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Each year the Nashua National Fish Hatchery utilizes approximately 1,300 Atlantic salmon for egg production. Once spawned, the domestic fish are surplus to program needs and are released into the Merrimack River for the largest directed Atlantic salmon fishery in New England. The fish are marked, transported and released by the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department. The Nashua National Fish Hatchery hosts approximately 1,500 students and adults from the Adopt-A-Salmon Family watershed education program, area schools, and civic scouting groups, and provides them with information about resource stewardship and anadromous fish restoration programs. Highlights The station produced 1.8 million salmon eggs in 2007. Most of the salmon eggs were shipped to the North Attleboro National Fish Hatchery where they were incubated, hatched and released into the headwaters of the Merrimack River. The fry mature in a natural environment and migrate to the sea to complete their life cycle.
In the summer of 2007, the hatchery produced 800,000 shad fry that were released into the Charles River in Waltham, Massachusetts, and evaluated the temporary protection and relocation project involving 1,200 endangered brook floater mussels that were stranded without water when the Suncook River near Concord, New Hampshire, changed its course in May 2006.
Public Use Visiting hours are 8:00am to 4:00pm daily and personnel at the Nashua National Fish Hatchery are available for free guided tours, lectures, and multimedia presentations to groups and organizations as workload and schedules allow during weekdays. It is recommended to schedule tours in advance by calling 603-595-0891.
Nashua National Fish Hatchery Deaf/Hard of Hearing individuals may reach the Nashua National Fish Hatchery through Relay New Hampshire: 1-800-735-2964 (TTY / VOICE) U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service |
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