Los Ojos Hatchery Puts $2 Million into Reopening Long-Closed Stocking Facility

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(SUNfoto by George Morse) Los Ojos Hatchery manager Greg Friday checks some of the 100,000 kokanee salmon fingerlings that are being raised at the hatchery building. The salmon are part of a study to determine growth rates of the fish after they are stocked. Los Ojos’ outside hatchery was closed in 2005 when whirling disease was detected. A $2 million construction project that began in early June will help it reopen and resume raising rainbow trout.

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    The Los Ojos Fish Hatchery is undergoing a $2 million renovation in order to reopen after a four-year layoff.     Production had been halted in March 2005 after whirling disease was discovered in the hatchery. The construction work is…

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