ADFG Frazer Lake
(continued from page 3)
in the 1954 Annual Report of the
ADF&G.
Just after mid-July of 1954, an
other plant of green (fertilized)
red salmon eggs was made in trib
utaries. but due to the small num
bers of mature red salmon avail
able the egg plant was relatively
small.
Continuing the policy of having
a brood stock available even before
the watershed was accessible to
adult red salmon, another 320,000
eyed eggs were stocked in the west
shore streams of the lake in 1955.
As in other years, the source of red
salmon spawn was a tributory
salmon spawn was a tributary
However the planting in 1955 was
modified from that of prior years
in that eyed eggs were utilized in
stead of green or freshly fertilized
eggs. Once again the egg plant was
curtailed due to the lack of avail
able fish. From Karluk the ferti
lized eggs were taken to an incu
bation station that had been set up
in an inoperative cannery at Olga
Bay. This site was selected for an
eyeing station rather than erecting
a structure on either lake because
of the existing facilities that lent
themselves readily to this sort of
operation. The majority of the Kar
luk fish that provided the spawn
for Frazer stocking were fish that
return in their fifth or sixth year
to spawn. Therefore plans were
laid in 1955 to operate trap
and weir in 1956 just below the
barrier falls to intercept any re
turning adult red salmon resulting
from the previous egg plants. The
plan was to catch the adults and
transfer them over the falls into
the stream above after samples of
scales and other data were taken.
Capricious Nature, namely the
weather, rather drastically foiled
the well-laid plans of catching the
returning adult red salmon in 1956
however. A special trap and weir
were constructed as planned but
the anticipated drop in water depth
during mid-June and July did not
occur. Instead, heavy rains raised
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the water almost to the top of the
weir. This was the condition when
the red salmon adults appeared in
the river below the weir. Only six
salmon were taken in the trap. The
balance of the fish went over the
wire, continued upstream and be
gan jumping at the barrier falls.
However this was considered suffi
cient proof of the the return from
planting efforts in previous years
mentioned as there is no record or
knowledge of red salmon having
been in these streams before. Also,
it has been demonstrated in other
areas, that red salmon are not
noted for extending their own
range. In this case, there were
about 500 salmon jumping at the
falls. At any one time, over 200
could be counted. The six fish that
entered the trap were put above
the falls to continue their migra
tion to Frazer Lake.
During 1956 500,000 eyed eggs
were again planted n the west
shore tributary streams of Frazer
Lake—the source of the eggs was
East Creek, a tributary of Red
Lake which is a red salmon pro
ducing system adjacent to Frazer
drainage.
The return of adult red salmon
to Frazer Lake occurred during
the month of June in 1957. A total
of 320 adult salmon were trapped
in the river below the falls and
were carried one at a time in a
five-gallon bucket of water around
the falls and placed back into the
stream.
In 1958 a pilot plant of 42 adult
salmon was made with fish from
the Red River. Success with this
method would preclude the neces
sity of continuing the more expen
sive egg planting methods. The av
erage female red salmon has an
egg potential of 3,000.
In 1959 a total of 62 red salmon
were trapped and carried over the
falls. These were salmon produced
from egg plants returning to
spawn.
During the summer of 1960, a
total of 440 red salmon, 287 fe
males and 153 males, were received
back and carried over the barrier
falls.
In 1961, adult salmon were again
caught from Red River and placed
in a special fashioned live tank
and hauled for release in the
Frazer system. During 1962, this
method of transplanting adult sal
mon will be continued.
Construction of the Frazer proj
ect will provide paralleled runs of
steep-passes consisting of prefab
ricated modified “Denil-type” fish
paths over a 33-foot rise in four
steps with resting pools to check
fish preference and performance.
This in turn would necessitate an
accelerated program of introducing
eggs into the Frazer system.
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Mrs. Margaret F. Carrol, Deputy
Executive Secretary of the
American Nurses’ Association
will participate in the eleventh
annual convention of the Alaska
Nurses’ Association which opens
in Homer June 11. She will be
on a panel on psychiatric illness
to be conducted by the staff of
the Alaska Department of Men
tal Health with Miss Helen
Graves as moderator. Mrs. Bern
adine Mutch of Anchor Point is
president of the Alaska Associa
tion.
Swipes PNA Car
Gets 120 Days
David Kawagley, unemployed,
was sentenced to 120 days in jail
by Magistrate Mabel Fenner on a
charge of operating a motor ve
hicle without the owner’s consent.
Kawagley specifically had taken a
PNA vehicle without permission on
June 2nd. He was also fined $50
for not having a drivers license.
On condition that he not drink
or otherwise break any laws, 60
days of the 120 day sentence was
suspended. He was taken to An
chorage to serve his sentence.
OK U of A Loan
Washington (/P) — Alaska’s Con
gressional delegation has been no
tified of the approval of a $1,200,
000 loan to enable the University
of Alaska to build a dining hall to
serve students.
FORFEITS BAIL
Moses Malutin forfeited a $25
bail after being arrested on a
drunk charge this week.
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Dogs Immediately
Dog owners were given another
warning today regarding pets run
ning loose.
Chief R. E. Vickery quoted the
following two sections from the
new state law on dogs:
“Section 2: All dogs running at
large without a metal tag and reg
istered can be picked up and de
stroyed at once.
“Section 3: No officer of the
state may be civilly liable for de
struction of a dog pursuant to pro
visions of this act.”
On Again, Off
Again—Finnegan!
Anchorage (/P)—Unless the state
supreme court modifies an injunc
tion issued by a lower court in Ju
neau, the capital city location issue
apparently will be omitted from
absentee ballots of the coming pri
mary election. The issue is pending
before the highest state court on
appeal from the Juneau superior
court. More than 7,000 Alaskans
have petitioned asking that the
people of the state be allowed to
vote on the capital location.
CAB Hearings Set
Washington (/P)—The Civil Aero
nautics Board has set June 18th
as the tentative date to start hear
ings on a CAB proposal to revise
air service pattern between Alaska
and Pacific Northwest States. Ses
sions will be held at such locations
as “best accommodate carriers and
cities,” said CAB Examiner Wil
liam F. Madden.
Reason is one thing that would
be more useful if every man gave
it his whole-hearted support.
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