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  REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OP 
  PISHERIES. 
  

  

  salmon 
  at 
  the 
  time 
  of 
  the 
  destruction 
  of 
  the 
  Baker 
  Lake 
  hatchery 
  by 
  

   fire, 
  materially 
  reduced 
  the 
  output, 
  but 
  the 
  substantial 
  gains 
  in 
  the 
  

   propagation 
  of 
  the 
  chinook, 
  humpback, 
  and 
  silver 
  salmons 
  gave 
  an 
  

   aggregate 
  output 
  nearly 
  10,000,000 
  m 
  excess 
  of 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  previous 
  

   year. 
  

  

  Violent 
  rains, 
  followed 
  by 
  heavy 
  floods, 
  m 
  streams 
  contiguous 
  to 
  the 
  

   Quilcene 
  and 
  Duckabush 
  stations, 
  on 
  Hoods 
  Canal, 
  wrecked 
  the 
  

   racks 
  and 
  traps 
  and 
  completely 
  destroyed 
  a 
  barrier 
  that 
  had 
  been 
  

   constructed 
  in 
  the 
  Duckabush 
  River; 
  but 
  notwitbstandmg 
  these 
  

   adverse 
  conditions 
  the 
  work 
  of 
  the 
  stations 
  resulted 
  satisfactorily. 
  

   The 
  run 
  of 
  humpback 
  salmon 
  in 
  Hoods 
  Canal 
  during 
  the 
  fall 
  of 
  19i3 
  

   was 
  enormous. 
  Schools 
  of 
  salmon 
  many 
  acres 
  in 
  extent 
  were 
  

   observed 
  near 
  the 
  mouths 
  of 
  the 
  various 
  streams 
  as 
  they 
  slowly 
  made 
  

   their 
  way 
  up 
  the 
  canal. 
  A 
  very 
  large 
  number 
  of 
  these 
  fish 
  made 
  

   their 
  appearance 
  below 
  the 
  racks 
  at 
  the 
  Duckabush 
  station 
  before 
  

   preparations 
  had 
  been 
  completed 
  for 
  the 
  collection 
  of 
  eggs, 
  and 
  the 
  

   major 
  part 
  of 
  them 
  passed 
  on 
  up 
  the 
  river. 
  

  

  There 
  was 
  a 
  slight 
  falling 
  off 
  in 
  the 
  collection 
  of 
  chinook-salmon 
  

   eggs 
  in 
  some 
  fields 
  in 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  Oregon, 
  but 
  this 
  was 
  more 
  than 
  

   compensated 
  for 
  by 
  the 
  gains 
  in 
  other 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  State. 
  The 
  con- 
  

   ditions 
  affecting 
  the 
  run 
  of 
  chinook 
  salmon 
  in 
  the 
  Columbia 
  River 
  

   were 
  similar 
  to 
  those 
  existmg 
  in 
  1913. 
  An 
  enormous 
  run 
  of 
  fish 
  — 
  

   said 
  to 
  be 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  largest 
  known 
  - 
  appeared 
  in 
  the 
  river 
  early 
  in 
  

   September, 
  increasing 
  rapidly 
  as 
  the 
  season 
  advanced. 
  At 
  the 
  

   stations 
  on 
  the 
  Big 
  White 
  Salmon 
  and 
  Little 
  White 
  Salmon 
  Rivers 
  

   the 
  44,229,000 
  eggs 
  taken 
  far 
  exceeded 
  the 
  capacity 
  of 
  the 
  hatcheries, 
  

   making 
  it 
  necessary 
  to 
  transfer 
  large 
  consignments 
  of 
  eggs 
  to 
  other 
  

   stations 
  for 
  development. 
  The 
  destruction 
  of 
  the 
  racks 
  on 
  the 
  

   Clackamas 
  and 
  Lower 
  Rogue 
  Rivers 
  and 
  the 
  failure 
  of 
  the 
  usual 
  run 
  

   of 
  fish 
  into 
  the 
  Illinois 
  River 
  curtailed 
  the 
  output 
  of 
  chinook 
  salmon 
  

   in 
  those 
  fields. 
  The 
  distribution 
  of 
  silver 
  salmon 
  from 
  the 
  Oregon 
  

   stations 
  was 
  nearly 
  three 
  times 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  previous 
  year, 
  while 
  there 
  

   was 
  an 
  average 
  yield 
  of 
  steelhead 
  trout. 
  

  

  The 
  work 
  accomplished 
  at 
  the 
  California 
  stations 
  was 
  satisfactory. 
  

   The 
  output 
  of 
  chinook-salmon 
  fry 
  and 
  fingerhngs 
  was 
  nearly 
  double 
  

   that 
  of 
  last 
  year 
  and 
  of 
  silver 
  salmon 
  fully 
  ten 
  times 
  as 
  great. 
  The 
  

   majority 
  of 
  the 
  eggs 
  taken 
  on 
  the 
  McClond 
  River 
  were 
  secured 
  from 
  

   the 
  fall 
  run 
  of 
  fish, 
  the 
  spring 
  run 
  being 
  very 
  fight. 
  At 
  the 
  Battle 
  

   Creek 
  and 
  Mill 
  Creek 
  auxiharies, 
  where 
  only 
  the 
  f 
  aU 
  run 
  is 
  available, 
  

   33,060,310 
  chinook-salmon 
  eggs 
  were 
  coUected. 
  Silver-salmon 
  eggs 
  

   to 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  3,129,000 
  were 
  collected 
  in 
  the 
  Klamath 
  River. 
  An 
  

   attempt 
  to 
  secure 
  eggs 
  from 
  the 
  commercial 
  fishermen 
  on 
  the 
  Sacra- 
  

   mento 
  River 
  resulted 
  in 
  failure, 
  because 
  of 
  the 
  irregularity 
  of 
  their 
  

   operations 
  and 
  the 
  poor 
  success 
  attained 
  in 
  transferring 
  the 
  green 
  

   eggs 
  in 
  w^agon 
  over 
  the 
  rough 
  mountain 
  roads 
  to 
  the 
  hatcheries 
  for 
  

   development. 
  Another 
  year 
  an 
  attempt 
  wiU 
  be 
  made 
  to 
  capture 
  

   brood 
  salmon 
  at 
  the 
  point 
  where 
  Mill 
  Creek 
  enters 
  the 
  Sacramento 
  

   River 
  and 
  hold 
  them 
  between 
  racks 
  in 
  the 
  creek 
  for 
  the 
  ripenina: 
  of 
  

   their 
  eggs. 
  There 
  was 
  only 
  one 
  run 
  of 
  chinook 
  salmon 
  in 
  the 
  Kla- 
  

   math 
  River 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  the 
  field 
  station 
  at 
  Hornbrook, 
  and 
  as 
  

   fully 
  50 
  per 
  cent 
  of 
  the 
  fish 
  composing 
  it 
  were 
  undersized 
  the 
  collec- 
  

   tions 
  of 
  eggs 
  were 
  inconsideiable. 
  

  

  The 
  superintendent 
  of 
  the 
  California 
  stations 
  reports 
  that 
  the 
  

   State 
  authorities 
  have 
  taken 
  steps 
  to 
  protect 
  the 
  young 
  salmon 
  libera 
  ted 
  

  

  