FISHERIES OF ALASKA IN 1909. 
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Lake hatchery during this month) the hatcheries were able to prevent 
their dams and racks from being washed out, and all, with the ex- 
ception of Fortmann hatchery, where the water was so high as to 
interfere seriously with seining, secured all the eggs they were able 
to handle. 
The Northwestern Fisheries Company has constructed at its Hetta 
hatchery a large corral of wire netting in which to retain the fry for 
a short time. 
Output of the Salmon Hatcheries of Alaska. 
Hatcheries. 
Year ending June 30, 1909. 
Red, or sockeye. 
Coho, or silver. 
Humpback. 
Eggs 
taken. 
Fry 
liberated. 
Eggs 
taken. 
Fry 
liberated. 
Eggs 
taken. 
Fry 
liberated. 
Y es Lake 
50, 000, 000 
46, 380, 000 
24, 465, 000 
40, 320, 000 
3, 500, 000 
8, 400, 000 
3, 325, 000 
48. 653. 000 
39, 325, 870 
22, 785, 000 
37.105.000 
3.200.000 
8. 143.000 
3,025,750 
17, 000 
9,900 
Afognak 
10,000 
Fortmann 
Karluk 
Klawak 
Hetta 

Quadra 
Total 

176, 390, 000 
162,237,620 
17,000 
9, 900 
1 
1 
10, 000 
Hatcheries. 
Eggs taken, 1909-10. 
Red, or 
sockeye. 
Coho, or 
silver. 
Hump- 
back. 
Yes Lake 
1 
72, 000, 000 
76. 020. 000 
53. 340. 000 
45. 228. 000 
(a) 
8, 000, 000 
9, 660, 000 
5, 000 
Afognak 
499, 400 
Fortmann 
Karluk 
Klawak 
Hetta 
Quadra 
Total 
264,248,000 
5,000 
499, 400' 
a No report received. 
One of the most interesting fish-cultural experiments undertaken 
on the Pacific coast is that of Mr. John C. Callbreath in southeast 
Alaska. Mr. Callbreath has been a resident of Alaska for many 
years, and was manager of the Point Ellis salmon cannery until it was 
destroyed by fire in 1892. He was one of the first who saw that 
the apparently inexhaustible salmon runs in Alaska could not last 
forever, and in 1892 opened a rude little hatchery on Point Ellis 
Stream. A high September tide carried away the eggs; but the 
burning of the cannery left him with leisure to carry out a plan 
which he had been revolving in his mind for some time. This was 
to select a stream that under normal conditions carried but a few 
thousand red salmon, and by artificial propagation increase the 
production to hundreds of thousands, with the ultimate hope that if 
