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A VISION FOR THE COWLITZ RIVER FISHERY

What a healthy, well-managed Cowlitz looks like

This is a statement of what we are working toward — not a complaint, not a filing, and not a list of grievances. It is our answer to a simple question: what would a healthy, well-managed Cowlitz River fishery look like, for the people who fish it and the fish that return to it? The Cowlitz River can once again be one of the most productive fisheries in the Pacific Northwest, and a model for how hatchery and fisheries management should be done.

The return goals below were first developed several years ago in discussion with Friends of the Cowlitz. The numbers have held up. They remain the benchmark we believe a properly managed Cowlitz can and should meet.

Sustainable Adult Return Goals

Harvestable return goals for the mid-river, Barrier Dam, and up-river reaches of the Cowlitz (Tacoma’s responsibility). Each goal includes a natural-origin component where applicable and a trophy-class target reflecting a fishery managed for quality, not just volume.

Run	Timing / Peak	Harvestable Target	Natural Origin Component- Harvestable	Trophy Component
Steelhead — Late Winter	Feb–Apr, peak March	15,000	4,500	15% trophy, 15–25 lb
Steelhead — Summer	Jun–Aug, peak July	25,000	—	15% trophy, 15–25 lb
Chinook — Spring (“Springer”)	Apr–Jun, peak May	25,000	10,000	15% trophy, 20–35 lb
Chinook — Fall	Aug–Oct, peak mid-Sept	25,000	12,000	15% trophy, 30–70 lb
Coho	Oct–Dec, peak late Oct/early Nov	30,000	12,000	15% trophy, 15–30 lb
Sea-Run Cutthroat	Fall–Winter	25,000	—	15% trophy, 3–5 lb
Rainbow Trout	Year-round, throughout river	150,000	—	—

Active goals total: 145,000 harvestable adults river-wide.

A Run We Want Back

The early winter steelhead run no longer returns to the Cowlitz. It is not included in the active total above because it does not currently exist as a fishery to manage. But its restoration is a goal shared widely across the river community, and we list it here deliberately — as a marker of what was lost, and what we would like to see rebuilt:

Run	Timing / Peak	Harvestable Target	Natural Origin Component	Trophy Component
Steelhead — Early Winter*	Nov–Feb, peak mid–late Dec	15,000 (historic)	–	15% trophy, 17–30 lb

*Historic target shown for reference; this run is not currently returning to the river.

Understanding SARs — A Measuring Tool, Not the Goal

Smolt-to-Adult Return rates — SARs — are frequently discussed in Cowlitz hatchery management. It is important to understand what SARs are, and what they are not.

SARs are a measuring tool. They are not a target, and they are not the goal. The goal is adult returns — fish in the river, available for harvest and recovery.

A SAR is simply the percentage of smolts released from a hatchery that return as adults. If a hatchery releases 1,000,000 smolts and 10,000 adults return, the SAR is 1.0%. The SAR tells you how efficiently the program is converting smolt releases into adult returns.

The Northwest Power and Conservation Council (NPCC) has established a long-term SAR goal of 2–6% above Bonneville Dam for Columbia Basin salmon and steelhead populations. This range is the scientific benchmark for what a recovering population needs to sustain itself and support harvest. It is not an arbitrary number — it is derived from decades of Columbia Basin population modeling and represents the minimum threshold for avoiding continued decline.

SARs serve two distinct measurement purposes for the Cowlitz:

1. They measure hatchery efficiency — whether the hatchery program is converting its smolt releases into the adult returns it is obligated to produce under the FERC license and Settlement Agreement.
2. They measure natural-origin recovery success — whether natural-origin fish are returning at rates sufficient to sustain and grow the wild population, which is the long-term goal of both ESA recovery planning and the mitigation framework the Cowlitz hatcheries exist to support.

What SARs are not: a substitute for adult return goals. A program can report a SAR and still be failing to produce the adult returns the community was promised. The SAR tells you the rate. The adult return goal tells you the outcome. Both matter — but the outcome is what the community fishes for, what the tribes harvest, and what the wildlife agencies count when they evaluate whether a population is recovering.

