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Salmon Hatching Statistics 



The federal and state hatcheries 

 nearly all met with good success in 

 l heir collections of salmon and steel- 

 head trout eggs during the season just 

 closed, even Baker Lake hatchery, 

 which was burned down last spring, 

 managing to secure a fair take with 

 its temporary facilities. 



Both the federal and state commis- 

 sions are now devoting more and more 

 of their energies and money to the 

 feeding and rearing of the fry to an 

 age at which they will be able to look 

 out for themselves on their journey 

 to the sea. The progress in this line 

 is necessarily slow, as rearing ponds 

 have to be built or enlarged. 



SALMON EGGS TAKEN BY U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES, 1914. 



Washington. 



Puget Sound District. 



Station — Blueback, 



Baker Lake $,215,000 



Birdsview 



Brinnon 



Darrington 



Day Creek 



Duckabush 



Quilcene 



Rockport 



Sultan 



Chinook. 



i i". 



122.000 



'12, 



194,000 

 226,500 



Silvers. 

 3,427,000 

 9,387,000 



341,000 



2,315,400 



2,169,000 



47,000 



524,000 

 1,349,000 

 3.218,000 



Chums. 



t.r 



IS, 920, 000 

 2,578.500 



56, 



5,176,000 

 9,208,000 

 2,266.000 



Total. 

 11.782,900 

 9,513,500 



19,261,000 

 4,893,900 

 2,317.000 

 5,223,000 

 9,732,000 

 3,809,000 

 3.444.500 



Total 8,215,900 



774,500 22,C02._'iio 38,209,000 69,976,800 



Grays Harbor District. 



TAKE OF EGGS AT ALASKA PRIVATE 



HATCHERIES. 1914. 

 Alaska Packers Association — Reds 



Karluk 30,240,000 



Foil maim 22,500,000 



Total 52,740,000 



Northwestern Fisheries Co. 



Iletta Lake 7,438,500 



Quadra Lake 20,400, 



Quinault 4.010,000 



Clackamas 



Little White Salmon 

 Big White Salmon . . 



Rogue River 



Applegate 



Illinois River 



Total 



Oregon. 



I.iiH.SOO 

 35.000.7S7 

 11,000,908 



2,882,465 

 579,400 

 561.190 



54,069,550 



225,000 



2,163,800 

 240,600 



2,404,400 



-.-..nun 



4,260,000 



4.044.S0O 



35.000.787 



11,000.908 



2,882,465 



2.743,200 



801,790 



56,473.950 



Total 27,838,500 



North Pacific Trading &- Packing Co. — 

 Klawack" 3,800,000 



Grand total 12.225.900 54.S44.050 25.231.600 38. 234. 000 130,710,750 



Tutal 3,800,000 



SALMON AND STEELHEAD EGGS TAKEN BY OREGON HATCHERIES, 1914. 

 Rivers South of the Columbia. 



Grand total 84,378,500 



* Estimated. 



HERRING FROZEN FOR BAIT— 1914. 



Alaska. 



Pounds 



Booth Fisheries. Co., Silkn 225,900 



.1 /an Cold Storage Co., Juneau 100,000 



Ketchikan Cold Storage Co., Ketchikan. 300,000 

 New England Fish Co., Ketchikan 920,000 



Total 1,545,900 



British Columbia. 



u. C. Packers Assn., Steveston 75,000 



Canadian FistmiL' <'" . Vancouver 1,910,000 



Canadian F. „v C. S. Co., Prince Rupert 750, 



Kincolith I'm, Kin- Co., Mill Hay 50.000 



Skeena River Syndicate, Haysporl 1 



Spring 

 District — Chinooks. 



Tillamook Hatchery 



Siuslaw Hatchery 



Winchester Station 



Umpqua Hatchery 9,216,182 



South Coos R. Hatchery 



Total 9,216.18 



Fall 

 Dogs. 



2,028,500 



Silvers. 



.123,000 

 :, 123, 000 



Sockeyes. 



3.259,990 



20,000 



640,000 



Total. 

 3,259.990 

 20.000 

 640.000 

 9,216,1S2 

 4,151,500 



3,919,990 17,287.67 



McKenzie Hatchery 

 Willamette Hatchery... 9,318,440 

 Snake River Hatchery .. ..2.909.700 

 t'pper Sandy R. Hatchery 



Columbia River. 

 13,214,678 



T,,tal 2,885, I 



Puget Sound. 



Booth Fisheries Co., Seattle 719,930 



Everett Fish I'". Everett 500,000 



International Fisheries Co., Tacoma 130,000 



.National Independent Fish. Co.. Seattle 150,000 



San Juan F. i I'. Co.. Seattle 660,000 



Total 25.442, 81S 



Grand Total 34.659,000 



449.500 

 449,500 



13.214.678 



9.318.440 



2.909.700 



449.500 



25.S92.31S 



2,028,500 



2.123.000 



4.369,490 43.17S.99il 



SALMON EGGS TAKEN BY WASHINGTON STATE HATCHERIES. 



Total ' 2,159,930 



Station — Chinook. 



Puget Sound 11.66S.000 



Columbia River 22.257.400 



Grays Harbor 105.000 



Willapa Harbor 437,700 



Dogs. 

 11.406,600 

 1.831,100 

 13,415,000 



Silversides. 



25,812.145 



1.661,000 



4,997.000 



158.500 



Steelheads. 

 13,300 



Total. 



48, 1.045 



25.749.50O 

 18,517,000 



596.200 



Grand total 6.590.S30 



Total 34,468.100 26,652,700 32,628,645 



13,300 93,762.745 



SIBERIAN SALMON SALTING. 



The Japanese open the salmon along the belly from head 

 to tail, remove the viscera and gills, then wash it and place 

 salt inside. The fish are then placed in rows on matting 

 and covered with salt, and other rows are placed on top 

 of them until the pile is from eight to ten feet high, when 

 the entire lot is covered with matting and left for about 

 seven days, after which they are relaid and again covered 

 with salt. For shipping the fish are packed in mats. 



The Russians open the fish along the backbone. The roe, 

 gills and viscera are removed, the fish then washed and 

 placed in layers in tanks, salt being sprinkled between the 

 layers. After remaining here until cured they are packed in 

 barrels holding about 800 pounds of fish. 



When being prepared for the European market a different 

 method is followed. Selected fish are cut open along the 

 belly, and the viscera and gills carefully removed. In 

 order that the salt may penetrate the tissues more readily 

 the flesh on the inside is scored several times. The fish 

 are then washed and rubbed with brushes and kept in ice 

 for twenty-four hours. The fish are then put in tanks with 

 salt until cured, when they are packed in barrels with a 

 strong brine. 



Several primitive methods, similar to those in vogue by 

 the natives of Alaska, in preparing salmon for the winter 

 use of themselves and their dogs, are also in use. 



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JAPANESE SA1TERY WORKERS. 



