Fishy Beginnings Traditional Cache

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Lamento archivar este caché, ya que no ha habido ninguna comunicación del propietario en el tiempo transcurrido (un mes o más) desde que se publicó la nota del revisor. Si deseas reactivar el caché durante los próximos dos meses, por favor, ponte en contacto con GeoCrater para ver si esto es posible. Si el caché cumple con las directrices en vigor, se estudiará dicha petición teniendo en cuenta las circunstancias que llevaron el archivo original.

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Hidden : 9/4/2009
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

Micro, easier for tall-ish ones.

Best time to visit: October - February for adult coho salmon. December - March for adult steelhead. Year-round for large show pond trout.

Fish raised: Salmon and steelhead.

Picnic tables are available at the hatchery. Visitors can view and feed large rainbow trout in a show pond, and can observe the spawning of salmon and steelhead October - March, usually Tuesday mornings.

In the late 19th century, elements of a hatchery system for Pacific salmon started to develop. Hatcheries are fish breeding and raising centers that have been built primarily to enhance harvest in commercial, sport, and Tribal fisheries, and reduce the impacts of development that destroys or degrades salmon habitat and blocks migratory routes.
Salmon have existed for millions of years and are a critical part of the Pacific Northwest's economy and culture. As the demand for salmon has grown, so has our dependence on hatcheries. Hatcheries currently contribute between 70-80% of the fish in coastal salmon and steelhead fisheries in the Pacific Northwest.

Over the past several decades, wild salmon populations have declined dramatically, despite, and perhaps sometimes because of, the contribution of hatcheries. Many salmon stocks in Washington and Oregon are now listed as either threatened or endangered under the U.S. Endangered Species Act. With this decline has come an increased focus on the preservation of indigenous wild salmon stocks.

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