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Fall Life In The River

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Coho fry

Slowly releasing our Coho fry back into their home of the Serpentine River. All healthy and some already taking bugs off the surface of the water! https://www.facebook.com/HatcheryTynehead/videos/2353245194920950

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Small but mighty Coho fry in our Hatchery. Feeding well and looking

Lots of mouths to feed here!

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Our New Year babies!!

Who can see the Coho alevin? Who can see the eggs hatching to Alevin?

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Salmon in the Classroom Coho release

We would usually be having our local school groups releasing their young Coho salmon with all their students who were involved in raising Tynehead Hatchery Coho eggs to the fry stage. Thanks to the help of our volunteers, teachers are … Continue reading

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Coho Alevins

Our Coho babies have almost all hatched to the Alevin stage. Those are yolk sacs on their tummies-food for the next month. As this yolk sac gets absorbed, they will slowly turn into a fry salmon. At this point these … Continue reading

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Coho Smolts head out to the ocean

50,000 Coho smolts. Returned to the Serpentine River. Smolts are just over a year old and will head directly to the ocean. Inch creek takes a portion of our Coho eggs and raise them to smolt stage for us. Usually … Continue reading

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Invasive Species fish!

This small carp was found in one of our fish ponds which means that it found its way into the Serpentine River by being released into the river. Please remind all you know not to be releasing any type of … Continue reading

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Volunteers Play In The Mud at Tynehead Hatchery!

There’s not many times you will see full grown men and women (many of them seniors!) playing in the mud! With the Help from Our Community Partners our volunteers were turned into kids again this spring! All thanks to Major … Continue reading

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Spring 2020

There was a lot of stuff happening this spring: Coho Alevins https://www.facebook.com/HatcheryTynehead/videos/499484974272326/?t=5 Chinook Salmon fry at the Hatchery ready for release back into the Serpentine. https://www.facebook.com/HatcheryTynehead/videos/170888567574290/?t=6

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