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SUMMARY OF OPERATIONS OM CONTRACT WO. W-28-094~eng-33
FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER 1946
Work continued on all. phases of our project with the collection of ,

data for report writing receiving the major effort.
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Applied Fisheries Laboratory at the University of Washington
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The basio program of measuring the effects of the exposure of aay

aquatic. organism in various sages of development to I-rays contimad.

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data on the return of irradiated fish from the sea and the analysis of

One additional spawning male chinook salmon was recovered
during the month in the Samish River.

This recovery brings

the total spammers recovered to twenty three.

These fish were

produced by parents that were exposed to Ierays (100 r), prior

to spawning in October of 1943, or from "control" fish.
Four of the fish recovered were females from which the

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eggs were removed and fertilized with sperm from a male

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chinook with a similar history of treatment.

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of eggs recsived are being incubated and data are being gathered

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on the different mortalities, development, etc. From fer-

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tilization to the "eyed" stage the eggs produced from the progeny

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‘of the 100 r parents have experienced a moh higher mortality

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than those from the "controls".
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The ran of adult sockeye salmon entering Cultus Lake, BCé

has been continuously inspected.for marked fish, It was thought
that some of the marked fingerling fish released into the lake,
#Section numbers refer to the Project Chronology Chart, revised Jamary 2, 1946.
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