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with the hope that the Government would then give him the exclusive 

 right to take those fish from the stream for commercial purposes. 

 The experiment was kept up until the end of the season of 1905, 

 when Capt. Callbreath's failing eyesight compelled the cessation of 

 the actual hatching. Since then a man has been stationed on the 

 stream dining the run of spawning fish for the purpose of lifting them 

 over the dam, so that they could reach the spawning beds at the 

 head of the lake. The owner's expectation of a big run as a result 

 of hatching operations was never realized. 



In 1896 the Baranof Packing Company, which operated a cannery 

 on Redfish Bay, on the western coast of Baranof Island, built a small 

 hatchery on the lake at the head of Redfish stream. The following 

 winter was so cold that not only the flume, but the whole cataract, 

 froze solid, and as the hatchery was thus left without water the eggs 

 were put into the lake and left to their fate and the hatchery closed 

 down permanently. 



In 1S97 the North Pacific Trading & Packing Company, at Klawak, 

 Prince of Wales Island, established a hatchery near the head of Klawak 

 stream, close to Klawak Lake. In 1898 the plant was moved to the 

 mouth of a small stream entering the lake about halfway up the 

 western shore. This hatchery has been operated continuously ever 

 since. In 1909 the North Alaska Salmon Co. acquired a half interest 

 in it. 



The Pacific Steam Whaling Company in 1898 erected a small hatch- 

 ery on Hetta Lake, on the west side of Prince of Wales Island, which 

 was operated until the close of the hatching season of 1903-4, when 

 the Pacific Packing & Navigation Company, successor to the original 

 owner, went into the hands of a receiver. In 1907 it was reopened by 

 the Northwestern Fisheries Company, which had acquired the inter- 

 ests of the old company, and has been operated each season since. 



Up to 1900 the work of hatching salmon was entirely voluntary 

 on the part of the packers. On May 2 of that year the following 

 regulation was promulgated at the Treasury Department, which at 

 that time had control of the Alaska salmon-inspection service: 



7. Each person, company, or corporation taking salmon in Alaskan waters shall 

 establish and conduct, at or near the fisheries operated by him or them, a suitable 

 artificial propagating plant or hatchery; and shall produce yearly and place in the 

 natural spawning waters of each fishery so operated red salmon fry in such numbers 

 as shall be equal to at least four times the number of mature fish taken from the said 

 fisheries, by or for him or them, during the preceding fishing season. The manage- 

 ment and operation of such hatcheries shall be subject to such rules and regulations 

 as may hereafter be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury. They shall be open 

 for inspection by the authorized official of this department; annual reports shall be 

 made, giving full particulars of the number of male and female salmon stripped, the 

 number of eggs treated, the number and percentage of fish hatched, and all other con- 

 ditions of interest; and there shall be made a sworn yearly statement of the number of 

 fry planted and the exact location where said planting was done. 

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