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We iiro, at this writing, negotiating foi- a site iicai- i'>i;iiiseunib.s to 

 lat'k and trap the river and carry on the experiment. It is necessary 

 foi- the maintenance of the run of llic steelhead and sahnon in Eel 

 IJivei-, that a permanent egg collecting station be esta])lislied where a 

 sufficient number of steelhead and .salmon eggs can be collected annually 

 to furnish the Ft. Seward Hatchery with a regular supply of eggs as 

 well as enough of the steelhead trout to furnish a supply for some of our 

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

 prove to be too far u|) the river, another location farther down must be 

 found, if the fishing 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. 



Fig. 9. A truck load of trout fry for planting in the siirains of 'J'nnity County. 

 AlthouEjh tliese fry traveled one hundred and one miles over mountain roads, only one 

 hundred and one fish 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, ITumboldt, Mendocino and Trinity, 

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

 The fry were given a very wide distribution, most of them being steel- 

 heacLs and being planted in the Eel River and tributaries. The Mad 

 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 

 a1 the Fort Seward Hatchery and planted in Eel River, Mad River and 

 the tributaries of Humboldt Bay. 



