﻿EEPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISHERIES. 
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  the 
  river 
  30 
  miles 
  distant 
  from 
  Portland, 
  the 
  land 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  

   and 
  the 
  water 
  supply 
  for 
  the 
  hatchery 
  being 
  donated 
  to 
  the 
  Bureau 
  

   by 
  the 
  Portland 
  Kailway, 
  Light 
  & 
  Power 
  Co. 
  

  

  The 
  year's 
  fish-cultural 
  operations 
  at 
  Baker 
  Lake 
  and 
  auxiliary 
  

   stations, 
  in 
  Washington, 
  were 
  attended 
  with 
  gratifying 
  results, 
  the 
  

   output 
  of 
  chinook, 
  blueback, 
  silver 
  and 
  dog 
  salmons, 
  and 
  steelhead 
  

   trout 
  being 
  substantially 
  larger 
  than 
  in 
  either 
  of 
  the 
  two 
  previous 
  

   years. 
  The 
  total 
  egg 
  collections 
  of 
  all 
  species 
  numbered 
  46,330,500, 
  

   as 
  compared 
  with 
  an 
  aggregate 
  of 
  23,535,800 
  in 
  1912, 
  and 
  the 
  output 
  

   of 
  fry 
  was 
  correspondingly 
  increased. 
  At 
  the 
  other 
  Puget 
  Sound 
  

   stations 
  there 
  was 
  a 
  slight 
  falling 
  ofi^ 
  in 
  the 
  output 
  of 
  silver 
  salmon, 
  

   owing 
  to 
  the 
  destruction 
  of 
  the 
  retaining 
  racks 
  by 
  freshets 
  during 
  the 
  

   spawning 
  season, 
  but 
  the 
  losses 
  were 
  more 
  than 
  offset 
  by 
  the 
  collec- 
  

   tions 
  at 
  two 
  new 
  field 
  stations 
  established 
  and 
  operated 
  for 
  the 
  first 
  

   time 
  on 
  Elwell 
  Creek, 
  near 
  Sultan, 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  Sauk 
  River, 
  near 
  Dar- 
  

   rington. 
  A 
  new 
  station 
  was 
  also 
  operated 
  on 
  the 
  Dusenwallops 
  

   River, 
  a 
  tributary 
  of 
  Hood 
  Canal, 
  Puget 
  Sound, 
  near 
  Brinnon, 
  Wash., 
  

   where 
  8,360,000 
  dog 
  salmon 
  eggs 
  were 
  gathered. 
  The 
  work 
  of 
  the 
  

   Baker 
  Lake 
  station, 
  which 
  is 
  located 
  in 
  an 
  almost 
  inaccessible 
  region 
  

   on 
  Baker 
  Lake, 
  at 
  the 
  foot 
  of 
  Mount 
  Baker, 
  was 
  greatly 
  facilitated 
  

   by 
  the 
  establishment 
  of 
  a 
  telephone 
  line 
  connecting 
  the 
  station 
  with 
  

   Concrete, 
  Wash., 
  the 
  nearest 
  railroad 
  station, 
  18 
  miles 
  distant. 
  The 
  

   Birdsview 
  station, 
  on 
  the 
  Skagit 
  River, 
  was 
  improved 
  by 
  the 
  erection 
  

   of 
  new 
  hatchery 
  and 
  other 
  buUdings. 
  

  

  The 
  .eruption 
  of 
  Katmai 
  Volcano, 
  on 
  the 
  Alaska 
  peninsula, 
  June 
  6, 
  

   1912, 
  covered 
  the 
  island 
  of 
  Afognak 
  with 
  volcanic 
  ash 
  and 
  sand 
  to 
  an 
  

   average 
  depth 
  of 
  9 
  inches. 
  It 
  is 
  estimated 
  that 
  20,000 
  salmon 
  per- 
  

   ished 
  at 
  the 
  head 
  of 
  Litnik 
  Lake, 
  while 
  thousands 
  ascending 
  tributary 
  

   streams 
  during 
  the 
  spawning 
  season 
  in 
  July 
  were 
  driven 
  back 
  into 
  

   the 
  ocean. 
  These 
  conditions 
  curtailed 
  the 
  work 
  of 
  the 
  Afognak 
  

   station, 
  the 
  total 
  output 
  for 
  the 
  year 
  1913 
  amounting 
  to 
  12,551,102 
  

   blueback 
  and 
  151,800 
  humpback 
  salmon 
  fry. 
  Owmg 
  to 
  the 
  accumu- 
  

   lation 
  of 
  volcanic 
  ash 
  in 
  the 
  hatching 
  troughs, 
  great 
  difficulty 
  was 
  

   experienced 
  in 
  holding 
  the 
  comparatively 
  small 
  number 
  of 
  eggs 
  col- 
  

   lected, 
  and 
  heavy 
  losses 
  of 
  both 
  eggs 
  and 
  fry 
  resulted 
  through 
  suffo- 
  

   cation. 
  In 
  May, 
  1913, 
  two 
  temporary 
  field 
  stations 
  were 
  located 
  in 
  

   connection 
  with 
  the 
  Afognak 
  station 
  — 
  one 
  on 
  a 
  small 
  stream 
  tribu- 
  

   tary 
  to 
  Eagle 
  Harbor 
  and 
  one 
  at 
  Uganak 
  Lake, 
  Kodiak 
  Island. 
  Racks 
  

   were 
  constructed 
  and 
  the 
  salmon 
  runs 
  were 
  investigated 
  with 
  the 
  

   view 
  of 
  ascertaining 
  if 
  the 
  conditions 
  warrant 
  the 
  establishment 
  of 
  

   permanent 
  stations 
  in 
  these 
  fields. 
  

  

  At 
  the 
  Yes 
  Bay, 
  Alaska, 
  station 
  there 
  was 
  a 
  slight 
  shortage 
  in 
  the 
  

   collection 
  of 
  blueback 
  salmon 
  eggs, 
  owing 
  to 
  low-water 
  stages 
  early 
  

   in 
  the 
  season, 
  followed 
  later 
  by 
  heavy 
  rains 
  and 
  freshets, 
  which 
  

   partly 
  destroyed 
  the 
  retaining 
  racks 
  and 
  allowed 
  the 
  escape 
  of 
  several 
  

  

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