Winter-run Chinook salmon eyed eggs at Livingston Stone National Fish Hatchery

Hundreds of small orange-pink spheres, each with one or two dark dots inside them

Winter-run Chinook salmon eyed eggs at Livingston Stone National Fish Hatchery

Livingston Stone National Fish Hatchery significantly increased its collection of winter-run Chinook salmon eggs in 2022 so it could increase production of juvenile salmon. This will help maintain genetic diversity through the ongoing drought.
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Brandon Honig/USFWS
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River/stream
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Anadromous fish
Fish hatcheries
Fisheries
Fisheries management
Fishes
Rivers and streams