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  ALASKA 
  FISHERIES 
  AND 
  FUK 
  INDUSTRIES, 
  1913. 
  

  

  1,000,000 
  fry 
  resulted, 
  a 
  loss 
  of 
  56 
  per 
  cent. 
  These 
  eggs 
  were 
  taken 
  

   by 
  the 
  old 
  process, 
  and 
  were 
  allowed 
  to 
  stand 
  in 
  pans 
  too 
  long 
  before 
  

   washing 
  up. 
  They 
  were 
  also 
  subject 
  to 
  shock 
  from 
  concussion 
  during 
  

   the 
  very 
  tender 
  period 
  of 
  an 
  hour 
  or 
  so 
  while 
  water 
  hardening. 
  

  

  From 
  September 
  3 
  on 
  to 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  season 
  the 
  remaining 
  

   7,855,000 
  eggs 
  were 
  taken 
  by 
  the 
  modified 
  process 
  of 
  incision 
  and 
  

   immediate 
  washing, 
  and 
  there 
  was 
  a 
  loss 
  of 
  but 
  720,000 
  or 
  approxi- 
  

   mately 
  9 
  per 
  cent. 
  This 
  is 
  a 
  positive 
  demonstration 
  of 
  the 
  pronounced 
  

   value 
  of 
  the 
  new 
  method 
  of 
  egg 
  taking 
  as 
  compared 
  with 
  the 
  old. 
  

  

  Finishing 
  touches, 
  including 
  painting, 
  have 
  been 
  made 
  to 
  the 
  new 
  

   hatchery 
  building 
  erected 
  in 
  June, 
  1912, 
  upon 
  the 
  site 
  of 
  the 
  old 
  

   buUding. 
  The 
  new 
  structure 
  is 
  87 
  feet 
  long 
  and 
  24 
  feet 
  wide, 
  has 
  

   10-foot 
  walls, 
  and 
  is 
  provided 
  with 
  a 
  gable 
  roof. 
  The 
  building 
  is 
  6 
  

   feet 
  wider 
  and 
  a 
  few 
  feet 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  old 
  structure, 
  and 
  is 
  devoted 
  

   entirely 
  to 
  hatchery 
  work. 
  In 
  the 
  old 
  building 
  a 
  section 
  of 
  12 
  feet 
  at 
  

   one 
  end 
  was 
  partitioned 
  off 
  as 
  quarters 
  for 
  employees. 
  A 
  separate 
  

   building, 
  16 
  by 
  24 
  feet, 
  has 
  since 
  been 
  erected 
  for 
  use 
  as 
  a 
  dwelling. 
  

   The 
  equipment 
  of 
  the 
  hatchery, 
  which 
  formerly 
  consisted 
  of 
  30 
  

   troughs 
  of 
  two 
  lengths, 
  has 
  been 
  supplemented 
  by 
  the 
  construction 
  

   of 
  20 
  additional 
  troughs. 
  The 
  normal 
  capacity 
  of 
  the 
  station 
  is 
  now 
  

   about 
  17,000,000 
  red-salmon 
  eggs. 
  Another 
  fry 
  pond 
  has 
  been 
  in 
  

   process 
  of 
  construction 
  this 
  summer. 
  

  

  The 
  take 
  of 
  eggs 
  for 
  the 
  1913-14 
  season 
  began 
  August 
  11, 
  and 
  

   resulted 
  in 
  a 
  collection 
  of 
  18,400,000 
  eggs. 
  This 
  is 
  by 
  far 
  the 
  largest 
  

   number 
  in 
  the 
  history 
  of 
  the 
  station. 
  When 
  egg 
  taking 
  was 
  discon- 
  

   tinued 
  because 
  of 
  lack 
  of 
  further 
  hatchery 
  space 
  it 
  was 
  estimated 
  

   that 
  there 
  were 
  still 
  fish 
  enough 
  in 
  the 
  lake 
  for 
  4,000,000 
  eggs. 
  The 
  

   hatchery 
  barrier 
  was 
  removed 
  and 
  these 
  fish 
  were 
  allowed 
  to 
  go 
  up 
  

   stream 
  to 
  spawn 
  naturally. 
  

  

  Judging 
  by 
  fishing 
  operations, 
  also 
  by 
  egg 
  collections 
  at 
  the 
  Fort- 
  

   mann 
  and 
  Yes 
  Bay 
  stations, 
  the 
  run 
  of 
  red 
  salmon 
  in 
  southeast 
  Alaska 
  

   was 
  lighter 
  than 
  usual. 
  It 
  would 
  seem 
  that 
  the 
  explanation 
  of 
  the 
  

   very 
  heavy 
  take 
  at 
  the 
  Quadra 
  hatchery 
  lies 
  in 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  fishing 
  

   operations 
  off 
  the 
  stream 
  at 
  the 
  foot 
  of 
  the 
  lake 
  were 
  prosecuted 
  less 
  

   vigorously 
  this 
  season 
  than 
  heretofore 
  and 
  more 
  spawning 
  fish 
  got 
  

   up 
  to 
  the 
  lake. 
  This 
  suggests 
  the 
  urgent 
  need 
  of 
  caution 
  in 
  not 
  fish- 
  

   ing 
  too 
  close 
  to 
  the 
  stream 
  mouth 
  in 
  future. 
  

  

  Hetta. 
  

  

  During 
  the 
  period 
  from 
  September 
  1 
  to 
  December 
  14, 
  1912, 
  a 
  

   take 
  of 
  3,780,000 
  red-salmon 
  eggs 
  was 
  made 
  at 
  the 
  Hetta 
  hatchery. 
  

   A 
  total 
  of 
  1 
  ,265 
  females 
  were 
  handled 
  for 
  an 
  average 
  of 
  slightly 
  imder 
  

   3,000 
  eggs 
  each. 
  The 
  eggs 
  were 
  of 
  very 
  good 
  quality, 
  the 
  loss 
  of 
  

   188,000 
  running 
  under 
  5 
  per 
  cent. 
  Up-to-date 
  methods 
  of 
  fish 
  

   culture 
  were 
  followed. 
  The 
  first 
  fry 
  were 
  planted 
  March 
  1 
  and 
  the 
  

   last 
  July 
  16, 
  1913, 
  the 
  total 
  number 
  liberated 
  being 
  3,592,000. 
  The 
  

  

  