ABSTRACT:
Fish hatcheries are an important tool in the Fish and Wildlife Service's efforts to restore threatened and endangered aquatic species. Unfortunately, these facilities sometimes face the same contaminant risks encountered by commercial hatcheries. When such issues are identified, the Serviceﾒs Division of Environmental Quality and its environmental contaminants specialistsﾗwho have expertise in sampling and analytical methods, ecotoxicology, and risk assessmentﾗ are uniquely poised to help.