Cushman Hydro Project - first sockeye release - June 2017

Photos of the first release of sockeye into Lake Cushman (June 2017).
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Tacoma Power's Saltwater Park Sockeye Hatchery on Hood Canal in Mason County, Wash. The Cushman Powerhouse No. 2 is on the right. Both are part of the Cushman Hydro Project.
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Tacoma Power's Saltwater Park Sockeye Hatchery on Hood Canal in Mason County, Wash. The Cushman Powerhouse No. 2 is on the right. Both are part of the Cushman Hydro Project.

  • Tacoma Power's Saltwater Park Sockeye Hatchery on Hood Canal in Mason County, Wash. The Cushman Powerhouse No. 2 is on the right. Both are part of the Cushman Hydro Project.
  • Tacoma Power's Saltwater Park Sockeye Hatchery on Hood Canal in Mason County, Wash. The hatchery is part of the Cushman Hydro Project.
  • Tacoma Power received its first sockeye eggs in December 2016. They were incubated in the state-of-the-art Saltwater Park Sockeye Hatchery on Hood Canal in Mason County, Wash. The hatchery is part of the Cushman Hydro Project.
  • Some of the circular rearing tanks at Tacoma Power's Saltwater Park Sockeye Hatchery on Hood Canal in Mason County, Wash. The hatchery is part of the Cushman Hydro Project.
  • Cushman Fish Facilities Manager Andrew Ollenburg (left) and Assistant Manager Brian Lundeen rear sockeye salmon at the Saltwater Park Sockeye Hatchery.
  • A rearing tank full of sockeye at the Saltwater Park Sockeye Hatchery.
  • Close-up of sockeye salmon at the Saltwater Park Sockeye Hatchery.
  • Sockeye salmon are gathered in nets at the Saltwater Park Sockeye Hatchery. The fish will then be placed into the fish transport truck.
  • Fisheries Technician Charlie Henry helps gather thousands of sockeye for transport.
  • Natural Resources Technician Charles Dueber passes a net full of sockeye to Cushman Fish Facilities Assistant Manager Brian Lundeen.
  • Fisheries Technician Charlie Henry brings a net full of sockeye to Cushman Fish Facilities Assistant Manager Brian Lundeen, who is standing on a fish transport truck.
  • Cushman Fish Facilities Assistant Manager Brian Lundeen places sockeye into the fish transport truck tank.
  • The Cushman fish facilities team prepares to release the sockeye into Lake Cushman.
  • The Cushman fish facilities fish transport truck.
  • In order to not shock the fish, the temperature of the water in the transport tank needs to equalized with the temperature of Lake Cushman before the fish can be released. A tube slowly sucks in water from the lake into the transport tank; it takes about an hour to get the temperature equalized.
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  • Natural Resources Technician Charles Dueber (right) and Cushman Fish Facilities Assistant Manager Brian Lundeen (left) get ready to release the sockeye into this hose en route into Lake Cushman.
  • The sockeye travel through this hose from the fish transport tank on their way into Lake Cushman.
  • The sockeye will get to make a splash into their new home in Lake Cushman.
  • We have lift-off! Thousands of sockeye make the leap into their new home in Lake Cushman.
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