THE FISHERIES OF ALASKA IN 1906. 23 



more so as the salmon were feeding voracioush^ on the herring, and a 

 trolhng hne fitted with a nickel spoon, and a cheap row boat, was all 

 the outfit that was required. The run lasted until May 18 and during 

 this time 271,644 pounds, valued at $15,600, were shipped to Puget 

 Sound ports. The enterprise was continued on a much ^vider scale in 

 1906, buyers being stationed at Ketchikan, Wrangel Narrows, Juneau, 

 and Douglas, and as a result 23,032 king salmon, weighing 575,802 

 pounds, and valued at $29,584, were shipped to Puget Sound ports, an 

 increase over 1905 of 304,158 pounds and $13,984. 



There is a small local demand for fresh fish in the larger towns of 

 Southeast Alaska, and it is estimated that in 1906 the following quan- 

 tities of salmon, in addition to other fishes, were thus disposed of: 

 King salmon, 6,700 pounds, valued at $670; sockeye salmon, 14,200 

 pounds, $710, and humpback salmon, 21,000 pounds, $660. 



HATCHERIES. 



Four salmon hatcheries were operated during the season of 1906-7 — 

 the Fortmann hatchery, on Naha Stream, and Karluk hatchery, on 

 Karluk River, both owned by the Alaska Packers' Association; the 

 Klawak hatchery, on Klawak Lake, owned by the North Pacific 

 Trading and Packing Company; and the Yes Lake hatchery, on 

 McDonald Lake, owned by the Bureau of Fisheries. No report has 

 been received from Mi\ John C. Callbreath in regard to his hatchery 

 on Etolin Island, and it is assumed this was not operated. 



The Yes Lake hatchery, which was only partially completed at the 

 beginning of the season of 1905-6, and was consequently operated 

 under great disadvantage, is now in excellent condition to handle 

 eggs and fry. 



After the Klawak hatchery had liberated about one million fiy iii 

 the season of 1905-6, the flumes conveying water to the plant were 

 carried away by a flood, and the rest of the eggs (about two million) 

 were deposited in the waters of the lake. 



At Karluk this year the experiment of feeding the young fry with 

 the trimmings from the filling machines in the association's can- 

 neries on Karluk spit was tried. It is said that it worked successfully. 



The Bureau of Fisheries will establish a hatchery on Afognak 

 Island, in Central Alaska, in 1907. 



As the hatching season lasts from about September until the fol- 

 lowing August, it has been found best to represent the fiscal year in 

 tabulating the data. The table shows, for each hatchery, the number 

 of eggs taken and fry liberated in 1905-6, and the eggs taken in 1906-7. 

 None of the hatcheries found difficulty in securing eggs in 1906. The 

 number of female salmon on the spawning beds was very large, and 

 every hatchery secured more eggs than in the previous season. 



