Collecting steelhead broodstock on the Methow River | FWS.gov

Two men, one in Service uniform, net a fish in a river and prepare to put it into a tube-shaped transport container. Snow is in background, and both men wear coats.

Photo By/Credit

Brandon Pasley/USFWS

Media Usage Rights/License

Public Domain

Image

Wild steelhead are collected for broodstock in the Methow River as part of a project to boost local, wild genetics in the population.

Facility

Winthrop National Fish Hatchery

Ecosystem

River/stream

Recreational Activity

Species

Oncorhynchus mykiss

Subject tags

Anadromous fish

Biodiversity

Fish hatcheries

Fishes

Fishing

Research