The following table shows where the Cowlitz hatchery programs currently stand against the NPCC’s 2–6% SAR rebuilding target:

Species	Cowlitz Return Data	NPCC Target	Status
Spring Chinook	99.72% DNR (0.28% SAR)	2–6%	Below replacement floor
Fall Chinook	99.97% DNR (0.033% SAR)	2–6%	Directed fishery eliminated
Coho	98.45% DNR (1.55% SAR)	2–6%	Below replacement floor
Late Winter Steelhead	99.10% DNR (0.90% SAR)	2–6%	Below replacement floor
Summer Steelhead	99.14% DNR (0.86% SAR)	2–6%	Below replacement floor

Source: WDFW/Tacoma Power Annual Program Review data. Spring Chinook: 4-yr avg. Fall Chinook: most recent year. Coho: 3-yr avg. Late Winter and Summer Steelhead: 4-yr avg. NPCC target: Marmorek et al. 1998; McCann et al. 2018.

Every Cowlitz species is currently operating below the NPCC’s 2% replacement floor — the minimum threshold below which populations continue to decline. Spring Chinook, at 0.28%, are operating at less than one-eighth of the minimum needed for replacement. This is not a measurement debate. It is the central performance fact about the Cowlitz hatchery program.

SARs Equal Harvest Plus Escapement — Not Just Fish at the Hatchery

A critical point that is often lost in Cowlitz hatchery discussions: a SAR measures the total adult return — which means all adults that survived to return to the river, including both those harvested by anglers and tribes along the way and those that escaped past the fishery to reach the hatchery separator.

Getting fish back to the hatchery separator is not the goal. Getting fish back to the river — where they can be harvested, spawn naturally, and contribute to recovery — is the goal.

The formula is straightforward:

Total Adult Return  =  Harvest  +  Hatchery Separator Escapement  +  Natural Spawner Escapement

When a hatchery manager reports that spring Chinook are ‘returning to the hatchery,’ that tells you only what reached the separator. It tells you nothing about how many were harvested along the way — or how few. On the Cowlitz, the creel data for April through June 2026 shows 5% adult spring Chinook retention across 2,252 angler checks, while the separator was recording thousands of adults. A healthy hatchery fishery should produce substantial harvest before fish ever reach the separator. A fishery where almost no fish are caught on the way in is a fishery that is failing the community — regardless of what the separator count shows.

Harvest and Recovery — The Real Goals

The adult return goals in this document are harvestable return goals — not separator escapement goals. That distinction matters enormously. Here is what a properly managed Cowlitz fishery should produce from its adult returns:

Category	Harvest Goal	Hatchery Escapement	Natural Spawner Goal	Recovery Purpose
Hatchery-Origin Returns (HOR)	75–85% harvested	15–25% to broodstock	Minimize — reduce pHOS	Harvest; sustain program
Natural-Origin Returns (NOR)	25–40% harvested	N/A	60–75% to natural spawning	Population recovery

Note: Harvest percentages are illustrative targets consistent with mark-selective fishery practice and Washington state management standards. Specific rates by species and run should be established through the FTC’s directed decision process and reflected in approved HGMPs.

The hatchery separator is the endpoint for broodstock collection — it is where the program sustains itself. But it should not be the primary measure of program success. A program that gets 10,000 adults to the separator while anglers and tribes harvest almost nothing along the way is not producing what it is supposed to produce. It is producing broodstock. The community was not promised broodstock. It was promised a fishery.

For natural-origin fish, the goal is population recovery — measurable growth in self-sustaining wild populations that can eventually support harvest independent of the hatchery program. A healthy Cowlitz should be moving toward that goal, with each brood year showing natural-origin escapement above the level needed for replacement. That progress should be measured, documented, and reported — not buried in APR production discussions focused almost entirely on hatchery separator counts.

The Cowlitz hatchery program exists to produce a fishery and to recover wild fish. Getting fish back to the separator is the minimum — not the measure of success.

Improving SARs is necessary — but it is the means, not the end. The end is 145,000 harvestable adults returning to the Cowlitz River each year, with measurable progress toward wild fish recovery. Every management decision should be evaluated against that outcome.

The Goals Are Achievable — Not Aspirational

A common objection to any adult return goal is that it is unrealistic — that hitting these numbers would require producing far more fish than the Cowlitz can support. The numbers say otherwise.

In 2025, the Cowlitz hatchery programs released 6,975,767 smolts across Spring Chinook, Fall Chinook, Coho, Late Winter Steelhead, and Summer Steelhead combined. The combined harvestable adult return goal for those same five species in this document is 120,000 adults.

