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Sorting salmon in holding ponds

Description

Sorting salmon in holding ponds. Immature or green fish are left in pondsuntil mature, usually about a week later. Preparatory to removing eggs forartificial propagation at the Big White Salmon Hatchery.

Credit

NOAA Central Library Historical Fisheries Collection

Photographer

W. E. Kubichek

Display Date

1947

Location

Washington, Big White Salmon Hatchery

Collection

Historic Fisheries