What We Do
The North Attleboro National Fish Hatchery works to restore American shad. Our hatchery also provides hatchery-raised brook trout to state partners to support local recreational fishing opportunities.
Management and Conservation
The next time you go fishing, you might just catch a fish that was raised at our hatchery! North Attleboro National Fish Hatchery produces brook trout and American shad. The fish are stocked annually in reservoirs, lakes, and rivers across Rhode Island and Massachusetts.
Our Services
We raise three year classes of eastern brook trout, from the Sandwich strain of brook trout, and distribute these trout to the state of Massachusetts for recreational fishing programs. We also raise these brook trout for the National Broodstock Program to ensure brook trout are readily available for valued recreational fishing programs.
Our Projects and Research
Learn more about how we are helping to restore and sustain important fish and other aquatic species for the benefit of the American people.
American shad propagation began in 2006 at the hatchery and in 2008, produced its first volitional spawned Shad for the Charles River in Boston. In 2010, Shad production began for the Pawcatuck River. The Pawtuxet River was added to the propagation efforts in 2012. In 2022, the hatchery began producing larval American Shad for the Taunton River.