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A hand-length young salmon emerges with a stream of water from a large pipe, cascading into a river.
Photo By/Credit

Heather Love/USFWS

Date Shot/Created
09/14/2021
Media Usage Rights/License
Public Domain
Image
Young Chinook salmon smolts are typically released from the hatchery in spring, piped directly into the current of the nearby river.
Facility
Leavenworth National Fish Hatchery
Ecosystem
River/stream
Species
Oncorhynchus tshawytscha
Subject tags
Anadromous fish
Fish hatcheries
Fishes