REl'OKT UF THE FISH AND GAME COMMISSION. 



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We are, at this wi-itinj;, ncL'otiatiii^' for a site near J5ranscombs to 

 rack and trap the river and carry on the experiment. It is nece.ssary 

 for the maintenance of the run of the steelhead and .salmon in Eel 

 IJiver, that a permanent e'^g collecting station be established where a 

 sufiticient nnmber of steelhead and salmon eggs can be collcclcd annually 

 to furnish the Ft. Seward ll;itili»'i y with a regular .supply of eggs as 

 well as enough of the steelhead trout to fui'nish a supply for some of our 

 other stations. If the station at Branscombs is established and .should 

 prove to be too far up the river, another location farther down must be 

 found, if the fi.shing conditions in Eel River are to be maintained. It is 

 necessary that a sufficient number of fry be planted each season to 

 insure a good run of fish. 



I'li;. 9. A truck load of trout fry for pointing in the stieam.s of Trinity County. 

 Although tliese fry traveled one liundreil and one miles over mountain roads, only one 

 hiundred and one flsh were lost during the entire trip. Photograph by John Gray. 



A total of 1,757,000 trout fry have been distributed in the streams 

 of the northwest coast counties, Humboldt, Mendocino and Trinity, 

 during the seasons of 1918 and 1019, from the Ft. Seward hatchery. 

 The fry w^ere given a very wide distribution, most of them being steel- 

 heads and being planted in tlio Ee] River and tributaries. The INIad 

 River section was also given a fine lot of fry and fishing is reported to be 

 excellent in that district as a result of the continued stocking of the 

 streams. 



During the biennial period two million Chinook Salmon were reared 

 at the Fort Seward Hatchery and planted in Eel River, Mad River and 

 the tributaries of Humboldt Bav. 



