Salmon at the hatchery

Valdez Alaska

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August 10th 2012
We went to the Solomon Gulch Hatchery here in Valdez. This was the first major project for the Vadez Fisheries Development Association which was organized by residents of Valdez after the bitter cold winter of 1971-72 all but devastated the commercial and sport salmon fisheries in Prince William Sound. Their goals are to produce an annual return of 10 million pink, 300,000 chum, 100,00 silver an ... read more

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