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Examining spawning salmon. 



Photograph showing employes of the U. S. Fish Commission at 

 the McCloucl River hatching station examining the live cars to 

 see if any salmon are sufficiently advanced for spawning pur- 

 poses. Size, 30 by 40 inches. Enlarged by electric light from 

 an 8 by 10 negative. Baird, Oal., 1882. U. S. Eish Com- 

 mission. 



FlSH-CULTURAL OPERATIONS. 



Photograph showing a group of men fishing for salmon, and taking,, 

 impregnating, and washing eggs before placing them in the 

 apparatus in the hatchery. Size, 30 by 40 inches. Enlarged 

 by electric light from an 8 by 10 negative. Grand Lake Stream,, 



Me., 1882. (769) 2,233. U. S. Fish Commission. 



Taking salmon eggs. 



Photograph showing the U. S. Fish Commission spawn-takers engaged 

 in stripping salmon to secure eggs for hatching purposes. Size, 

 30 by 40 inches. Enlarged by electric light from an 8 by 10 

 negative. Washington, D. C, 1882. (634) 2,132. TJ. S. Fish 

 Commission. 



Tagging salmon. 



Photograph of a man fastening a small numbered platinum tag to 

 the dorsal fin of a salmon from which eggs have been taken 

 before returning the fish to the river. This method of tagging 

 is practiced by Mr. C. G. Atkins to give a clue to the movements 

 of the fish that have passed through his hands. Before the sal- 

 mon is liberated, its length and weight, together with the date, 

 are accurately recorded, and when it is recaptured the same facts 

 are noted, thus giving the growth and something of the move- 

 ments in a known period. Size, 30 by 40 inches. Enlarged 

 by electric light from an 8 by 10 negative. Bucksport, Me., 

 1882. (756)2,217. U. S. Fish Commission. 



Taking shad eggs. 



Photograph showing employes of the TJ. S. Fish Commission engaged 

 in stripping shad at the Sutton Beach Fishery in Albemarle 

 Sound, Size, 30 by 40 inches. Enlarged by electric light 

 from an 8 by 10 negative. Avoca, N. C, 1877. 2,254. TJ. S. 

 Fish Commission. 



Work at central hatching station. 



Photograph of employes of the TJ. S. Fish Commission receiving shad 

 eggs thaU have been transported from the fishery stations 20 

 miles distant, on the McDonald crates. One man is engaged in 

 unstrapping the crates, another in removing the eggs to hatch- 