Reaching that goal requires a blended smolt-to-adult return rate of just 1.72% (120,000 ÷ 6,975,767) — a rate below the low end of the NPCC’s own 2–6% SAR rebuilding target, using smolts that are already being released each year. Reaching NPCC survival standards with the fish we already release would make the Cowlitz a benchmark for hatchery performance across the region.”

Put another way: if Cowlitz hatchery programs performed at the midpoint of the NPCC’s own standard — a 4% average SAR — the same 6,975,767 smolts released in 2025 would produce approximately 279,000 adults, more than double the combined adult return goal in this document.

This 1.72% figure is a blended average across five species with different current SARs (see table above); the improvement needed varies by species, and Spring Chinook in particular would require a larger relative gain than Coho. But the aggregate conclusion — that current release volumes already exceed what is needed to hit the combined adult return goal — holds regardless of how that improvement is distributed across species.

The adult return goals in this document are not aspirational. They ask for less than what the region’s own scientific standard says a properly performing hatchery program should produce from the fish already in the water.

Managed for the Whole River

A good Cowlitz fishery is not just a good hatchery outfall. Management and monitoring today are concentrated almost entirely around the point where hatchery-origin fish are released and recovered. We want to see a shift toward managing — and measuring success — for the whole river: the mainstem, the tributaries, and the reaches upstream and downstream of the hatchery complex alike.

A river managed only at the point of release is not a managed river. It is a managed outfall.

The scale of what is already happening on the Cowlitz demonstrates what the river can support: producing current wild coho returns of 10,000–14,000 adults has required transporting more than 30,000 adults above Cowlitz Falls Dam annually, collecting an estimated 150,000–200,000 or more outmigrating coho smolts each year. That is a scale of upstream passage and collection that is comparable to what spring Chinook and steelhead returning to Cowlitz Salmon Hatchery already require. The infrastructure, the biology, and the management capacity are there. The question is whether the will to manage for the whole river — and to measure success across all of it — is there as well.

Why This Document

Much of our work right now is about holding the current program accountable for what isn’t working. This document is the other half: a clear, positive statement of what we’re asking for instead. It is meant to be shared as our vision for the river — separate from, and not dependent on, any specific compliance or regulatory process.

The Cowlitz River was one of the most productive salmon and steelhead rivers on the Pacific Coast before the dams and after. The mitigation program was designed to replace what the dams took. It has not done that. This document describes what replacing it actually looks like, a river and fisheries management the Northwest looks to as the standard.”

Draft — Northwest Fisheries Enhancement Group  |  Larry Pryor, Chairman  |  lpryor@nwfe.org  |  509-292-6410

We just returned from New Orleans and the World Aquaculture Society, Aquaculture 2025. The worlds largest fish culture conference. Great salmonids, feed, genetics, water chemistry and quality, fish health, fish culture with world class speakers and precentors. Large exhibit hall where we were able to meet directly with feed, water testing, fish health/ Veterinary, tank and many more services, equipment and tools providers. NWF networked and built relations with universities and like resources, WSU, Idaho SU in regards development and prototyping the Independent Hatchery Systems and some of it’s applications.

This was a Triennial conference of World Aquaculture Society with American Fisheries Fish Culture, National Aquaculture Association , US Trout Farmers and others participated with workshops.

A Great Conference to attend.

NWFE advisory board members were presenters at the conference.

https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/west-coast/sustainable-fisheries/salmon-life-cycle-and-seasonal-fishery-planning

The life cycles of salmon and steelhead along the West Coast are amazingly intricate. Understanding these complexities is important for predicting and reconstructing salmon and steelhead populations, and is vital for the management of seasonal fisheries.

We use these life cycles in calculating SARs / Smolt to Adult Returns per HSRG guidlines

Are your Hatcheries successful, to often this question is overlooked or not asked- the HSRG ( Hatchery Science Research Group) published reports to US Congress in 2004, 2009 and 2014, that say make your Hatcheries Successful!

Hatcheries should be judged on Adult Returns not numbers produced and how they can compliment and improve wild fish Adult returns in conservation roles.

The basic judge is SARs- (Smolts to Adult Returns) – it’s a basic formula- the number of fish escapement back to the hatchery plus harvest within the terminal fishery (recreational & commercial) divided by the number of fish released by a hatchery by type.

