Iron River National Fish Hatchery
Midwest Region
Iron River National Fish Hatchery  

Contacting the
Hatchery
Dale Bast
(Hatchery Manager)
10325 Fairview Road
Iron River, WI 54847

Phone: (715) 372-8510
Fax: (715) 372-8410

Geographic Area Covered

  • Upper Great Lakes

  • Tribal, research and national fish hatchery transfers to Midwest United States

  • Map to the Iron River National Fish Hatchery
Hatchery Building  

Hatchery Mission

  • Produce eggs for the National Broodstock Program
  • Rear lake trout for interagency restoration programs in Lake Michigan
  • Supply fish/eggs for research and tribal programs
  • Rear brook trout for interagency restoration programs in Lake Superior.  Read more about coaster brook trout here.
  • Manage a program to isolate future lake trout and brook trout broodstock through collection of gametes from wild Lake Superior donor populations
  • Coordinate future broodstock rearing program with Genoa National Fish Hatchery and the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community

Office Facts

  • Established: 1981

  • FY 2007 Budget: $842,000

  • Staff: seven permanent; 13 intermittent

  • Acres: 1,200

 

Public Use Opportunities

  • Environmental education

  • Hatchery tours

  • Hiking/cross country ski trail
 

Fish Species and Capability

  • 1.2 million yearling lake trout for spring stocking

  • 100,000 fingerling brook trout/ 215,000 fry

  • 400,000 fingerling lake trout for fall stocking

  • 4.5 million lake trout eggs

  • 1 million brook trout eggs

  • 4,000 brook trout broodstock
    (2 species)

  • 4,000 lake trout broodstock
    (3 species)
 

Fish and Broodstock Production from 2003-2007

National Fish Hatchery System (pdf)

Scientific Publications

Viral
Hemorrhagic
Septicemia (VHS)
   

 

Last updated: October 28, 2008