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  ALASKA 
  FTSHEEIES 
  AND 
  FUR 
  INDUSTRIES 
  IN 
  1914. 
  

  

  This 
  is 
  a 
  better 
  take 
  than 
  that 
  made 
  in 
  1913 
  when 
  4,082,000 
  eggg 
  

   were 
  obtained. 
  The 
  eggs 
  began 
  to 
  hatch 
  on 
  November 
  9, 
  1914, 
  and 
  

   at 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  year 
  approximately 
  3,000,000 
  had 
  hatched, 
  and 
  

   losses 
  had 
  aggregated 
  about 
  200,000. 
  From 
  the 
  take 
  of 
  1913 
  a 
  total 
  

   of 
  3,590,500 
  fry 
  had 
  been 
  Uberated 
  at 
  the 
  close 
  of 
  the 
  fiscal 
  year's 
  

   records 
  on 
  June 
  30. 
  The 
  fry 
  were 
  held 
  in 
  rearing 
  ponds 
  for 
  some 
  time 
  

   before 
  being 
  planted. 
  

  

  The 
  extent 
  of 
  fish-cultural 
  operations 
  at 
  Hetta 
  is 
  limited 
  because 
  

   of 
  heavy 
  commercial 
  fisliing 
  by 
  purse 
  seines 
  in 
  Hetta 
  Inlet 
  off 
  the 
  

   mouth 
  of 
  Hetta 
  River. 
  In 
  recent 
  years 
  the 
  average 
  catch 
  of 
  sockeye 
  

   salmon 
  at 
  this 
  point 
  has 
  been 
  slightly 
  upward 
  of 
  50,000 
  per 
  annum. 
  

   Judging 
  from 
  the 
  hatchery 
  records 
  it 
  is 
  likely 
  that 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  

   adult 
  sockeyes 
  escaping 
  the 
  fishermen's 
  nets 
  and 
  reaching 
  the 
  lake 
  

   has 
  not 
  been 
  over 
  10,000 
  each 
  season 
  for 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  years 
  past. 
  

   The 
  placing 
  of 
  greater 
  restrictions 
  upon 
  commercial 
  fishing 
  opera- 
  

   tions 
  will 
  undoubtedly 
  mean 
  an 
  increased 
  take 
  of 
  eggs. 
  A 
  study 
  of 
  

   figures 
  and 
  data 
  at 
  hand 
  lead 
  to 
  the 
  general 
  conclusion 
  that 
  for 
  

   every 
  million 
  eggs 
  taken 
  at 
  a 
  hatchery, 
  there 
  must 
  be 
  an 
  escapement 
  

   of 
  approximately 
  1,000 
  adult 
  sockeye 
  salmon. 
  This 
  number 
  in- 
  

   cludes 
  both 
  sexes. 
  The 
  closing 
  of 
  Hetta 
  Inlet 
  waters 
  to 
  commercial 
  

   fishing 
  will 
  improve 
  the 
  efficiency 
  of 
  the 
  hatchery 
  and 
  will 
  be 
  of 
  

   ultimate 
  benefit 
  to 
  the 
  salmon 
  fishery 
  generally 
  throughout 
  the 
  

   region. 
  

  

  The 
  Hetta 
  hatchery 
  is 
  operated 
  by 
  the 
  Northwestern 
  Fisheries 
  Co. 
  

   along 
  modern 
  lines. 
  New 
  buildings 
  were 
  completed 
  in 
  1913 
  and 
  the 
  

   water 
  supply 
  and 
  fry 
  ponds 
  are 
  appropriate 
  to 
  the 
  needs 
  of 
  a 
  well- 
  

   equipped 
  hatchery 
  having 
  a 
  capacity 
  of 
  about 
  12,000,000 
  sockeye 
  

   salmon 
  eggs. 
  If 
  more 
  spawning 
  fish 
  become 
  available, 
  the 
  capacity 
  

   of 
  the 
  station 
  can 
  be 
  increased 
  considerably 
  with 
  but 
  comparatively 
  

   little 
  difficulty. 
  Detailed 
  descriptions 
  of 
  the 
  buildings 
  and 
  equipment 
  

   appeared 
  in 
  the 
  Bureau's 
  1912 
  and 
  1913 
  reports 
  on 
  the 
  Alaska 
  

   fisheries. 
  

  

  KXAWAK. 
  

  

  At 
  the 
  lOawak 
  hatchery 
  during 
  the 
  period 
  from 
  August 
  8 
  to 
  

   September 
  29, 
  1913, 
  operations 
  resulted 
  in 
  a 
  take 
  of 
  3,645,000 
  sock- 
  

   eye-salmon 
  eggs. 
  These 
  eggs 
  were 
  placed 
  in 
  the 
  hatching 
  baskets 
  

   and 
  during 
  the 
  period 
  from 
  January 
  1, 
  1914, 
  to 
  May 
  1, 
  1914, 
  there 
  

   were 
  planted 
  in 
  streams 
  tributary 
  to 
  the 
  hatchery 
  lake 
  3,465,000 
  

   sockeye-salmon 
  fry, 
  aU 
  in 
  first-class 
  condition. 
  The 
  loss 
  of 
  eggs 
  

   through 
  the 
  period 
  of 
  incubation 
  was 
  approximately 
  4.9 
  per 
  cent. 
  

   The 
  egg-coUecting 
  season 
  of 
  1914 
  resulted 
  in 
  a 
  take 
  of 
  3,816,000 
  

   sockeye-salmon 
  eggs. 
  

  

  The 
  Klawak 
  hatchery 
  is 
  operated 
  under 
  the 
  direction 
  of 
  the 
  North 
  

   Pacific 
  Trading 
  & 
  Packing 
  Co., 
  but 
  a 
  half 
  interest 
  in 
  the 
  enterprise 
  

  

  