﻿FISHERY 
  INDUSTRIES. 
  

  

  67 
  

  

  private 
  companies. 
  The 
  two 
  Federal 
  stations 
  are 
  located 
  at 
  Yes 
  Lake 
  

   and 
  on 
  Afognak 
  Island. 
  There 
  were 
  also 
  two 
  small 
  temporary 
  experi- 
  

   mental 
  field 
  stations 
  operated 
  by 
  the 
  Government, 
  one 
  at 
  Eagle 
  Lake 
  

   and 
  the 
  other 
  at 
  Uganik 
  Lake, 
  both 
  on 
  Kodiak 
  Island. 
  Of 
  the 
  

   private 
  establishments, 
  the 
  Alaska 
  Packers 
  Association 
  has 
  one 
  on 
  

   Naha 
  stream 
  and 
  another 
  on 
  Karluk 
  River; 
  the 
  Northwestern 
  Fish- 
  

   eries 
  Co. 
  has 
  plants 
  at 
  Quadra 
  Lake 
  and 
  at 
  Hetta 
  Lake, 
  while 
  the 
  

   North 
  Pacific 
  Trading 
  & 
  Packing 
  Co. 
  and 
  the 
  North 
  Alaska 
  Salmon 
  

   Co. 
  operate 
  jointly 
  a 
  hatchery 
  at 
  Klawak. 
  

  

  The 
  largest 
  of 
  the 
  hatcheries 
  is 
  the 
  Fortmann 
  plant 
  on 
  Naha 
  stream, 
  

   with 
  a 
  normal 
  capacity 
  of 
  110,000,000 
  red 
  salmon 
  eggs. 
  The 
  Govern- 
  

   ment 
  stations 
  are 
  each 
  adapted 
  to 
  the 
  handUng 
  of 
  about 
  72,000,000 
  

   eggs. 
  The 
  Karluk 
  hatchery 
  can 
  handle 
  comfortably 
  48,000,000, 
  

   Quadra 
  17,000,000, 
  Hetta 
  12,000,000, 
  and 
  Klawak 
  10,000,000. 
  These 
  

   figures 
  represent 
  normal 
  capacity, 
  and 
  if 
  necessary 
  a 
  very 
  material 
  

   increase 
  can 
  be 
  made 
  by 
  putting 
  more 
  eggs 
  in 
  each 
  basket. 
  The 
  basket 
  

   of 
  usual 
  size 
  holds 
  60,000 
  red 
  salmon 
  eggs, 
  though 
  70,000 
  or 
  more 
  

   may 
  be 
  crowded 
  in 
  if 
  urgently 
  required. 
  In 
  the 
  latter 
  event 
  they 
  

   are 
  more 
  difficult 
  of 
  manipulation. 
  The 
  total 
  hatchery 
  capacity 
  

   in 
  Alaska 
  is 
  now 
  approximately 
  350,000,000 
  red 
  salmon 
  eggs 
  per 
  

   year. 
  There 
  has 
  been 
  no 
  change 
  in 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  permanent 
  stations 
  

   operated 
  since 
  the 
  completion 
  of 
  the 
  Government 
  hatchery 
  at 
  Afognak 
  

   in 
  1908. 
  

  

  The 
  season 
  of 
  1912-13 
  resulted 
  in 
  a 
  collection 
  of 
  167,189,470 
  red 
  

   salmon 
  eggs, 
  from 
  which 
  150,970,355 
  fry 
  were 
  released. 
  This 
  was 
  

   a 
  pronounced 
  falling 
  off 
  from 
  the 
  total 
  of 
  240,597,800 
  fry 
  released 
  

   the 
  previous 
  season. 
  The 
  season 
  of 
  1913-14 
  is 
  still 
  less 
  productive, 
  

   as 
  the 
  total 
  number 
  of 
  red 
  salmon 
  eggs 
  collected 
  was 
  only 
  about 
  

   134,000,000. 
  

  

  Following 
  is 
  a 
  table 
  of 
  hatchery 
  operations 
  for 
  the 
  1913 
  season: 
  

  

  Operations 
  op 
  Alaska 
  Hatcheries 
  in 
  1913. 
  

  

  stations. 
  

  

  Red 
  or 
  sock- 
  

   eye 
  salmon 
  

   eggs 
  taken 
  

   in 
  1912. 
  

  

  Red 
  or 
  sock- 
  

   eye 
  salmon 
  

   fry 
  liberated, 
  

   1912-13. 
  

  

  Per 
  cent 
  

   of 
  loss. 
  

  

  Red 
  or 
  sock- 
  

   eye 
  salmon 
  

   eggs 
  taken 
  

   in 
  1913. 
  

  

  Yes 
  Lake 
  

  

  Afognak 
  

  

  Eagle 
  Lake 
  

  

  Uganik 
  Lake 
  

  

  Fortmann 
  (Naha). 
  

  

  Karluk 
  

  

  Quadra 
  

  

  Hetta 
  

  

  Klawak 
  

  

  66,125,000 
  

   14,689,470 
  

  

  60, 
  422, 
  100 
  

   12,551,100 
  

  

  23,160,000 
  

   45, 
  600, 
  000 
  

   10, 
  000, 
  000 
  

   3, 
  780, 
  000 
  

   3, 
  835, 
  000 
  

  

  20,800,000 
  

   41,803,155 
  

  

  8, 
  127, 
  000 
  

   8 
  3, 
  592, 
  000 
  

  

  3,675,000 
  

  

  Total. 
  

  

  167, 
  189, 
  470 
  

  

  150,970,355 
  

  

  5.5 
  

   14.5 
  

  

  10.1 
  

  

  8.3 
  

   18.7 
  

   4.9 
  

   4.1 
  

  

  149, 
  

  

  no, 
  

  

  2, 
  

  

  1, 
  

  

  9, 
  

  

  34, 
  

  

  18, 
  

  

  M, 
  

  

  3, 
  

  

  050,000 
  

   989, 
  000 
  

   180,000 
  

   970, 
  000 
  

   480, 
  000 
  

   629,160 
  

   400,000 
  

   082,000 
  

   645,000 
  

  

  134,425,160 
  

  

  ' 
  Also 
  5,2,s0,000 
  humpbnck 
  eggs 
  taken 
  at 
  Ketchikan 
  substation. 
  

  

  2A 
  collection 
  of 
  13,900,000 
  humpback 
  eggs 
  also 
  made. 
  

  

  'Includes 
  542,000 
  fry 
  planted 
  after 
  July 
  1, 
  1913, 
  but 
  here 
  included 
  to 
  show 
  product 
  of 
  1912 
  take 
  of 
  eggs. 
  

  

  < 
  Last 
  report 
  received; 
  later 
  figures 
  wiU 
  show 
  slightly 
  increased 
  take. 
  

  

  Note.— 
  Of 
  the 
  Yes 
  Bay 
  collections, 
  2,000,000 
  sockeye 
  eggs 
  were 
  shipped 
  in 
  the 
  fall 
  of 
  1912, 
  also 
  again 
  in 
  

   1913, 
  to 
  the 
  Oregon 
  Fish 
  Commission 
  

  

  