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Archive Home > 2007 > November > 25 > Hatchery fish get a taste of the wild

Hatchery fish get a taste of the wild

Officials at one hatchery hope letting their fish experience a natural setting will help them survive later in life

By Kate Ramsayer / The Bulletin
November 25, 2007

Biologists at the Round Butte fish hatchery are trying to see if they can teach chinook salmon some survival skills.

While hatchery fish are sheltered from hungry birds and river otters, half of the salmon at this hatchery west of Madras are finding out — in many cases the hard way....

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