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of salmon shipped from Eureka per year was less than 500,000. In 

 1899, 470,806 pounds were shipped from this territory. Five years 

 later, 1904, the total number of pounds had increased to 1,877,000. 



In 1902 this hatchery made the first plant in the state of steelhead 

 trout fry. After the spring of 1906, when the restriction prohibiting 

 netting became effective, there was a marked increase apparent. In 

 operating one small trap on Price Creek (which was at different times 

 flooded) the largest number of steelhead eggs ever taken in Humboldt 

 County was secured. In 1916 the hatchery was moved to a point on 

 Eel River near Fort Seward. 



UKIAH HATCHERY. 



During the season of 1897 Mr. A. W. Foster, president of the San 

 Francisco and North Pacific Railroad Company, being desirous of add- 

 ing to the attractions of the .streams along the line of his road by thor- 

 oughly stocking them with fish, caused to be built at Ukiah a fish hatch- 

 ery having a capacity of 2,000,000 eggs, and arranged with the 

 commission to supply the hatchery with trout spawn, upon an agree- 

 ment from him that the fish should be planted in public waters. Mr. 

 Foster employed competent men to operate the hatchery, and in the 

 spring of 1897, 700,000 trout eggs were forwarded to the Ukiah Hatch- 

 ery. They were there successfully hatched and afterwards liberated in 

 the public streams of Marin, Sonoma and Mendocino counties. In the 

 spring of 1898 the commission forwarded to Ukiah 200,000 eggs. The 

 number was reduced because the water supply of the section was 

 affected by the dry season. The addition of this hatchery has been and 

 will continue to be of great assistance in stocking the 1200 miles of 

 trout water in these counties. 



In 1911 the Fish and Game Commission took over complete control 

 of the Ukiah Hatchery, since which date it has continued operations. 

 Several years ago improvements were made at the station in order to 

 permit the eyeing of all the steelhead trout eggs taken at the Snow 

 Mountain station. 



MEARS AND HAZEL CREEK STATIONS. 



During the early part of 1898 the commission caused traps to be 

 placed in Mears and Hazel creeks, tributaries of the Sacramento River, 

 near Sims, hoping to increase the output of rainbow trout. Owing to 

 the lack of rain these creeks did not rise and the usual run of spawn 

 fi.sh did not attempt to ascend them, and the project was a failure. 

 The location, however, was considered good, and the effort was renewed 

 the next year, but as the second attempt was also a failure it was 

 considered wise to abandon the location and try a point on the Truekee. 



The expense of the work at Sims was borne by the Southern Pacific 

 Company. 



VERDI EGG-COLLECTING STATION. 



Following the failure of the attemi)t to take trout spawn from the 

 Sacramento River, and still desiring to increase the output of rainbow 

 trout fry, a point on the Truekee River known as the Essex dam, near 



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