26 REPORT OF STATE BOARD OF FISH COMMISSIONERS. 



the course of which he has visited the principal hatcheries in England, 

 Scotland, and on the continent of Europe, besides having made three 

 trips to the United States and Canada. He unhesitatingly pronounced 

 the Sisson Hatchery one of the best that has come under his observa- 

 tion, and the methods that are followed and quality of work turned out 

 of the first order. 



The increase and development of the salmon industry since artificial 

 propagation began can be best shown by quoting a few examples. Up 

 to five years ago, salmon were shipped into this State from Oregon and 

 Washington, because the local supply was not sufficient. For the past 

 four years the tide has been going the other way. Not only are we 

 shipping salmon in carload lots to cities like Portland, Tacoma, and 

 Seattle, but making large consignments to New York, Boston, and 

 Chicago, besides fully meeting the local demands. During the past 



SACRAMENTO RIVER, OR QUINNAT, SALMON— Onchorhynchus chouicha. 



summer, owing to the largely increased runs in Monterey Bay, fresh 

 salmon have been shipped in refrigerator cars from Monterey to New 

 York City on express trains, and there transferred into the refrigerating 

 department of ocean liners and landed in Europe and sold as fresh 

 salmon within two weeks from the time they were taken from the waters 

 of this State. 



Another striking example of the efficiency of our methods is shown on 

 Eel River, in Humboldt County. In 1898 a salmon hatchery was 

 established on Price Creek near its junction with Eel River. According 

 to the figures furnished by Mr. M. A. Wilcox, Federal Statistician at 

 Washington, D. C, who has collected these data for nearly twenty 

 years, the average number of pounds of salmon shipped from Eureka 

 was less than 500,000. To be exact, the figures in 1899 were 470,806 

 pounds net. Taking his figures in 1904, or five years later, which was 



