﻿FISHERY 
  INDUSTRIES. 
  

  

  19 
  

  

  Klawak, 
  10,000,000. 
  This 
  is 
  the 
  normal 
  capacity 
  of 
  these 
  stations, 
  

   but 
  if 
  necessary 
  it 
  can 
  be 
  increased 
  very 
  materially 
  by 
  putting 
  a 
  

   larger 
  number 
  of 
  eggs 
  in 
  each 
  basket. 
  A 
  hatching 
  basket 
  of 
  ordinary 
  

   size 
  holds 
  about 
  60,000 
  sockeye 
  salmon 
  eggs, 
  but 
  if 
  urgently 
  required 
  

   at 
  least 
  10,000 
  more 
  eggs 
  may 
  be 
  put 
  in 
  a 
  basket. 
  Of 
  course, 
  if 
  the 
  

   baskets 
  are 
  crowded 
  it 
  is 
  much 
  more 
  difficult 
  to 
  give 
  the 
  eggs 
  proper 
  

   attention. 
  The 
  total 
  annual 
  capacity 
  of 
  the 
  hatcheries 
  in 
  Alaska 
  is 
  

   approximately 
  350,000,000 
  salmon 
  eggs. 
  The 
  completion 
  of 
  the 
  

   Government 
  hatchery 
  at 
  Afognak 
  in 
  1908 
  marked 
  the 
  last 
  change 
  in 
  

   the 
  number 
  of 
  permanent 
  stations 
  operated 
  in 
  Alaska. 
  

  

  A 
  collection 
  of 
  134,425,160 
  sockeye 
  salmon 
  eggs 
  was 
  made 
  in 
  the 
  

   season 
  of 
  1913, 
  from 
  which 
  plants 
  aggregating 
  119,668,680 
  were 
  

   made, 
  and 
  in 
  addition 
  there 
  was 
  a 
  shipment 
  of 
  2,000,000 
  eggs 
  to 
  Ore- 
  

   gon. 
  This 
  shows 
  a 
  decline 
  from 
  the 
  previous 
  season, 
  when 
  150,- 
  

   970,355 
  sockeye 
  salmon 
  fry 
  were 
  liberated. 
  The 
  take 
  of 
  sockeye 
  eggs 
  

   in 
  the 
  season 
  of 
  1914 
  was 
  133,984,500, 
  or 
  approximately 
  the 
  same 
  

   as 
  that 
  of 
  1913. 
  In 
  1914 
  collections 
  of 
  humpback 
  eggs 
  aggregated 
  

   19,108,000 
  as 
  against 
  19,180,000 
  in 
  1913. 
  

  

  Operations 
  of 
  Alaska 
  Hatcheries 
  in 
  1914. 
  

  

  stations. 
  

  

  Red 
  or 
  sock- 
  

   eye 
  salmon 
  

   eggs 
  taken 
  in 
  

   1M3. 
  

  

  Red 
  or 
  sock- 
  

   eye 
  salmon 
  

   liberated 
  

   1913-14. 
  

  

  Red 
  or 
  sock- 
  

   eye 
  salmon 
  

   eggs 
  taJven 
  in 
  

   1914. 
  

  

  Yes 
  Bay 
  

  

  Afognak 
  

  

  Eagle 
  Lake 
  

  

  Uganik 
  

  

  Fortmann 
  (Xaba) 
  

  

  Karhik 
  

  

  Quadra 
  

  

  Hetta 
  

  

  Klawak 
  

  

  Total 
  

  

  050, 
  000 
  

   9S9,000 
  

   ISO, 
  000 
  

   970,000 
  

   480,000 
  

   629,160 
  

   400, 
  000 
  

   082,000 
  

   645,000 
  

  

  43,401,400 
  

  

  7,761,700 
  

  

  '•2,180,000 
  

  

  c 
  1,970, 
  000 
  

  

  8,700,000 
  

  

  31,546,080 
  

  

  17,054,000 
  

  

  3,590.500 
  

  

  3,465,000 
  

  

  41,300,000 
  

   6 
  7,390,000 
  

  

  134,425,160 
  

  

  119,668,680 
  

  

  22, 
  500, 
  000 
  

   « 
  30, 
  240, 
  000 
  

  

  21,300,000 
  

   7,438,500 
  

   3,816,000 
  

  

  133,984,500 
  

  

  a 
  Also 
  2,600,000 
  humpback 
  eggs 
  collected 
  at 
  Mink 
  Creek. 
  

  

  b 
  A 
  collection 
  of 
  6,574,600 
  humpback 
  eggs 
  also 
  made. 
  

  

  c 
  Eggs 
  were 
  planted 
  before 
  hatching. 
  

  

  d 
  A 
  collection 
  of 
  2,534,000 
  humpback 
  eggs 
  was 
  made. 
  

  

  « 
  A 
  collection 
  of 
  7,400,000 
  humpback 
  eggs 
  made 
  for 
  Afognak. 
  

  

  Note.— 
  Of 
  the 
  Yes 
  Bay 
  collections, 
  2,000,000 
  sockeye 
  eggs 
  were 
  shipped 
  in 
  the 
  fall 
  of 
  1913 
  to 
  the 
  Oregon 
  

   Fish 
  Commission, 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  fall 
  of 
  1914 
  a 
  shipment 
  of 
  3,000,000 
  sockeye 
  eggs 
  was 
  made 
  to 
  the 
  same 
  place. 
  

  

  HATCHERY 
  REBATES. 
  

  

  Pursuant 
  to 
  the 
  provisions 
  of 
  law, 
  operators 
  of 
  private 
  salmon 
  

   hatcheries 
  in 
  Alaska 
  are 
  allowed 
  a 
  credit 
  upon 
  the 
  Federal 
  fishery 
  tax 
  

   at 
  the 
  rate 
  of 
  40 
  cents 
  for 
  every 
  thousand 
  red 
  or 
  king 
  salmon 
  fry 
  lib- 
  

   erated. 
  This 
  amount 
  is 
  the 
  tax 
  equivalent 
  on 
  10 
  cases 
  of 
  canned 
  

   salmon. 
  The 
  purpose 
  of 
  this 
  rebate 
  is 
  to 
  give 
  a 
  just 
  and 
  equitable 
  

   return 
  to 
  the 
  operators 
  of 
  private 
  hatcheries, 
  as 
  their 
  output 
  of 
  young 
  

   salmon 
  is 
  a 
  benefit 
  to 
  the 
  fishing 
  interests 
  in 
  general. 
  The 
  rate 
  of 
  40 
  

   ^cents 
  per 
  thousand 
  is 
  based 
  upon 
  calculations 
  she 
  *fing 
  that 
  year 
  in 
  

  

  