ODFW Fish & Game Commission Visit GRWB STEP Hatchery Facility

ODFW Fish & Game Commission visited the GRWB STEP Gardiner Hatchery facility on April 17th. Their tour included descriptions of hatchery operations and GRWB STEP goals to continue production for a terminal fall Chinook salmon fishery in the Umpqua River estuary.

Doug Buck, GRWB STEP vice president, explains the working of the new technology “Redd Zone” salmon egg incubators. The incubation boxes, using only 5 gallons of water per day, incubate and hatch salmon eggs more efficiently than older style stacked egg trays.