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Fish Release.

6/16/2017

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All the remaining fish in the spawning raceway will be released back to the Rangitata on Saturday July 8th at 11.00am. For more details and if you want to attend please call Bill Whipp (027 3767538) Robert Clarke (6159149) or Dave Chambers (6159921). Please check with these gentlemen as going across the farm together is important.

Earlier in May there was a slight problem in one of the raceways where a fish feeder malfunctioned and deposited a large amount of food into the bottom of one raceway causing some fish to die of oxygen starvation. Fortunately this was discovered early and it was decided to release the remaining number of fish in the affected raceway to be on the safe side. These fish were of an optimum size for release and consequently there will only be 30,000 to let go on the 8th. Just one of the challenges when working with high volumes of fish.
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June 16th, 2017

6/16/2017

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Out and About.

6/16/2017

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Fin clipping.
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Transfer adults to ponds
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Remote Incubator at RSL.
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Wild "red" downstream of the hatchery.
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Adult salmon spawning at RSL spawning stream.
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Sponsorship.

6/16/2017

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We have been very fortunate to be granted $4,500 from the Mid and South Canterbury Trust to complete concrete work as a base for the garage and between the containers on site at the hatchery. The contractor will begin work on this soon and some help may be needed for site clearance.
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Proposed site of garage.
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Rangitata South Irrigation Race testing.

6/16/2017

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Many hands make light work and so it was with the help Hatchery volunteers gave Fish and Game to conduct some testing at RSL. Trapping was carried out for nearly 2 weeks day and night. Many a cold night was spent at the site however the big cook ups made a difference. Around 10,000  hatchery fish were released into the Rangitata at Arundel for which the Hatchery was adequately compensated. No results are available as yet.

6 adult fish were removed from an area of the river near the intake where spawning was impractical and taken to the hatchery where the eggs were incubated and returned to a remote incubator at the RSL spawning race. 
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Removal of an adult to the Hatchery
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One of the Fish & Game traps used for the testing.
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Some totals for 2017.

6/16/2017

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Approximately 70 adult salmon returned to the hatchery this year, no big run but just in dribs and drabs. The fish were on average a bit smaller than previous however there were a few good ones amongst them. Stripping took place over a number of days as unlike in previous years only a few became ready at any one time. This meant that crews were on hand more often for less fish this year. Also the number of eggs per fish appeared to be less than previous years with one estimation of only around 2,000 per hen. A big thanks to all who were involved.

From the hen fish, around 80,000 eggs were retrieved and with some minor losses due to infertility etc, we have nearly 70,000 under incubation. This is many less than previous years but has allowed us to keep our Rangitata programme alive and also send 5,000 eggs to 3 Springs on the Opihi, and 10,000 to RSL spawning race at Arundel.
Once again, Robert and Rayleen Clark and their teams have done a sterling job with egg picking.


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Can you see the fish? Adult in front of trap.
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The Boss!
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