﻿FISHERY 
  INDUSTRIES. 
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  It 
  was 
  anticipated 
  that 
  the 
  egg-collecting 
  season 
  of 
  1914 
  would 
  be 
  

   much 
  better 
  than 
  the 
  previous 
  year, 
  as 
  the 
  run 
  of 
  sockeye 
  salmon 
  

   appeared 
  nearly 
  a 
  month 
  earlier 
  and 
  the 
  commercial 
  fishery 
  was 
  

   much 
  more 
  productive. 
  The 
  collection 
  of 
  sockeye 
  eggs, 
  however, 
  

   was 
  disappointing, 
  as 
  it 
  numbered 
  but 
  7,390,000. 
  The 
  wash 
  of 
  vol- 
  

   canic 
  ash 
  no 
  doubt 
  had 
  much 
  to 
  do 
  with 
  this 
  small 
  take. 
  A 
  collection 
  

   of 
  6,574,600 
  humpback 
  eggs 
  was 
  made, 
  wliich 
  was 
  considerably 
  under 
  

   the 
  take 
  of 
  the 
  previous 
  year. 
  The 
  spawning 
  season 
  of 
  salmon 
  at 
  

   Afognak 
  extended 
  over 
  the 
  period 
  from 
  August 
  1 
  to 
  October 
  23. 
  

  

  Late 
  in 
  October 
  a 
  shipment 
  of 
  12,500,000 
  eyed 
  humpback 
  eggs 
  was 
  

   made 
  to 
  Seattle, 
  part 
  of 
  which 
  were 
  transferred 
  to 
  the 
  Bureau's 
  sta- 
  

   tions 
  on 
  waters 
  tributary 
  to 
  Puget 
  Sound, 
  while 
  the 
  remainder 
  were 
  

   sent 
  to 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  hatcheries 
  in 
  Maine. 
  This 
  shipment 
  was 
  made 
  up 
  

   of 
  the 
  eyed 
  eggs 
  resulting 
  from 
  a 
  collection 
  of 
  7,400,000 
  made 
  for 
  the 
  

   Bureau 
  at 
  the 
  Karluk 
  hatchery, 
  and 
  from 
  the 
  2,534,000 
  green 
  eggs 
  

   taken 
  at 
  Uganik. 
  Full 
  payment 
  was 
  made 
  by 
  the 
  Bureau 
  for 
  the 
  

   eggs 
  obtained 
  from 
  the 
  private 
  hatchery 
  at 
  Karluk. 
  

  

  A 
  supply 
  of 
  Dolly 
  Varden 
  trout 
  was 
  salted 
  for 
  use 
  next 
  season 
  in 
  

   feeding 
  young 
  salmon 
  at 
  the 
  hatchery. 
  

  

  Uganik. 
  

  

  Operations 
  for 
  the 
  collection 
  of 
  humpback 
  eggs 
  were 
  begun 
  at 
  

   Uganik 
  in 
  August. 
  It 
  was 
  decided 
  to 
  undertake 
  no 
  sockeye-salmon 
  

   work 
  there 
  this 
  season, 
  but 
  probably 
  in 
  the 
  future 
  something 
  will 
  be 
  

   done 
  along 
  this 
  line, 
  as 
  the 
  Uganik 
  field 
  offers 
  some 
  promise 
  for 
  fair 
  

   collections 
  of 
  sockeye 
  eggs. 
  The 
  take 
  of 
  humpback 
  eggs 
  at 
  Uganik 
  

   this 
  year 
  was 
  2,534,000, 
  the 
  first 
  being 
  obtained 
  on 
  August 
  26. 
  In 
  

   October, 
  after 
  the 
  eggs 
  were 
  eyed, 
  they 
  were 
  transferred 
  to 
  Afognak 
  

   for 
  shipment 
  to 
  the 
  States. 
  

  

  The 
  hatchery 
  equipment 
  established 
  la^t 
  year 
  at 
  Uganik 
  Lake 
  was 
  

   moved 
  down 
  to 
  tidewater 
  this 
  season, 
  as 
  it 
  was 
  found 
  that 
  by 
  the 
  

   time 
  the 
  fish 
  got 
  up 
  to 
  the 
  old 
  location 
  some 
  of 
  them 
  had 
  spawned. 
  

   The 
  capacity 
  of 
  the 
  troughs 
  at 
  Uganik 
  is 
  about 
  3,000,000 
  salmon 
  eggs. 
  

  

  Eagle 
  Lake. 
  

  

  The 
  field 
  station 
  estabhshed 
  last 
  year 
  at 
  Eagle 
  Lake 
  on 
  Kodiak 
  

   Island 
  was 
  not 
  in 
  use 
  this 
  year, 
  as 
  the 
  deposit 
  of 
  volcanic 
  ash 
  was 
  

   too 
  heavy 
  to 
  justify 
  operations. 
  It 
  is 
  doubtful 
  whether 
  this 
  field 
  will 
  

   show 
  any 
  notable 
  importance 
  for 
  several 
  seasons 
  to 
  come. 
  

  

  FORTMANN. 
  

  

  The 
  Alaska 
  Packers 
  Association 
  operates 
  the 
  Fortmann 
  hatchery 
  

  

  on 
  Heckman 
  Lake 
  of 
  the 
  Naha 
  system, 
  about 
  8 
  miles 
  from 
  Loring, 
  

  

  in 
  southeast 
  Alaska. 
  With 
  a 
  capacity 
  of 
  more 
  than 
  110,000,000 
  eggs, 
  

  

  this 
  is 
  the 
  largest 
  salmon 
  hatchery 
  in 
  the 
  world. 
  It 
  was 
  established 
  

  

  9497°— 
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