Hatcheries have to often been judged solely on production numbers, many times I’ve met with hatchery staff, when I ask what are your Adult Return Goals, we don’t have any but we produce XXX amount of fish.

HSRG says this is like judging a farmer on how many seeds they planted rather than the crop produced!

I’m not sure why this question is not asked- there are some exceptions, in recent conversations and letters to WDFW Commissioners I ask them to ask- are our hatcheries successful – I’ve not heard them ask yet or WDFW report on SARs – From the SARs I’ve done- especially for fall Chinook programs they are terribly unsuccessful, some Coho programs have been superior, but still few ask.

If your a fisherman you need to ask, are our hatcheries successful!

We are dependent on Hatcheries success!

Sincerely

Larry Pryor,

Chairman NWFE

HSRG report to US Congress, 2004, 2009, 2015

https://www.streamnet.org (Previously www.hatcheryreform.us)

Click to access HSRG_Report-to-Congress_2015%5B1%5D.pdf

Page 8: Executive Summary: Maximize Survival of Hatchery Fish Consistent with Conservation Goals In order for hatchery programs to effectively contribute to harvest and/or conservation, the reproductive success and survival of hatchery releases must be high relative to those of naturally spawning populations.  The primary performance measurement for hatchery programs should be the total number of adults produced (harvest plus escapement) per adult spawned at the hatchery.  This also allows for the fewest number of hatchery fish to be released to achieve the stated goals of the program, thereby minimizing ecological interactions. All too often in the past, hatcheries have been evaluated based on the number of smolts released.

Page 22: Recommendation 13:  Maximize survival of hatchery fish consistent with conservation goals Maximizing the survival of hatchery fish enables conservation programs to accelerate their rebuilding efforts.  It allows production hatcheries to reduce their ecological impacts on natural populations.  Conservation hatcheries producing juveniles with high survival generate more spawners on the spawning grounds.  This, in turn, accelerates the rate at which recovery programs move toward meeting their goals.  Production programs may have to reduce release numbers to decrease negative ecological impacts on natural populations.  Increasing post-release survival can offset this reduction and enable managers to meet their harvest goals. There are many approaches to increasing fish survival.  Releasing fish at the appropriate time, size, age and location can significantly increase their recruitment to fisheries and natural escapement.  Releasing rapidly migrating smolts rather than fry increases survival and reduces negative ecological interactions in the freshwater environment.  Similarly, releasing healthy fish produces more fish for harvest and less opportunity to spread disease to natural populations.  Improving water quality and reducing loading and density during rearing are also proven tools used by fish culturists to enhance fish survival.  Adoption of volitional release (allowing smolts to outmigrate when they are ready, rather than “forcing” them out at a preset date) with removal of residuals (fish that do not outmigrate) may increase the long-term survival of released fish, while decreasing negative ecological interactions with natural populations.  Proper acclimation and imprinting of hatchery juveniles can reduce straying and enhance survival to the desired location for their harvest or artificial spawning. 

Developing and adopting these and other culture and release practices that maximize fish survival and minimize negative ecological interactions by reducing production release numbers, can aid conservation programs in rebuilding runs and reducing the conflict between harvest programs and conservation goals for natural populations.

By Robert Lackey, PhD, Oregon State University fisheries lead- A Leading authority on Salmonids in the Northwest!

OSU Blog

What Would Happen to Columbia River Basin Wild Salmon Runs if Hatchery Stocking and Fishing Ended?

Top 10 Under 40: Jeff Hudson

Recently Northwest Fisheries Enhancement Saved over 400,000 Rainbow Trout from Regulators During a Downturn in Markets from COVID-19

YAKIMA, WA, April 28, 2020 /24-7PressRelease/ — In a collaborative effort between Cooke Aquaculture Pacific, Northwest Fisheries Enhancement- (NWFE), Tacoma Power and Washington Fish & Wildlife (WDFW) saved 400,000 + Rainbow Trout from going to the dump to going to recreational fishermen in Riffe Lake.

Cooke Aquaculture Pacific at their Skatter Creek Hatchery had raised 400,000+ Rainbow Trout. Cooke had permitting approval from WDFW until another department- Washington Department of Ecology had them postpone, re-permit and that process would add another six to nine months and still tentative. The Trout were to go to Cooke’s net pens for grow out in their Puget Sound net pens, replacing Atlantic Salmon previously grown. Now what to do with 400,000+ rainbow trout, this was the third time and batch of which they had to destroy two others.

