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| Hatchery Facts |
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| Employs 5 full time and as many 8 seasonal employees |
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| Works with local schools on science projects about the Klawock Watershed |
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| Currently, associated with two projects (Heenya Community Association, Alaska State Fish and Game/U.S. Forest Service) assessing spawning conditions in the watershed and sockeye habitat. |
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| Works with the Klawock Watershed Council (POWHA is also a member) to mitigate impact from the timber harvest and road building on spawning habitat. |
| Obtained funds(from Sustainable Salmon Funds, U.S. Congress and State of Alaska Governor's Office) to double coho productions to 5 million eggs per year, continue our sockeye enhancement, and mitigate the impact of the Canadian Salmon Treaty. |
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| Planning of two chinook projects with one proposed for Coffman Cove and one at Port St. Nicholas on Prince of Wales Island. |
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| Two additional projects are in the works, one includes the use of alternative energy for daily operation and a value-added seafood project. |
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| POWHA is a very effiicient operation raising twice as many salmon smolt per dollar spent than the Alaskan average for hatcheries. |
| "To the Lake From the Hatchery" Hatchery Escapement 2005 |
| * Salmon are anadromous, meaning they migrate from fresh to saltwater and return to fresh water to spawn. * Hatchery coho return to the Klawock River system approximatly 1 1/2 years after release from the hatchery into saltwater. Pink return after a year in saltwater. Sockeye spend 2-3 years in saltwater. Chum spend 1 - 4 years in saltwater. * Steelhead are capable of spawning multiple times before dying. |
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