The evaluation of hatchery programs at Coleman National Fish Hatchery (CNFH) and Livingston Stone NFH (LNFH) are an integral part of the Service's high priority program to restore upper Sacramento River stocks of chinook salmon and steelhead trout.

The Primary Goals of the Hatchery Evaluation Program are:

1. To assist the hatchery to maximize contributions to the commercial and sport fisheries, and/or escapement to the upper Sacramento River consistent with the facility's "mitigation" responsibility for the Central Valley Project (i.e. Construction of Shasta Dam)
   
2. To analyze and assist in minimizing/eliminating impacts on natural stocks resulting from the propagation programs.

Reports

Biological Assessment of Artificial Propagation at Coleman National Fish Hatchery and Livingston Stone National Fish Hatchery (180 MB)