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Hatchery Project

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The Hakai Sport Fishing Association Hatchery Program 

Meet the hatchery volunteers and see how the hatchery program works. Al Crow, above, works hard to first catch the chinook salmon on barbless hook and 20 pound line. (It's a tough job, but someone has to do it!)

 One of the many challenges is how to get around. Jim Rough donated a pickup truck to transport crew and gear from the old logging camp in Killbella Bay to the various pools up river. Two four-wheelers are also used and work better when the road washes out. While fishing for these chinook or maintaining what's been captured, the thrill of HUGE grizzly bears keeps everyone on their toes and alert. Each crew carries a 12 gauge shotgun.

 Finding productive pools to fish for these prime chinook isn't hard at all. And each fish is pretty smart too, 'cause they escaped the talents of hundreds of anglers throughout the coast. All kidding aside, these prime native chinook are kept in tubes surrounded by portable electric fences to ensure their safety from the bears. Did you know that one male fish can service several females? And did you know that the male can rejuvenate himself and continue to provide sperm to fertilize the female's eggs?

When the hatchery crew arrives at the productive pools, they bring more fish tubes to add to the tubes in the river. Once the pool fills with tubed chinook, others hone in on the smell of the mature fish, providing easier angling action.

Once a chinook is landed in the net, one of the crew will unhook the fish and then take a sample from the gill plate. This is done with a paper hole punch. Biologists can learn allot from these samples. Sometimes it's a challenge to hold the fish steady.

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