What: The Nashua National Fish Hatchery of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service hosts a Centennial Celebration and a public open house with exhibits and live fish viewing on the hatchery grounds in Nashua, N.H.
When: 12 noon, Saturday, June 16, 2001
Who: John E. Sununu, U.S. Congressman (1st District)
Bernard A. Streeter, Mayor, City of Nashua
Dr. Maime A. Parker, Acting Northeast Regional Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
William Knapp, Deputy Assistant Director for Fisheries and Habitat Conservation, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Marion Stoddart, Founder, Nashua River Watershed Association
Where: Nashua National Fish Hatchery,151 Broad Street, Nashua
Access the hatchery from Route 130, also called Broad Street, approximately 100 yards west of Exit 6 off the F.E. Everett Turnpike in Nashua.
The U.S. government purchased the hatchery site in 1898. The hatchery initially produced rainbow, brook, and brown trout for stocking in New England, and maintained broodstock broodstock
The reproductively mature adults in a population that breed (or spawn) and produce more individuals (offspring or progeny).
Learn more about broodstock for eggs that were distributed throughout the country.
In 1978, the focus of the hatchery shifted to raising Atlantic salmon for the Merrimack River Restoration Program. Today, the hatchery produces 4 million Atlantic salmon eggs annually for stocking and restoration programs in central New England.
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