Leading a fish to water: The process of raising fish in the Fairbanks Hatchery

Leading a fish to water: The process of raising fish in the Fairbanks Hatchery
Richard Atkin
© Richard Atkin
The Fairbanks Ruth Burnett Sport Fish Hatchery raises and stocks various species of fish in over 100 lakes across Interior Alaska.
FAIRBANKS, Alaska (KTVF) - The Ruth Burnett Sport Fish Hatchery is responsible for stocking many fishing lakes in Interior Alaska every year.
According to Travis Hyer, Manager of the Ruth Burnett Sport Fish Hatchery, the hatchery raises a variety of different fish annually. “The bulk of what we raise are rainbow trout. But we also produce arctic char, lake trout, king salmon, and silver salmon. Both salmon species are only for lake stocking. In fact, everything we do in this facility is just for lake stocking so while we are producing salmon, they never go in a river system.”

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