Features
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Stock Exchange: Sustained Collaboration Produces Healthier Fish
What do you get when two hatchery programs combine forces?
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It's moving day at Quinault National Fish Hatchery!
We have had the Quinault Indian Nation's (Nation) Salmon River steelhead on station for about nine months and it’s time for them to go back the tribe's facilities!
what's happening at the hatchery
The Adults Are Here!!!
Spawning is scheduled for Wednesday, Nov. 7th and 8th. We will be spawning chum and sorting through over 4,000 fish on those two days! There will be a further coho spawn Nov. 13th or 14th.
Stop on in to see the crew going through Coho, Steelhead, and Chum! Call 360-288-2508 for more information on spawning days.
Hope to see you here!
Recent Fish Returns
As of November 05, 2018, 7891 adult Coho have returned to Quinault NFH.
As of November 05, 2018, 63 adult Winter Steelhead have returned to Quinault NFH.
As of November 05, 2018, 648 adult Chum have returned to Quinault NFH.
Fisheries In the news
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July 31, 2018 - Fall salmon seasons kick off Aug. 1 with mixed forecasts (Oregon DFW)
July 6, 2018 - (Tribal Tribune) CTFW utilize beavers in Methow salmon recovery work
March 30, 2018 - Idaho summer chinook fishing may heat up
March 28, 2018 - Idaho spring Chinook fishing set to open April 28
March 6, 2018 - JFAC sets Fish & Game budget, includes takeover of Hagerman Fish Hatchery from feds The Idaho Department of Fish & Game will take over
A hatchery in a rainforest
Quinault National Fish Hatchery is nestled into the rainforest near Olympic National Park. In the park's valleys are some of the largest remnants of ancient forests left in the country.
