﻿FISHERY 
  INDUSTEIES. 
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  3,083,080, 
  or 
  8.9 
  per 
  cent. 
  All 
  fry 
  from 
  tlie 
  hatchery 
  were 
  liberated 
  

   m 
  Karluk 
  River 
  after 
  being 
  retained 
  in 
  ponds 
  until 
  they 
  were 
  free- 
  

   swimming. 
  The 
  season 
  of 
  1914 
  shows 
  a 
  decline 
  in 
  the 
  collection 
  of 
  

   sockeye 
  eggs, 
  as 
  the 
  number 
  obtained 
  from 
  June 
  27 
  to 
  September 
  30 
  

   was 
  30,240,000. 
  The 
  average 
  number 
  of 
  eggs 
  per 
  female 
  spawned 
  

   was 
  2,542. 
  The 
  young 
  fish 
  resulting 
  from 
  this 
  take 
  of 
  eggs 
  will 
  be 
  

   planted 
  early 
  in 
  the 
  coming 
  year. 
  

  

  Upon 
  request 
  of 
  the 
  Bureau, 
  a 
  collection 
  of 
  humpback-salmon 
  eggs 
  

   was 
  made 
  at 
  Karluk 
  during 
  the 
  period 
  from 
  August 
  24 
  to 
  Septem- 
  

   ber 
  8, 
  1914. 
  Approximately 
  5,000,000 
  eyed 
  eggs 
  resulted 
  from 
  this 
  

   collection, 
  and 
  in 
  November 
  they 
  were 
  sent 
  to 
  Seattle 
  along 
  with 
  

   collections 
  from 
  the 
  Afognak 
  hatchery, 
  for 
  shipment 
  to 
  Maine, 
  where 
  

   an 
  effort 
  is 
  being 
  made 
  to 
  establish 
  this 
  species 
  of 
  Pacific 
  salmon 
  in 
  

   the 
  waters 
  of 
  the 
  Atlantic. 
  

  

  Quadra. 
  

  

  Again 
  in 
  1914, 
  as 
  was 
  the 
  case 
  in 
  1913, 
  a 
  highly 
  successful 
  collection 
  

   of 
  sockeye-salmon 
  eggs 
  was 
  made 
  at 
  the 
  Northwestern 
  Fisheries 
  Co.'s 
  

   hatchery 
  at 
  Quadra. 
  Egg 
  taking 
  in 
  1914 
  began 
  August 
  5, 
  six 
  days 
  

   earlier 
  than 
  the 
  previous 
  year, 
  and 
  by 
  October 
  11 
  there 
  had 
  been 
  ob- 
  

   tained 
  21,300,000 
  sockeye 
  eggs, 
  the 
  largest 
  collection 
  in 
  the 
  history 
  

   of 
  the 
  station. 
  The 
  hatchery 
  proper 
  was 
  filled 
  to 
  its 
  capacity 
  with 
  

   20,400,000 
  eggs, 
  and 
  in 
  addition 
  14 
  btiskets 
  were 
  set 
  up 
  in 
  an 
  

   extra 
  line 
  outside 
  of 
  the 
  building 
  along 
  the 
  wall 
  and 
  filled 
  with 
  

   900,000 
  eggs, 
  all 
  of 
  which 
  were 
  in 
  good 
  condition. 
  Weather 
  conditions 
  

   were 
  favorable 
  this 
  year 
  to 
  a 
  good 
  take 
  of 
  eggs. 
  The 
  only 
  untoward 
  

   incident 
  was 
  a 
  scarcity 
  of 
  ripe 
  males 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  season, 
  but 
  this 
  did 
  

   not 
  prove 
  to 
  be 
  serious. 
  

  

  The 
  previous 
  record 
  for 
  the 
  Quadra 
  hatchery 
  was 
  in 
  1913, 
  when 
  

   18,400,000 
  eggs 
  were 
  taken, 
  which 
  up 
  to 
  that 
  time 
  far 
  exceeded 
  the 
  

   collection 
  of 
  any 
  previous 
  season. 
  From 
  this 
  take 
  there 
  was 
  a 
  loss 
  

   of 
  608,000 
  eggs, 
  or 
  3.3 
  per 
  cent, 
  which 
  shows 
  very 
  efficient 
  work. 
  

   The 
  resulting 
  17,054,000 
  fry 
  were 
  deposited 
  in 
  the 
  ponds 
  adjacent 
  

   to 
  the 
  hatchery, 
  whence 
  they 
  subsequently 
  went 
  into 
  the 
  waters 
  

   of 
  the 
  lake. 
  The 
  fu'st 
  plant 
  occurred 
  December 
  1, 
  1913, 
  and 
  other 
  

   deposits 
  were 
  made 
  thi'ough 
  the 
  early 
  months 
  of 
  1914. 
  

  

  Of 
  the 
  seven 
  hatcheries 
  in 
  Alaska, 
  both 
  Government 
  and 
  private, 
  

   the 
  Quadra 
  hatchery 
  has 
  been 
  the 
  only 
  one 
  in 
  the 
  last 
  two 
  seasons 
  

   to 
  obtain 
  capacity 
  takes 
  of 
  eggs. 
  

  

  Hetta. 
  

  

  Egg-taldng 
  operations 
  continue 
  later 
  at 
  Hetta 
  than 
  at 
  any 
  other 
  

   hatchery 
  in 
  Alaska, 
  extendmg 
  usually 
  into 
  the 
  month 
  of 
  December. 
  

   Up 
  to 
  December 
  18, 
  1914, 
  the 
  total 
  take 
  of 
  sockeye 
  eggs 
  was 
  7,438,500. 
  

  

  