Channel Catfish Brood Pens at Tishomingo National Fish Hatchery in 1949

View of fish pens - a large rectangular pool that runs to either side, and is divided into a least 6 sections by metal mesh barriers with wooden frames. A man (wearing wading boots and a broadbrimmed hat) is in the act of placing a fish (Channel Catfish) into the water (from a small metal bucket placed on wall above the pool. Another man (also wearing a hat) stands in the section in the center, handling a large ceramic jar. Grassy area on the bank behind the pool in the background.
Photo By/Credit

E.P. Haddon

Date Shot/Created
05/01/1949
Media Usage Rights/License
Public Domain
Image
Original caption: Channel Catfish brood pens - fish being placed in the first pen and nesting jar going into the second pen. Each pen has a nesting jar and contains one pair of Catfish. Personnel: J.C. Standifer, and W.O. Cox. Tishomingo National Fish Hatchery, Oklahoma. May 1949.
Facility
Tishomingo National Fish Hatchery
Species
Ictalurus punctatus
Subject tags
Employees (USFWS)
Equipment
Fish hatcheries
Fisheries
Fisheries management
Fishes
History