Brett Boyd
I am happy to report that all is well down here at the fish hatchery. Spring finds us cleaning up after a very successful summer steelhead spawning season, and right in the middle of what I want to write about next: our spring smolt releases.
Every spring, juvenile salmon and steelhead undergo an amazing process that enables them to make the transition from a life in freshwater to saltwater called smoltification. Smoltification is…