FISHERY INDUSTRIES. rAli 
SALMON HATCHERIES. 
EXTENT OF OPERATIONS, 
In 1915 seven salmon hatcheries were operated in Alaska, two of 
which were Government stations and five were private hatcheries. 
In addition three small field or collecting stations were operated for 
short periods by the Government, one of these: being in conjunction 
with the Yes Bay hatchery, and the other two subsidiary to the 
Afognak hatchery. The aggregate annual capacity of the seven 
hatcheries is approximately 350,000,000 red-salmon eggs, of which 
the two Government stations are capable of handling nearly 150- 
000,000. 
In 1914 the total take of red, or sockeye, salmon eggs in Alaska 
was 133,984,500, from which a total of 121,784,330 young salmon 
were liberated, chiefly during the spring of 1915. In addition there 
was a shipment of 3,000,000 eggs to Oregon. This represents an in- 
crease over the previous season, when 119,668,680 red salmon were lib- 
erated in Alaska waters. The take of red-salmon eggs in 1915 totaled 
173,499,100, or an increase of about 40,000,000 over the take in the 
fall of 1914. This gain was chiefly at the Bureau’s station at Yes 
Bay. In 1915 the collection of humpback eggs aggregated 16,976,000 
as compared with 19,108,000 in 1914, or nearly 2,000,000 less. 
OPERATIONS OF ALASKA HaTCHERIES IN 1915. 
‘Red On 500K; Red = sock- | Red or sock- 
: eyesalmon | eyesalmon | eye salmon 
Stations. eggstaken | liberatedin | eggs taken 
in 1914, 1914-15. in 1915. 
Mpaibay ee sees Set as a toe ee Ae ti, ash) 2 41,300,000 |. 36,720,000 | «@ 72,000,000 
Afognak... 7,390, 000 5, 444, 830 6 8, 183, 000 
Oren ase See ce ne RY ee Syne Pe ke gee Se Pee cet en eatin ese ce «| Sas Sete ooeaee ¢ 2,685, 000 
SIONS 0 lee CR Se aie eo Seen eh ee ca RSE bak hg eceoe ta ee ele am | NN Race nC RE d 3, 232, 100 
Marpmnnn) ONS) 0355/22 Gace uk eee ee cree een ee 20, 820,000 | ¢ 26,520,000 
POLO Ves) cia 8 ae eS sae ee a cD CL ie eM Menai ey 27, 704, 000 41, 135, 000 
ania =. 882285 4 BF 23 Se ccce scent sede eeoance ceeneed ee 20, 300, 000 7, , 000 
Te GU ee Sea ee Ses ae ete cle einen dant, = I lige ia aie 7, 142, 500 8, 114,000 
TCU W VRS: Re st aes EERE Se nee 24 ee ee eae fe Se eee ney & 3, 653, 000 4, 130, 000 
Matal Pos 5. eyo, ett ~ ease 5 sae tases seas Ped 133, 984, 5C0 121, 784, 330 173, 499, 100 
@ Also 325,000 humpback eggs collected at Ketchikan and planted before hatching. 
> A collection of 12,355,000 humpback eggs also made. 
¢ A collection of 2,461,000 humpback eggs also made. 
ferred to Afognak. 
@ A collection of 1,235,000 humpback eggs also made. 
ferred to Afognak. 
¢ A collection of 600,000 humpback eggs also made. 
All eyed eggs, both red and humpback, trans- 
All eyed eggs, both red and humpback, trans- 
Note.—Of the Yes Bay collections of sockeye eggs. shipments of 3,000,000 were made in the fall of 1914, 
and the same number again in October, 1915, to the Oregon Fish Commission. 
Also in the fall of 1915 a 
shipment ot 100,000 was made to the Bureau’s station at Quinault Lake, Wash., and 15,000,000 were trans- 
ferred to Afognak. 
HATCHERY REBATES. 
Under the terms of existing law those who operate private hatch- 
eries in Alaska are allowed a rebate of 40 cents for every thousand red 
or king salmon fry released. This sum is the equivalent of the tax on 
