California fish and game . the latter part of January. Pre- vious to the receipt of this shipment ofeggs. Fort Seward Hatchery had beenfitted up for fishcultural operations forthe season of 1917. The constructionwork commenced during September oflast year, and the repairs to the hatchingequipment were completed during the forepart of December. The salmon eggs areall hatched out and the fish are in excel-lent condition. As soon as the fish havereached the free swimming stage, theywill be distributed in Mad and Eel rivers,Humboldt County. As soon as steelhead trout eggs areready for shipment fro
California fish and game . the latter part of January. Pre- vious to the receipt of this shipment ofeggs. Fort Seward Hatchery had beenfitted up for fishcultural operations forthe season of 1917. The constructionwork commenced during September oflast year, and the repairs to the hatchingequipment were completed during the forepart of December. The salmon eggs areall hatched out and the fish are in excel-lent condition. As soon as the fish havereached the free swimming stage, theywill be distributed in Mad and Eel rivers,Humboldt County. As soon as steelhead trout eggs areready for shipment from the eyeing sta-tions, an ample supply will be shippedto Fort Seward Hatchery for stockingthe streams of Humboldt and Mendocinocounties. MOUNT SHASTA AUXILIARYSTATIONS. Owing to the extreme drought through-out the state during December and Jan-uary, the egg collecting operations weredelayed until late in February. OnFebruai-y 1 a crew was sent to thestations at Bogus and Camp creeks, onthe Klamath River. These two plants. Fig. 30. Hatchery A and breeding ponds at Mt. Shasta H. Lambson. Photograph by CALIFORNIA FISH AND GAME. were put iu shape for the seasons oper-ations, but it was uot until the latterpart of the month that the large RlamathRiver rainbow trout commenced to first spawning of the season was onFebruary 17, when 120,000 eggs of thisspecies of trout were taken. The stormsthroughout the northern part of the stateincreased the run of fish into the tribu-tary streams of the Klamath River,where our egg-collecting stations are lo-cated, and the take of rainboAV eggs nowpromises to be very good. operations and very little work was neces-sary in the way of improvement. Thehatching troughs were repainted, and afew minor repairs made to the buildingand hatching paraphernalia. The firststeelhead trout eggs were received fromthe Scott Creek Station on February 20. SCOTT CREEK STATION. As in the streams of the northern partof the state, the run of fish in S
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