REIORr OF COMMLSSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. XCIX 



$1,050, iind luus proved very satislactory, having withstood the freshets 

 of the past season without damage. This rack was completed tirst, 

 ill order to ])revent the salmon from ascending the creek beyond the 

 hatchery. The retaining-racks at the month of the creek were then 

 rebuilt, to keep the sabuon that had entered from returning to the river. 

 On October 22 the tirst haul of tlie seine was made, and 29 ripe females 

 were secured. 



Egg (collections commenced on the 2<)tli. the 169 females stri])ped on 

 tliat date yielding 990,000 eggs. Fishing continued uninterruptedly 

 from this time till December 9, when the crew was discharged and the 

 station i)ractically closed. During this ])eriod 484 seine-hauls were 

 made and 3,938 females captured and placed in the pens. Of these, 

 3,870 yielded 19,429,000 eggs, of which 1,0,59,000 were lost in incuba- 

 tion, and 18,309,000 were eyed and shipped to other stations, the Cali- 

 fornia Commission receiving 13, (587, 500. The last shipment was made 

 on January 14, the day the station was closed. 



The following table shows the daily catch of tish, eggs taken, eggs 

 lost, and water temperature during the season : 



D.atR. 



Fe- 

 males 

 caught 



1898. 



Oct. 22 



23 



24 



25 



26 



27 



28 



29 



30 



31 



Nov. 1 



2 



3 



4 



5 



6 



7 



8 



9 



10 

 11 

 12 

 13 

 14 

 15 

 16 

 17 

 18 

 19 

 20 

 21 

 22 

 23 

 25 

 26 

 27 

 28 

 29 

 30 

 Dec. 1 

 2 

 3 

 4 



Eggs 

 taken. 



29 



97 



34 



48 



31 



46 



20 



70 



60 



82 



96 



103 



126 



127 



99 



103 



129 



133 



97 



146 



70 



105 



135 



148 



118 



200 



155 



175 



116 



141 



87 



153 



51 



72 



53 



60 



60 



69 



74 



70 



67 



75 



Eggs 

 lost. 



990, 000 

 234, 000 

 230, 500 

 262. OO'.i 

 270, 000 

 354, 000 

 342, 000 

 356, 000 

 818,000 

 616, 000 

 658, 000 

 482, 000 

 508, 500 

 682, 000 

 496, 000 

 468, 000 

 626, 000 

 542, OOU 

 464, 000 

 812, OOU 

 732, 000 

 958, 000 

 920, 000 

 862, 000 

 584, 000 

 562, 000 

 460, 000 

 380, 000 

 284, 000 

 162, 000 

 298, 000 

 258, 000 

 420, COO 

 228, 000 

 258, 000 

 374, 000 

 304, 000 

 374, OUO 

 214, 000 



2,000 



Water tem- 

 peratures. 



6 a.m. 6 p.m. 



2,000 



2,000 



2,000 

 2,000 

 3,000 

 3,000 

 8,000 

 8,000 

 12, 000 

 12, 000 

 12, 000 



14, 000 



15, 000 

 12, 000 

 10, 000 

 10, 000 

 15,000 

 20, 000 

 21', 000 



23, 000 



25, 000 



26, 000 

 30, 000 

 36, 000 

 22, 900 

 32, 000 

 30, 000 

 30, 000 



24, 000 

 22, 000 



o F. 

 55" 

 56 

 52 

 51 

 52 

 51 

 52 

 52 

 53 

 54 

 50 

 49 

 51 

 51 

 52 

 52 

 47 

 47 

 45 

 45 

 47 

 46 

 46 

 47 

 48 

 48 

 52 

 49 

 51 

 48 

 46 

 47 

 45 

 43 

 43 

 45 

 49 

 51 

 50 

 48 

 46 

 45 

 46 



"F. 

 57 

 58 

 55 

 55 

 56 

 55 

 55 

 55 

 56 

 56 

 53 

 54 

 53 

 55 

 55 

 55 

 52 

 49 

 49 

 50 

 49 

 50 

 51 

 51 

 51 

 50 

 53 

 53 

 52 

 49 

 47 

 48 

 48 

 47 

 49 

 47 

 50 

 53 

 51 

 50 

 48 

 48 

 49 



Fe- ' 



T)»t« msilAH I Eggs 



I males J ^^ 

 I caught 



1898. 

 Dec. 5 



9 



10 



11 



12 



13 



14 



15 



16 



17 



18 



19 



20 



21 



22 



23 



24 



25 



26 



27 



28 



29 



30 



31 



1899. 



Jan. 1 



2 



3 



4 



5 



6 



7 



286, 000 



146, 000 

 64, OUO 



Eggs 

 lost. 



3,938 19,429,000 



21, 000 



29, 000 



30, 000 

 30,000 

 30, 000 

 40, 000 

 40, 000 

 40, 000 

 40, 000 

 30, 000 

 30, 000 



AVater tem- 

 peratures. 



6 a. in. 6 p. m. 



30, 000 

 30, OOU 

 30, 000 

 20, 000 

 28, 000 



30, 000 



- 44, 000 



10, 500 



1,059,000 



o Y. 

 46 

 45 

 44 



44 

 44 

 41 

 41 

 40 

 42 

 45 

 44 

 44 

 45 

 47 

 48 

 48 

 45 

 42 

 42 

 42 

 42 

 45 

 44 

 46 

 47 

 43 

 41 



41 

 40 

 42 

 40 

 42 

 43 

 43 

 43 

 45 

 43 

 41 

 43 



OF. 

 48 

 47 

 46 

 45 

 46 

 44 

 43 

 44 

 45 

 46 

 47 

 46 

 48 

 49 

 49 

 48 

 46 

 46 

 45 

 45 

 45 

 47 

 47 

 48 

 48 

 45 

 43 



43 

 42 

 44 

 44 

 44 

 43 

 45 

 44 

 47 

 45 

 43 

 45 



