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FISH AND GAME COMMISSION 



REPORT OF THE BUREAU OF FISH CULTURE 



By J. O. SnydeRj Chief 



The operating program for the past biennium as established by the 

 former chief of the bureau W. H. Shebley, and his assistant, J. H. 

 Vogt, has been carried out in detail and the statistical part of this 

 report may be regarded as a record of its accomplishments. 



An inspection of these statistical tables will show that an enor- 

 mous effort has been put forth in an attempt to replenish the fish 

 which are annually taken from the streams. In all, 25 hatchery sta- 

 tions with auxiliaries of 2 tank establishments and some 78 ageing 

 and brood ponds have been in operation. These have been supple- 

 mented by 30 independent egg taking stations. Some of the latter are 



Fig. 3. Portion of Butte Lake, Lassen County, fenced off with a net for retaining 

 trout until they are ripe enough for spawning purposes. Plioto by Dr. J. O. 

 Snyder, May 24, 1932. 



more or less experimental or temporary. Eecords show that 67,866,000 

 trout have been distributed and planted. These include rainbow, 

 cutthroat, brook, Loch Leven and golden tront. Besides salmon of two 

 species, king and silver, have been propagated to the number of 

 9,328,000. The egg collecting stations have produced 62,151,000 eggs 

 of various species of trout while 16.700,000 have been purchased from 

 without the State. Atlantic salmon to the number of 56,200 have 

 been propagated and experimentally introduced into Klamath and 

 Smith Rivers. 



In most cases the hatcheries are in excellent shape and the housing 

 of the hatchery personnel is generally good. Improvements in some 

 places are now under way and others are contemplated. The desira- 

 bility of simple parking and gardening and the general beautification 

 of grounds has not been overlooked and plans for the extension of 



