ARLEE 



The Arlee Station has been 

 plagued with a myxo-bacteria 

 infestation in the water supply 

 which caused annual losses as 

 high as 80 percent in the fish 

 production. During the biennium 

 this difficulty was overcome, 

 and the hatchery is producing 



a full crop of fish. 



' .- '.. 



The Arlee Station also con- ' ■ 



tributes to the egg production "C^* .*•' 



for other hatcheries with their "^'^ f 



brood stock of fall spawning 

 rainbow that is used in the put- 



and-take hatchery program of Montana. The cost of this operation 

 shows in the over-all costs of hatchery production and must be 

 evaluated not against the cost of production of the hatchery itself 

 but as a part of the over-all program in Montana. 



All necessary maintenance was carried on at the Arlee Hatchery 

 which included an installation of a new water supply line, and land- 

 scaping of the hatchery grounds. 



FISH PLANTED FROM ARLEE HATCHERY 



May 1, 1952 to April 30, 1953 



Species — 



Rainbow . 



Cutthroat . 



Eastern Brook 



Brown 



TOTAL - - - 

 Symbols Indicate: 



188,548 



25,960 



14,163 



8,046 



292 



265,232 



164,880 



14,640 



7,200 



30,154 



95,000 



50,648 



850 



53,800 



8,521 



927,934 



*Legal. 



1 



11/2 



4 



41/2 



5 



1 



11/2 



* 



1 

 5 



84 

 618 

 ,179 

 ,150 



97.4 



77.2 



70 

 337 

 160 

 .367 



28 



49 

 121.5 



32.5 

 367 



May 1, 1953 to April 30, 1954 



Number Size Weight Species — 



Rainbow 



Cutthroat 



Eastern Brook 

 Sockeye Salmon 



5,737.6 TOTAL - 



**Adult. vFry. i tEyed Eggs. 

 — 83 — 



Number Size Weight 



143,888 

 70,520 

 17,420 

 21,826 

 40,030 

 14,588 

 87,240 



145,096 



17,457 



5,400 



1,170 



100,224 



664,859 



79.7 

 172 



194 



424.7 



2,550 



3,100 



20 



56.6 



529 



360 



2 



76 



7,564 



