at the temporary hatchery about October 24, Avhen 90,000 

 eggs packed in boxes, on canton-flannel trays, were transferred to the 

 station without loss. 



