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BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 
The following data, representing the output from this hatchery from July, 1892, 
to September, 1900, was furnished by Mr. Callbreath: 
Year. 
Redfish. 
Cohoes. 
Number adults 
passed over dam. 
Total num- 
ber of fry 
hatched. 
Number of fry planted 
and locality. 
Number adults 
passed over dam. 
Total num- 
ber of fry 
hatched. 
Number of fry planted 
and locality. 
Males. 
Females. 
Hatchery 
lake. 
Other 
lakes. 
Males. 
Females. 
Home 
lake. 
Falls 
Creek. 
1892.. . 
1893.. . 
1894.. . 
1895.. . 
1896.. . 
1897.. . 
1898.. . 
1899.. . 
1900.. . 
i 3, 000 
i 3, 010 
2,438 
2, 799 
1,617 
1,817 
1,189 
1,058 
(!) 
( 2 ) 
2,016 
2, 497 
2,008 
1,572 
821 
1, 175 
600, 000 
1, 888, 000 
4. 928. 000 
4. 960. 000 
3. 880. 000 
2, 000, 000 
1.800.000 
1, 385, 000 
600, 000 
1, 888, 000 
3. 928. 000 
2, 960, 000 
2. 780. 000 
2, 000, 000 
1.800.000 
1, 385, 000 
3 1,000,000 
•1 2, 000, 000 
3 1,100,000 
il,151 
256 
134 
374 
590 
158 
991 
( 2 ) • 
230 
204 
338 
500 
142 
963 
416. 000 
363. 000 
515. 000 
510. 000 
526.000 
250. 000 
950, 000 
350. 000 
313. 000 
515. 000 
375. 000 
526. 000 
250. 000 
890. 000 
66, 000 
50. 000 
135, 000 
60. 000 
10, 918 
10,089 21,441,000 
17,341,000 
4, 100, 000 
2,503 2,377 | 3,530,000 
3,219,000 
311 , 000 
1,991 
1,863 
None stripped; fish allowed to 
seek natural spawning beds. 
526 1 482 1 None strij 
seek nati 
peel ; fish allowed to 
iral spawning beds. 
i Both sexes; not included in total. 2 Not known. 3 To Burnett Lake. * To Francis Lake. 
In this record it should be remembered that, the number of fish passed over the 
dam is not the number stripped. The number recovered for spawning purposes varies 
so much that no percentage can be stated, and what becomes of those not stripped is 
a mystery to the hatchery people. For instance, in 1899 there were passed over the 
dam between July 16th and October 26th 1,175 female and 1,058 male redfish, 
a total of 2,233, and from August 29th to November 14th 963 female and 991 male 
cohoes, making a total of 1,954; of this number 1,367 redfish and 1,231 cohoes were 
recovered; this includes not only all spawned fish, but all found dead along the 
shores after diligent and repeated search. 
The following experience at the hatchery may be of interest and worthy of 
record: On September 23. 1898, about 20 spawners were allowed to enter one of the 
hatchery ponds and spawn. On April 13, 1899, nearly seven months later, these 
spawning-beds were turned over and a number of young fish found with the egg-sac 
not yet absorbed. The same run of fish stripped and hatched in the troughs had the 
egg-sacs absorbed two months prior to that time. It is the opinion at the hatchery 
that the young go to sea in from 10 to 15 months after they are hatched, though 
some remain in the lake until they are from 20 to 24 months old. 
Mr. Callbreath is positive that his fish will return, but he now believes the time 
has not yet arrived for the first output to mature. It is earnestly hoped he may 
realize all he anticipates, for the zeal and enthusiasm which he displays should meet 
with ample reward. In the meantime he is carrying on a very interesting experi- 
ment; if his fish return he will have demonstrated that salmon do return to the parent 
stream , he will have thrown much light on the age of fish, and he will have proved 
that a stream running a few fish can be made to yield abnormally. If this is demon- 
strated a law should be passed permitting the leasing of small streams for hatchery 
purposes and recognizing ownership in fish thus hatched. This would mean a great 
deal to southeastern Alaska, as it would draw settlers who could make a very good 
living by operating a hatchery and cultivating the little patches of land that are 
favorably located. 
