Spring Chinook salmon

A smiling man in sunglasses, t-shirt, and waders, admires a huge Chinook salmon in spawning colors (reddish).
Photo By/Credit
Julia Pinnix/USFWS
Media Usage Rights/License
Public Domain
Image
Greg Fraser, a biologist for the Mid-Columbia Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office, admires a huge spring Chinook salmon during a surplusing event at Leavenworth National Fish Hatchery. In years when the hatchery gets more fish returning than are needed for broodstock, extra fish are given to tribes as part of the hatchery's tribal trust responsibilities.
Facility
Leavenworth National Fish Hatchery
Mid-Columbia Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office
Species
Oncorhynchus tshawytscha
Subject tags
Anadromous fish
Biologists (USFWS)
Fish hatcheries
Fishes
Research