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A hand-length young salmon emerges with a stream of water from a large pipe, cascading into a river.

Photo By/Credit

Heather Love/USFWS

Date Shot/Created

09/14/2021

Media Usage Rights/License

Public Domain

Image

Young Chinook salmon smolts are typically released from the hatchery in spring, piped directly into the current of the nearby river.

Facility

Leavenworth National Fish Hatchery

Ecosystem

River/stream

Species

Oncorhynchus tshawytscha

Subject tags

Anadromous fish

Fish hatcheries

Fishes

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