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Aaron Penney, Fisheries Program, discusses some of the production activities of the Nez Perce Fisheries Program Item Info

Production, which is the department that I am in, is the hatchery aspect of the fisheries program. We are made up of a variety of other sub-departments which are different programs like our fall chinook program which is working towards reestablishing a threatened and listed species of fall chinook, Snake River chinook. Currently we have three satellite facilities. Two are located on the Snake River in Hells Canyon, one at Pittsburgh Landing and the second at Captain John Rapids which is below Heller Bar. The third is located on Big Canyon Creek which is on the Clearwater River at Peck just below Orofino. At these sights we bring in fall chinook salmon smolts and sub-yearlings and we will acclimate them for a month pumping water from the river into circular tanks. We have 20-foot diameter, aluminum circular tanks. We will hold the fish there and acclimate, imprint them on that water source and then release them into the stream. We’ll do that about two or three times every spring.

Title:
Aaron Penney, Fisheries Program, discusses some of the production activities of the Nez Perce Fisheries Program
Date Created:
2002-01
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Aaron Penney, Fisheries Program, discusses some of the production activities of the Nez Perce Fisheries Program. (Interviewed by Josiah Pinkham in January 2002)
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"Aaron Penney, Fisheries Program, discusses some of the production activities of the Nez Perce Fisheries Program", Nimíipuu L3, Center for Digital Inquiry and Learning (CDIL)
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https://cdil.lib.uidaho.edu/nimiipuu-l3/items/nimiipuu-l3-165.html
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