Page 5 - Chehalis Tribal Newsletter - April 2025

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SALMON

From page 1
are monitored and observed
daily for good health and kept in
grow tanks for three years before
they are released. Of the 25,000
salmon fingerlings, only 8% will
make it back to Black River.
Fish & Wildlife Technician
Jakeb Hoyle said as he scooped
the fish up in the tank, “This work
is important to food sovereignty.”
He rounded up the fingerlings
with Jesse and Natural Resources
Director Glen Connelly. Jesse
would hold a net in place and
then Jakeb or Glenn would corral
salmon with their nets into the
stationary net. After the dip net
was full of fingerlings, they walked
their net full of coho salmon to the
tube that had water flowing to the
river. Once there, they carefully
emptied the net. This process
made short work of transferring
all fish from the big blue tank,
setting them on their journey.

Fisheries Manager Jesse McMahan,
Fish & Wildlife Technician Jakeb
Hoyle and Natural Resources
This work is important Director Glen Connelly work together
to food sovereignty. to carefully move 25,000 coho
salmon fingerlings from their grow
– FISH & WILDLIFE tank to their new life starting in the
TECHNICIAN JAKEB HOYLE Black River. The hope is many
mature fish will return.