NFWF Grant Profile

Conservation Program(s):
Killer Whale Research and Conservation Program
Project Title: Increasing the Size and Survival of Returning Adult Chinook Salmon in North Puget Sound (WA)
Organization:
Long Live the Kings
Project ID:
0314.18.062798
Description:

Increase the number of hatchery fall Chinook salmon released from Glenwood Springs Hatchery in North Puget Sound and study the feasibility of increasing the survival and size of returning adult Chinook.

Project will develop a transferable rearing template for increasing the size and survival of hatchery Chinook to benefit Southern Resident killer whales.

Award Amount:
$146795.89
Location:
Glenwood Springs Hatchery in Eastsound, Orcas Island, Washington