REPORT OF BOARD OF FISH AND GAME COMMISSIONERS. 37 



PRICE CREEK HATCHERY. 



Mr. W. 0. Fassett has continued in charge of the work at this impor- 

 tant station and has directed it in an orderly, commendable manner ; but 

 a series of accideuts have hampered the "work here to a great extent. 



In April a landslide damaged the flumes so much that the hatchery 

 had to close. The eggs and embryo fish in the hatchery were planted 

 in Price Creek. Several hundred dollars will be necessarj'^ to repair 

 the water supply so badly damaged by the landslide. 



It may be well to note that 100,000 salmon fry were liberated in Mad 

 Biver this season. The people in this section were greatly pleased, 

 claiming to have been entirely overlooked by former commissions. In 

 response to a petition of the people of Areata, a thorough study is being 

 made of the conditions in Mad River relative to the propagation and 

 distribution of salmon fry in that section. I believe that enough eggs 

 can be taken to stock Eel River and Mad River, without planting there 

 the eggs of the Sacramento River. 



The report of the steelhead trout eggs taken and the early distribution 



on account of the landslide follows : 



Eggs taken 218,000 



Eggs received from Brookdale Hatchery 400,00<) 



Total 618,000 



Loss in eyeing and hatching 38,000 



580,000 

 Planted in Price creek : 



Embryos 4~A.0()0 



Eyed eggs :___ 80.000 



Uneyed eggs 40,000 



Total planted .jSO,000 



Salmon eggs received from Bureau of Fisheries 3,240,000 



Loss 36,340 



L-eft for distribution .3,203,660 



Distributed in Mad River 100,00(> 



Distributed in Eel River 3,103.660 



Total 3,203,660 



UKIAH HATCHERY, 



As in several previous years, the Avork at Ukiah has been very capably 

 handled by Mr. A. V. La Motte. The hatchery was repaired early 

 in the season, and a motor was installed for a pumping plant, to insure 

 a supply of water in case the supply in the creek should fail. The 

 expense of purchasing the pump and wire for the power line transmit- 

 ting the current to the motor was paid for by subscription by the 

 citizens of Ukiah. The fish have suffered at this hatchery in former 

 years on account of the failure of the water supply. The present season, 

 however, has brought with it an ample supply of water, and the station 

 has operated successfully for four months. 



