nSH CULTURE IN ALASKA. 



By Ward T. Bower, 

 Inspector, Alaska Salmon Fisheries, 



THE HATCHERIES AND THEIR OUTPUT. 



Of the seven salmon hatcheries operated in Alaska during the 

 season 1910-11, two are owned by the Government and five by- 

 private companies. The present combined normal capacity of the 

 Federal stations is 144,000,000 red salmon eggs, while of the private 

 hatcheries it is 189,000,000, or a total capacity of 333,000,000 for all 

 Alaska hatcheries. There has been no change in the number of 

 stations operated since the completion of the Government hatchery 

 at Afognak in 1908. The following table enumerates the hatcheries 

 operated in 1911 and gives their present normal capacity: 



Salmon Hatcheries Operated in Alaska in 1911. 



As stated in subsequent pages, the basis for reckoning numbers of 

 fish eggs is not the same at Government and private hatcheries. 

 Accepting the figures as furnished, however, the output of the 

 hatcheries during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1911, was in round 

 numbers 190,000,000 eggs and fry, or a decrease of approximately 

 65,000,000 from the fiscal year 1910. However, the coming season 

 will show much improvement, as the total take of 269,666,800 eggs 

 during the fall of 1911 is 55,000,000 more than the take of 1910. 

 In fact, the take of 1911 is only a few thousand less than the take of 

 1909, the largest recorded. 

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