NWFE chairman Larry Pryor discovered from Jim Parsons, GM at Cooke Aquaculture Pacific that in a matter of days they were going to have to destroy these fish. Cooke had tried to find any interested groups but no luck. NWFE reached out to groups throughout the Northwest from Utilities, Tribal, State and Federal agencies that might have a need for fishermen. Larry Pryor soon learned that Tacoma Power had a place in Riffe Lake for the fish. Cooke Aquaculture corporate gave the go ahead to hold them for another week to see if NWFE could find a home for them. By doing so Northwest Fisheries Enhancement saved 400,000 rainbow trout from literally being destroyed.

Tacoma Power’s Natural Resources manager Keith Underwood and Cowlitz Salmon Hatchery complex manager Eric Shoblum and other staff got to work and with WDFW cooperation and got the transport permits expedited, WDFW sent pathologist to Skatter Creek hatchery and worked over a weekend to inspect the fish health, ok them for planting. Cooke staff never had a doubt in the fish health, they work with Aquatactics Dr. Hugh Mitchell and these are some of the nicest rainbow trout you’ll find, a Rufus Woods stock of Triploids.

Cooke Aquaculture Pacific staff directed by Doug Simms, freshwater production manager and other Skatter Creek personnel delivered and did the plantings in Riffe Lake at sites above the dam and at the top of the lake near the Kosmos area, The plantings were challenging with the water down easily over 100′ from top of the bank now, long 12″ hoses were ran down to the water. Jim Parsons the GM of Cooke Pacific was at the plantings himself managing the pipe at lakeside with the fish rushing out into the lake!

Larry Pryor of NWFE said “This turned into other opportunities now and Cooke Aquaculture Pacific will be growing more Rainbows for NWFE stocking and planting needs throughout the Northwest for other Recreational Fishermen! These are nice fish, better than what I’ve seen from other suppliers and with the Recirculating Aquaculture System capabilities of Skatter Creek and trout grow-out strategies are what we like to see and can grow to quality release sizes much quicker than others for trophy rainbow trout plantings!”

NWFE would like to add that the Tacoma Power (TP) Natural Resources group really worked hard to make this happen for Riffe Fishermen. From Keith Underwood, TP Natural Resources manager, Eric Shoblum Cowlitz Salmon hatchery complex manager who got the permitting expedited with WDFW, scouted planting sites with Cooke staff, he and his staff from Cowlitz Falls fish collection facility: Chris Foster and others were at the plantings assisting, at one point they had to get someone out from TP lands to inspect the release sites. you would think fish plantings should be easier but in today’s world are much more detailed, TP folks were hard at it to help make these plantings happen!

NWFE assisted Cooke Aquaculture Pacific and Tacoma Power in planting these quality 400,000+ Triploid Rainbow Trout.

Cooke Pacific had raised these fish in their modern Recirculating Aquaculture System (RAS) hatchery, they were bound for net pens to be grown for commercial table food but are now in Riffe Lake for fishermen to catch and put on their table!

Cooke Pacific due to regulatory permitting delays had these high quality- Rufus Woods stock triploid rainbows grown when notified of another delay and a dilemma of what now to do with them. NWFE assisted Cooke, we notified many groups in the Northwest who may have a stocking needs for their fishermen.

NWFE has a long history with Tacoma Power and PacifiCorp on several projects and offered these to them, logistically Tacoma Power and their Riffe lake project really worked nicely. Cooke transported and their going into the lake now. Cooke Aquaculture Pacific had over $500,000 invested in these fish, this is a great gesture on their part.

Fisherman on Riffe Lake will have a great opportunity now, these are at catch-able 6″ length now, but Triploids grow fast and should be trophy catches very soon. These 400,000 Rainbows are from the same stock as Rufus Woods fish and are sure to grow fast, catches of over five or more pounds will be seen soon. There will be some happy fisherman on Riffe Lake soon thanks to the commitment of Cooke Aquaculture Pacific, Tacoma Power and NWFE!

NWFE has available Triploid and Diploid Rainbow Trout.

Triploid (sterile) Rainbow Trout or Diploid (non sterile)

Riverence or Trout Lodge Triploid eggs, reared in RAS system.

