99, ALASKA FISHERIES AND FUR INDUSTRIES IN 1915. 
10 cases of canned salmon, The plan of operating private hatcheries 
is not looked upon with favor at the present time, and it is hoped that 
in the near future legislation will be enacted to the end that they may 
be taken over by the Government, 
Pursuant to law, affidavit is made by the operators of private 
salmon hatcheries showing the number of fry released during each year 
ending June 30. The following table shows the rebate certificates 
due for the year ended June 30, 1915: 
Output oF SALMON Fry From Private Hatcueries Durine Fiscan YEAR ENDED 
JUNE 30, 1915.4 
Red-salm- 
Owners. Location. on fry Rebate 
liberated. 5 
Alaska Packers Association). sc ss5e 52 S25 - hoo sce a ta a eens Naha Stream......| 20,820,000 | $8,328.00 
Bio NIP PS RSS ae ee. Sa Karluk River..... 27, 704, 000 | 11,081. 60 
Nerthwestern Misheries!@g = sis. 055 oo oa eg ee Quadra Lake....../ 20,300,000 | 8,120.00 
DO. STE Cees se 2 eed See SI ee oe Hetta Lake........ 7,142, 500 | 2,857.00 
North Pacific Trading & Packing Co........-......--..-..--- Klawak Lake... .. 3, 653, 000 | 1,461.20 
Tatah:) scp oe pee ose ahem eee ee cre orca EEN eae te eee aire 79, 619, 500 | 31, 847. 80 
4 In the case of the hatcheries where the seasonal distribution of fry is not completed before July 1, the 
remaining fry are shown in the subsequent fiscal year’s report. 
HATCHERY INSPECTION, 
At various times during the year 1915 the several private salmon 
hatcheries in Alaska were inspected by representatives of the Bureau 
of Fisheries. The purpose of these inspections is to determine the 
number of eggs taken and the number of young salmon liberated. 
Due note is made as to the methods of operation. Care is taken to 
check up the records of the hatchery in order to determine the cor- 
rectness of returns covering the output. 
YES BAY. 
From the 41,300,000 red-salmon eggs taken in 1914 at the Bureau’s 
station at Yes Bay, 36,720,000 young fish were liberated in the period 
from January to July, 1915. Of this collection there was also a ship- 
ment of 3,000,000 eyed eggs to the Oregon Fish Commission in October, 
1914. Thus the losses were 1,580,000, or 3.8 per cent. 
In 1915 the taking of red-salmon eggs at Yes Bay began September 
2 and ended September 29, when the hatchery was filled to its capac- 
ity of 72,000,000 eggs. ie October 3,000,000 of these eggs were 
transferred to the Oregon Fish Commission and 100,000 were shipped 
to the Bureau’s station at Quinault Lake, Wash., while in November 
15,000,000 eggs were transferred to the Afognak station. 
Arrangements were made to operate a substation in rented quar- 
ters at Ketchikan for the collection of humpback-salmon eggs from 
fish ascending Ketchikan Creek. A take of 325,000 eggs had been 
