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RETURNING MARKED SOCKEYE SALMON SALMONThe The planting of Alaska sockeyc salmon in the Columbia River is yielding results of notable in ¬ terest In the spring of 1916 yearling sockeyes hatched from eggs received from the Yes Bay hatchery and retired in the ponds of the state hatch ¬ ery at Bouiieville Oregon were liberated in the Columbia River About 50000 of these were marked before planting by the removal of ventral and adi ¬ pose fins The success achieved as proved by the capture of hundreds of marked salmon is con ¬ sidered one of the most important and interesting experiments iu salmon marking ever undertaken iu America
