8 REPORT OF THE FISH AND GAME COMMISSION. 



During the past biennial period sixteen hatcheries and six egg- 

 collecting stations have been in operation. From them a total of 

 34,000,000 trout fry have been reared and distributed — the greatest 

 number in the histor}- of the Commission in a like period. In addition 

 to the trout distribution a total of approximately 29,000,000 Chinook 

 salmon were reared and distributed in suitable places in the Sacra- 

 mento, Eel and Klamath rivers. 



The outstanding feature in the work of this department has been 

 a greatly improved system of fish distribution, increase in the number of 

 and expansion of our pond system, for rearing both trout and salmon, 

 and the successful propagation and distribution of the golden trout, 

 considered to be the most beautiful of the trouts of the world. 



Special attention is called to the color plate of a Loch Leven trout, 

 on our report cover. This hardy, gamey fish hails from the lakes of 

 Scotland. He has found a most congenial habitat in all of the colder 

 waters of this state, either stream or lake. There is no more valiant 

 fighter in the trout family, nor one whose food qualities are superior. 

 We have distributed upwards of four million Loch Leven fry in suitable 

 waters during the past biennial period, and desire that our people 

 become better acquainted with and more appreciative of his sterling 

 qualities. 



Practically all of our hatchery stations are now provided with Ford 

 auto trucks, which are utilized in re-stocking streams in the vicinity 

 of the hatcheries or in other points remote from rail facilities. By 

 this method the fish can quickly be taken to the streams and properly 

 planted by trained men. Crews on our fish-distribution cars have been 

 increased in order that we may use trained men to accompany the 

 larger consignments from the railroad station to the waters that are 

 to be stocked, thereby assuring successful transportation and proper 

 distribution of the young fish. 



A handsome new hatchery building, with four times the capacity 

 of the old one that has done duty for about thirty years, has been 

 completed on Lake Talioe near Tahoe City, and will be ready for 

 next season's operations. It is located about one mile north of the 

 old hatchery, where an abundant supply of water sufficient to main- 

 tain it at full capacity can bo had during the entire hatching season. 

 Some necessary work upon the grounds and ponds for fish displays 

 and a superintendent's cottage will be built in the spring and summer 

 of 1921. 



Another entirely new hatchery site has been selected on the Kaweah 

 River, in Tulare County. Plans for the building are under way, which, 

 when completed, will be an important link in our chain of hatcheries, 

 enabling us to stock waters on the western slope of the Sierras to 



