Adult male coho salmon marked and tagged

A male coho salmon is shown in a container. It has a small round hole punched in his gill cover and a bright orange tag shaped like a short piece of spaghetti in his dorsal fin.

Photo By/Credit

Rick Alford/Yakama Nation Fisheries

Media Usage Rights/License

Public Domain

Image

This adult male coho salmon is marked and tagged, ready for transport from Wells Dam on the Columbia River to Winthrop National Fish Hatchery.

Facility

Winthrop National Fish Hatchery

Ecosystem

River/stream

Species

Oncorhynchus kisutch

Subject tags

American Indians

Anadromous fish

Fish hatcheries

Fisheries

Partnerships

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