Examining fingerlings | FWS.gov

Black and white photo of man in cap and long-sleeved jacket standing knee deep in a concrete pond, looking into a shallow wooden box with slats at the bottom which is filled with fish the length of a finger.

Photo By/Credit

USFWS

Media Usage Rights/License

Public Domain

Image

Hatchery workers once used wooden boxes with slatted bottoms to scoop up and examine fingerlings (fish the length of fingers).

Facility

Leavenworth National Fish Hatchery

Subject tags

Fish hatcheries

History