2006 May - Hatchery Manager's Report
This year's annual fish planting was completed during March and April. Coho Salmon were planted into Scotts, Waddell, Pescadero and Aptos Creeks, totaling 25,917 Coho Salmon. Scotts Creek Steelhead totaling 6,568 fish were put into Scotts Creek, and San Lorenzo River Steelhead totaling 7,774 were put back into the San Lorenzo River. This year’s spawning has been completed. Coho Salmon from the Captive Brood Stock Project with NOAA Fishery were spawned for the first time in this, the extinct year class, for Coho Salmon on the Central Coast. From 16 females only 5,006 eyed eggs were produced. About 2,000 are now fry in the trough, with a couple more fish remaining in the incubators to swim up.
A total of 3 Scotts Creek female Steelhead were spawned producing 9,527 eyed eggs, 5,800 have been put into tanks for rearing in the Hatchery and 3,458 have been planted out by NOAA fisheries.
A total of 11 San Lorenzo River female Steelhead were spawned, producing 52,758 eyed eggs. So far 43,000 are out in troughs, with 2 females still in incubation.
I will be working at the Lower Harbor during this year’s Big Fish Derby. If any of you have questions about the Hatchery, or would like to volunteer for one of the many projects we are working on, please feel free to come by and talk.
