THE UNITED STATES BUREAU OF FISHERIES. 



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on tributaries of the Rogue River, Oregon, in addition to several egg-collecting 

 stations. The interests of the large salmon fisheries of the Puget Sound region 

 are safeguarded by a hatchery on Baker Lake, on the Skagit River, Washington, 

 with an important auxiliary at Birdsview. The two latest additions to the 

 western salmon hatcheries are at Yes Bay and Afognak, in Alaska, at which 

 points immense numbers of blueback or sockeye salmon are now being put forth. 

 A significant feature of artificial propagation on the Pacific seaboard is that in 

 the Columbia basin the hatching of the acclimatized shad has begun on a small 

 scale, and in the Sacramento basin the cultivation of the acclimatized striped 

 bass has commenced under conditions which indicate that more eggs of this 

 species may be obtained in California than in any of the States to which the 

 fish is native. 



Hatcheries on the Pacific Coast Streams and Lakes. 



o stations where eggs are collected and eyed. 



& Collecting stations. 



The hatcheries in the interior regions constitute the most numerous class, 

 and their output reaches the largest number of people. Their operations are 

 addressed chiefly to the so-called "game" fishes, which, while caught mostly by 

 anglers, nevertheless constitute an important element of the food supply. At 

 these stations large numbers of fish are reared to the fingerling or yearling sizes 

 before being released ; for which purpose more or less extensive pond areas are 

 required. 



