Incubation jars are the new home for all Lake trout eggs received at Jordan River NFH. - FWS photo

Jordan River NFH staff began receiving shipments of lake trout eggs that had been spawned during the fall at their three brood hatcheries in mid-November. 

Eggs are shipped after they have reached the “eyed” stage, or the stage at which the eye of the developing fish can be seen within the egg.  Typically, between 60 and 70 percent survive to first feeding, or about six-to-eight weeks after receiving them. 

From these eggs, staff intend to raise approximately one million fish to 2.5 inches in length for transfer to the Pendills Creek NFH, Michigan, during the spring and summer. 

The remaining fish should number slightly more than two million, and staff anticipate releasing them into Lakes Michigan and Huron during the spring and summer of 2008. 

No additional shipments of eggs are anticipated.