Examining fingerlings

Black and white photo of man in cap and long-sleeved jacket standing knee deep in a concrete pond, looking into a shallow wooden box with slats at the bottom which is filled with fish the length of a finger.
Photo By/Credit

USFWS

Media Usage Rights/License
Public Domain
Image
Hatchery workers once used wooden boxes with slatted bottoms to scoop up and examine fingerlings (fish the length of fingers).
Facility
Leavenworth National Fish Hatchery
Subject tags
Fish hatcheries
History