Before releasing the salmon fry, a sample of 50 fish from each of the 4 pens were sedated,
then measured and weighted to calculate an average size. Then we released the fish pen by pen.
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This shows the level of the lake ...
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relatively high at about 800 cm.
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Ursula,Martha,Greg,Victor,Rose,Hans,Sharon
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Victor, Hans, & Martha
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Can’t walk to the bear lookout today
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River in background
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Small (?) side channel
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Another view of bear lookout
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Overview of pens
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Overview of pens
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Overview of pens
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Getting ready to catch fish
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Bucket at the ready
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Here are the fish
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Greg checking on little ones
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Pulling up net to make
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catching fish easier
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Pulling up net pen weight
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Fishing
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Net full for measuring
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Victor hauling bucketful
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Lab crew ready to start work
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Scott bringing bucket upstairs
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Fish in “sedation pool”
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Nap Time
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Greg selects fish to measure
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Passes fish to next “station”
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Sharon places fish on ruler
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Calls out length to be recorded
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Rose waits for scale readout
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This one is 6.62 grams
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Calls out weight to be recorded
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Martha records the data
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Here’s the record sheet
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Victor returns sample fish to pen
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Lab crew busily at work
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View of cabin from pen area
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Two crabbers watch the work
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Scott’s dog Emmy Lou
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Scott checks his camera
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Crabber’s dog, Oden
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Lunch break
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Lunch break
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Lowering net
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to release fish
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from first pen
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Here are the fish in pen 2
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Lowering net
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to release fish
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in pen 2
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Checking that all fish are out
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Looking at fish in pen 4
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Three pens done, one to go
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Lowering net in pen 4
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Encouraging fish to leave
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Gathering net after fish leave
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Freedom, and it’s sorta scary!
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Greg watches the little ones leave
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Greg closes gate to empty pens