70 REPORT OP THE PISH AND GAME COMMISSION. 



Talioc liatclieries were shipped to the new station for distribntion in 

 the trilintaries of ilad River and Eel River. 



This hatchery can be used for salmon culture as well as for trout 

 work. Flans are being made to construct a rack across Eel River for 

 the purpose of collecting salmon eggs for the hatchery at Fort Seward 

 Creek. Thi.s will enable us to stock Eel River, Mad River, Elk River 

 and several large streams on the Humboldt County coast with salmon 

 fry. Formerly the salmon eggs for this section were shipped from the 

 Sacramento River stations. If we are successful with this undertaking, 

 an ample supply of eggs can be collected from Eel River without taking 

 any from other hatcheries. Fort Seward Hatchery promises to l)e one 

 of the most important stations of the commission. 



Snow Mountain Station. 



Early in the season of 1915, the commission secured a lease on the 

 Cape Horn Dam from the Snow Mountain Water and Power Company 

 for one year with the option of an additional five years. Thi.s lease 

 gives the commission the use of the grounds and buildings as well as the 

 privilege of constructing tanks, traps, etc., on the land described in the 

 lease. Snow Mountain Station is one of the best steelhead egg collect- 

 ing stations on the coast. The dam that makes it possible to collect the 

 fish is located on the south fork of Eel River about twentj^-five miles 

 from Ukiah, Mendocino County. All the steelhead trout that ascend 

 this branch of Eel River are easily trapped in the fishway over the dam. 

 Last spring a series of tanks were arranged to hold the fish near the 

 hatchery building. This tank system was arranged under the super- 

 vision of F. A. Shebley, a skilled fishculturist, who has made the work 

 of holding large fish a specialty. The tanks and traps are so arranged 

 that a portion of the mature steelhead trout are allowed to ascend the 

 river above the dam to deposit their spawn and thus keep up the supply 

 of fish in the extreme upper reaches of the streams tributar}- to this 

 branch of Eel River. 



Considerable complaint has been made by local residents regarding 

 our operations at Snow Mountain Station. The claim has been made 

 that not enough fish were allowed to pass the dam to keep the upper 

 reaches of the river stocked. A hearing was held at Upper Lake, Lake 

 County, on April 2d, b}" representatives of the commission. The meet- 

 ing was well attended, about sixty persons being present. It was 

 decided, after the hearing, to arrange a flume from a point near the 

 tank house, where all the fish not needed for spawning purposes could 

 be separated from the ripe fish and allowed to pass above the trap so 

 they could ascend the river to the spawning grounds on the upper 

 reaches of the river. This will be of considerable benefit if the fish are 

 allowed to ascend the stream unmolested. There are a great man}' of 



