﻿FISHERY 
  INDUSTRIES. 
  21 
  

  

  to 
  July, 
  1914, 
  and 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  facilities 
  would 
  permit 
  the 
  fish 
  were 
  fed 
  

   from 
  4 
  to 
  10 
  weeks 
  before 
  their 
  release. 
  Additional 
  ponds 
  are 
  required 
  

   before 
  all 
  the 
  fry 
  can 
  be 
  held 
  and 
  reared 
  to 
  fingerling 
  size. 
  From 
  

   the 
  5,280,000 
  humpback 
  eggs 
  taken 
  at 
  Ketchikan 
  Creek 
  in 
  September 
  

   1913, 
  4,500,000 
  fry 
  were 
  planted 
  in 
  January, 
  1914. 
  

  

  As 
  a 
  result 
  of 
  operations 
  at 
  the 
  Yes 
  Bay 
  station 
  in 
  the 
  fall 
  of 
  1914 
  

   41,300,000 
  sockeye 
  eggs 
  were 
  taken. 
  This 
  was 
  a 
  much 
  smaller 
  number 
  

   than 
  usual 
  and 
  appears 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  due 
  simply 
  to 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  for 
  

   some 
  unknown 
  reason 
  the 
  run 
  of 
  salmon 
  did 
  not 
  materialize 
  this 
  year 
  

   in 
  its 
  ordinary 
  proportions. 
  The 
  bay 
  was 
  closed 
  throughout 
  the 
  

   season 
  to 
  commercial 
  fishing; 
  a 
  man 
  was 
  stationed 
  there 
  to 
  see 
  that 
  

   the 
  closing 
  order 
  was 
  duly 
  observed. 
  

  

  When 
  the 
  eggs 
  reached 
  the 
  proper 
  stage 
  of 
  development 
  they 
  were 
  

   put 
  through 
  a 
  salt 
  solution 
  to 
  remove 
  all 
  unfertilized 
  and 
  dead 
  

   ones. 
  This 
  process 
  is 
  now 
  a 
  regular 
  feature 
  of 
  the 
  work, 
  for 
  it 
  not 
  

   only 
  means 
  a 
  great 
  saving 
  in 
  the 
  labor 
  of 
  hand 
  picking, 
  but 
  it 
  improves 
  

   the 
  quality 
  of 
  the 
  eggs. 
  The 
  operation 
  consists 
  simply 
  of 
  placing 
  

   the 
  eggs 
  in 
  the 
  solution, 
  which 
  is 
  of 
  about 
  one 
  part 
  of 
  salt 
  to 
  nine 
  

   parts 
  of 
  water, 
  and 
  as 
  the 
  specific 
  gravity 
  of 
  the 
  poor 
  eggs 
  is 
  slightly 
  

   less, 
  they 
  remain 
  at 
  the 
  surface 
  and 
  are 
  easily 
  removed. 
  Caution 
  

   is 
  necessary 
  to 
  have 
  the 
  solution 
  of 
  the 
  correct 
  density, 
  or 
  there 
  will 
  

   not 
  be 
  a 
  thorough 
  separation 
  of 
  the 
  good 
  and 
  bad 
  eggs. 
  

  

  In 
  October 
  a 
  shipment 
  of 
  3,000,000 
  sockeye 
  eggs 
  of 
  this 
  season's 
  

   take 
  was 
  made 
  to 
  the 
  Oregon 
  Fish 
  Commission. 
  

  

  The 
  hatching 
  equipment 
  of 
  5,000,000 
  capacity, 
  heretofore 
  used 
  at 
  

   Ketchikan, 
  was 
  transferred 
  this 
  season 
  to 
  another 
  rented 
  buildino- 
  

   farther 
  up 
  Ketchikan 
  Creek 
  and 
  racks 
  were 
  installed 
  in 
  the 
  stream 
  

   but 
  contrary 
  to 
  all 
  expectations, 
  no 
  run 
  of 
  humpbacks 
  developed. 
  

   Arrangements 
  were 
  then 
  made 
  to 
  take 
  humpback 
  eggs 
  at 
  Mink 
  

   Creek, 
  a 
  tributary 
  to 
  Quadra 
  Bay. 
  As 
  fast 
  as 
  the 
  eggs 
  were 
  

   taken 
  they 
  were 
  placed 
  in 
  long-distance 
  shipping 
  cases, 
  each 
  case 
  

   holding 
  250,000 
  eggs; 
  when 
  a 
  case 
  was 
  filled 
  it 
  was 
  taken 
  by 
  

   a 
  chartered 
  power 
  boat 
  to 
  Ketchikan, 
  about 
  50 
  miles 
  distant; 
  

   where 
  the 
  eggs 
  were 
  transferred 
  to 
  the 
  hatching 
  troughs 
  These 
  

   trips 
  to 
  Ketchikan 
  were 
  made 
  every 
  day 
  or 
  two 
  throughout 
  the 
  

   period 
  of 
  operations, 
  which 
  covered 
  the 
  month 
  of 
  September. 
  The 
  

   quahty 
  of 
  the 
  eggs 
  was 
  fairly 
  good, 
  for 
  out 
  of 
  a 
  collection 
  of 
  2,600,000 
  

   the 
  loss 
  in 
  eyeing 
  at 
  the 
  hatchery 
  was 
  but 
  600,000. 
  This 
  was 
  an 
  inter- 
  

   esting 
  experiment, 
  as 
  heretofore 
  it 
  has 
  been 
  considered 
  almost 
  impos- 
  

   sible 
  to 
  successfully 
  move 
  green 
  salmon 
  eggs 
  any 
  distance 
  without 
  a 
  

   very 
  heavy 
  loss. 
  The 
  2,000,000 
  eyed 
  eggs 
  were 
  transferred 
  the 
  latter 
  

   part 
  of 
  October 
  to 
  the 
  Bureau's 
  station 
  at 
  Birdsview, 
  Wash 
  By 
  

   transplanting 
  humpback 
  salmon 
  from 
  southeast 
  Alaska 
  it 
  is 
  hoped 
  

   that 
  a 
  run 
  of 
  humpbacks 
  to 
  Puget 
  Sound 
  waters 
  may 
  be 
  established 
  

   during 
  the 
  alternate 
  lean 
  years 
  for 
  this 
  species. 
  

  

  