REPORT OF THE FISH AND GAME COMMISSION. 2o 



in till' spriiiy;. IIowcvlt, the station was not well e(iuipped for general 

 operations and the water supply was poor and uncertain and conse- 

 (|uent]y the extent of the operations was limited and the results 

 oMaiticd I'ar IVoiii adequate. Aftei- cai-cfiil deliberation, it was decided 

 that some radical rliangos in the iiii'tlind of stocking the Klamath River 

 must be im(lcft;i]<('ii. The matter was taken up with the Bureau of 

 Fisheries and they very kindly agreed to turn the station over to us 

 and (lonatfMl the use of most of their equipment, buildings, etc. 



Til our report of ]f318, mention was made of the provisions of the 

 law requiring the owners of dams to erect hatcheries in lieu of fish- 

 ways, when in the judgment of the Fish and Game Commission the 

 dams are too high for the successful operation of a fishway or for other 

 reasons it is deemed liest to establish hatcheries below the dams for the 

 propagation of any species of fish that may be obstructed in their 

 movements by the dams. In accordance with the provisions of this 

 act, arrangements were made with the California-Oregon Power Com- 

 pany to erect a good hatchery and cottages for the help at Fall Creek, 

 and to establish racks and an egg collecting station at Klamathon for 

 the purpose of collecting salmon eggs from the salmon that could not 

 reach the spawning grounds on the upper reaches of the river, because 

 of the high dam constructed by the California-Oregon Power Company, 



The racks at Klamathon are well constructed. The plans for the 

 racks and buildings were furnished by the Department of Fishculture 

 and our employees had the supervision of the work. The egg collecting 

 station at Klamathon and the Fall Creek Hatchery were built by the 

 power company at an expense of over $20,000. 



Construction of the racks was begun during the fall of 1918, and was 

 finished in time to secure a small number of salmon eggs. Under our 

 l)lan of operation it was decided to take the eggs at Klamathon Station 

 and ship them to the new Fall Creek Hatchery, which was under con- 

 struction at the same time, where they would be hatched, reared and 

 planted in the Klamath River and tributaries. Nearly a million Chinook 

 salmon eggs were secured during the fall of 1918. Early in September, 

 1919, a crew was put to work at Klamathon Hatchery and everything 

 was put in excellent shape for the season's operations. The season 

 proved to be very unfavorable for egg collecting operations. The fall 

 rains came unusually late in the season and were insufficient to raise 

 the Klamath River to levels necessary for a good run of fish. However, 

 we were fairly successful and secured 5,000,000 eggs before the run was 

 finally over. Should next season be favorable for salmon egg collecting 

 operations, double this number will undoubtedly be secured. 



