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Welcome to the Genoa National Fish Hatchery web site! We have a great story to tell you, so sit back and enjoy your Internet tour of the station.

This station is located in Genoa, Wisconsin and is managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, a federal government conservation agency under the U.S. Department of the Interior. Its mission is, working with others, to conserve, protect and enhance fish, wildlife, and plants and their habitats for the continuing benefit of the American people.

Genoa first began its mission raising bass and panfish for area waters. Due to changes in national fisheries program priorities, the station now concentrates on the recovery of Threatened and Endangered Aquatic species, such as Higgins Eye pearly mussel, and restoration of threatened fish populations such as sturgeon and coaster brook trout. Sport fish are also provided to Fish and Wildlife refuges to increase recreational opportunities on Fish and Wildlife Service managed land.

Genoa is a very diverse station, called a combination station, because it is able to raise cold, cool, and warm water species of fish and aquatic animals. It is able to do this because it has 6 groundwater sources for coldwater (3 artesian wells, and 3 pumped wells), and its ponds for warm water in the more temperate months.Skip navigation links

The station is located alongside the upper Mississippi River on 155 acres, and was established in 1932 as part of the Upper Mississippi River Wildlife and Fish Act of 1931. The station has 67 acres of rearing ponds, and also has four intensive rearing buildings.

Click here to view the Hatchery Fact Sheet.

S5689 State Road 35
Genoa, WI 54632-8836
Phone: (608) 689-2605
Fax: (608) 689-2644
Doug Aloisi (Hatchery Manager)
E-Mail: Doug_Aloisi@fws.gov

* Deaf/Hard of Hearing individuals may reach the Genoa National Fish Hatchery through Wisconsin Relay System by dialing:

• 711
• 1-800-947-3529 (TTY/VCO/HCO)
• 1-800-947-6644 (voice)
• 1-800-833-7637 (speech to speech)
• 1-800-833-7813 (Spanish services)

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