Here’s what’s happening right now: January 9, 2019 (1st batch) CWCAP picked up 30,000 eyed (fertilized) Chum salmon eggs at the Suquamish Tribe’s Grovers Creek Salmon Hatchery. This 1st batch marks the official launch of the 2019 Imprinting Season. Eggs have hatched in the Egg Incubation/Self-release tank and are now in the alevin stage of their […]
2019 Spring Imprinting Season is here and we have salmon to feed! Read More »
Each spring, 4 batches of Chum salmon are delivered to the Imprint Pond at Carkeek Park to be imprinted by CWCAP Salmon Imprint Stewards. 21 lead Imprint Stewards and 13 regular Imprint Stewards, care for, feed, and oversee the Imprinting System from January to May. With fish provided by the Suquamish Tribe’s Grovers Creek Salmon Hatchery, CWCAP releases nearly 100,000 imprinted salmon fry into Venema Creek. Imprinting will give these fish the best chance at returning to their home waters in the Pipers and Venema Creeks in 3 to 5 years to spawn. Below is a table that summarizes CWCAP‘s imprinting activities for 2018.
2018 Salmon Imprinting Season Summary at Carkeek Park, Venema Creek Read More »
Year-round we thank the Suquamish Tribe for their generous participation and genuine friendship in the region and to the community in the Piper’s Creek Watershed. And at this time every year, CWCAP and volunteers go to Grovers Creek Salmon Hatchery to pick up 20-30,000 salmon eggs provided to our salmon programs. Eggs donated by the Suquamish
Salmon eggs will be arriving soon… tis the season! Read More »