These are the same stock as the Rufus Woods Triploids.  Rufus Woods Stock is well known as growing into trophy fish quickly, a look at the pictures attached show how nice and plump they already are!! These have been raised in a sophisticated Recirculating Aquaculture System (RAS) facility and NWFE partner, with RAS tanks on well water, the system and growth strategies can and have been managed with hyperoxygenation, water temperature and quality, feed management strategies, quality fish health standards and by Best Aquaculture Practices and Standards of the Global Aquaculture Alliance (GPA).

These are Riverence or Troutlodge triploid egg stock.

Further they can be vaccinated against furunculosis and infectious hematopoietic necrosis virus by Aquatactics to ensure better survival on release. All fish can be certified for absence of whirling disease and fish health if required. We can AD clip if needed too.

This batch was at 50 grams-  16+ cm/ 5-6″ sizes-  quality fishing release sizes will be reached in 3 weeks. They were released into Riffe Lake at just over 8″.   We can grow them quickly in the RAS system, to your release size needs and further to 1 or 2 pounds on request.  Flexible deliverable time frames with larger sizes a bit later.

Triploids will continue to grow faster after release, growth timing and estimates can be made with more information on release sites/ water- triploids grow to trophy sizes quickly.

They may be purchased in reasonable batches. Triploids or Diploids

Request a quote 

Any stocking permits are the responsibility of buyer.

Transportation cost to be quoted on order, NWFE options are bulk delivery within 12 hours of Yakima WA.

These are a very high-quality Triploid Rainbow Trout, food grade and great for your fishermen.

Transportation of up to 12 hours road time frame is easily done by NWFE and partners experienced fish transport trailers, and trucks. Oxygenated and supported – able to meet most delivery needs in Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Montana. If delivery needed to various sites NWFE can develop and quote delivery strategies and cost to fit your needs. For example, from bulk transport to our 600 gallon one ton site delivery services.

Further announcement will be released shortly. If your concerns or others about challenging previous supplier with a one time buy, we’ll be able to service your needs for years now and with a high quality fish for your fisherman–  and catches they’ll Bragg about to others.

This offer is just now presented from circumstances. NWFE is submitting to many interested groups. I thought I’d shoot it to you first knowing some of your needs. These are really nice fish!  More to come!!

If questions, please feel free to call or email.

Larry

NWFE PR— 

NWFE is also now announcing- and offering capabilities to offer High -Quality  Rainbow Trout – Triploid or Diploid for your stocking needs.

Improve your image, your fishermen will be Bragging about catching these High Quality Rainbow Trout.

With this same type of quality fish/ rainbow trout, year after year.

Through a collaborative NWFE program with International Commercial Aquaculture companies, NWFE now utilizes shared sophisticated RAS rearing facility for your future needs, collaborating with the top Aquaculture companies in the US and Internationally to provide you and your fishermen with the highest quality catchable Rainbow Trout.

Bringing together stock enhancement and commercial expertise for your fish stocking needs and Hatchery management needs.

NWFE Hatchery and Operations management of Stock Enhancement Salmon and Steelhead Hatchery Management utilize these resources for best and better management options for your needs!

Transportation of up to 12 hours road time frame is easily done by NWFE and partners experienced transport trailers, oxygenated and supported – able to meet most delivery needs in Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Montana. If delivery needed to various sites NWFE can develop and quote delivery strategies and cost to fit your needs. For example, from bulk transport to our 600 gallon one ton site delivery services.

Further announcement will be released shortly. If your concerns or others about challenging previous supplier with a one time buy, we’ll be able to service your needs for years now and with a high quality fish for your fisherman–  and catches they’ll Bragg about to others.

This offer is just now presented from circumstances. NWFE will be submitting to many interested groups. I thought I’d shoot it to you first knowing some of your needs.   These are really nice fish!  More to come though.

NWFE is collaborating with the top Aquaculture companies in the US and Internationally to provide you and your fishermen with the highest quality catcahable Rainbow Trout,

Riverence, Trout Lodge, Spring Salmon Companies, Cooke Aquaculture. Bringing together stock enhancement and commercial expertise for your fish stocking, fishermen and Hatchery management needs

If questions, please feel free to call or email.

Larry

509 292 6410 xt 1, lpryor@nwfe.org