Salmon

Hatchery
By: Lucas Haystead

How do they do it? Part 1

They

make a fish trap and put it in a likely

spot then once they get one they go
back to the hatchery. Then the salmon
are monitored until there ready to spawn.
They know when there ready to spawn
when the eggs just starting to come out.
The next step is to harvest the eggs and
the sperms then combine them to fertilize
them.

How they do it? Part 2

The

fertilized eggs are counted then put

on heath trays inside the incubation room.
Each tray is labeled with fish type counted
and dated to help keep track of each
species. Filtered creek water is
continuously used to run over the eggs
the temperature is even monitored by
volunteers.

How they do it? Part 3

The

eggs hatch when an accumulated

temperature reaches predetermined
level. Once hatched the salmon are
what's referred as a alevin stage, this
means that the salmons egg sac is still
attached. The salmon use this energy
from the egg sac to grow. The fish are
then counted and removed from the
trays and placed in an outside trough.

How they do it? Part 4

The

thing there placed into is referred as a

cap trough or capilano trough. This
occurs in February or march. Creek water
is pumped through this trough and the fish
are fed a specified amount dependent
on there numbers and there average
weight. The fish are raised in the trough
until there big enough to be put into the
rearing pond or released.

How they do it? part 5

This

generally occurs in May of each

year when the previous years stock is
ready to be released from the rearing
pond into the creek, to go on their
journey to the sea. During the Coho fry
release some of the fish are transported
to and released into different tributaries
and areas of Hoy and Scott creeks.

How they do it? part 6

However

the majority of the fry are

released directly into Hoy creek directly
from the rearing pond. This completes the
cycle of the hatchery, from returning
spawner to egg to alevin to fry to being
released to the wild in hopes of returning
in three to four years.

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