Jordan River National Fish Hatchery

Jordan River National Fish Hatchery has produced native fishes for stocking into the Great Lakes since 1965. All fish stocking from the facility into the Great Lakes is coordinated with the Great Lakes Fishery Commission with key support from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and other federal, provincial, state and tribal natural resource agencies.

The hatchery produces more than 3 million cisco, lake, rainbow and brook trout for restoration and recreational programs in the Great Lakes region annually. In addition to providing healthy high-quality fish for fishery goals and targets, the staff assists a wide array of state, federal, tribal and public partners with natural resource related projects and enhancements across the midwest.

Conserving fish and other aquatic resources cannot be successful without the partnership of tribes. They manage or influence some of the most important aquatic habitats both on and off reservations. In addition, the federal government and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service have distinct and unique obligations toward tribes based on trust responsibility, treaty provisions and statutory mandates.

The hatchery directly assists tribes in the midwest by providing high quality fingerling and yearling lake trout for treaty waters in lakes Huron and Michigan. The hatchery also provides catchable rainbow trout to support tribal youth and elder fishing programs for the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians.