Fish Eggs to Fry: Growing Spring Chinook Salmon at the Library

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Garibaldi and Bay City Branch Libraries will be hosting Spring Chinook Salmon Eggs as part of the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife's (ODFW) educational Salmon Trout Enhancement Program (STEP). We hope you will stop by either library to learn more about the eggs and how they become fry. Check back here for weekly updates on their progress, or sign-up for our weekly email updates here.

 

The release of the salmon fry will happen on Wednesday, December 11th at 3pm at Al Griffin Memorial Park in Bay City.

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Spring Chinook Fish Eggs Fish Eggs to Fry - Week 1 Update

The Spring Chinook salmon eggs were delivered to both the Bay City and Garibaldi branch libraries Tuesday, October 22nd. Kyle Wilson from the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) and Diana DiMarco and Danielle Maillard from Tillamook Estuaries Partnership (TEP) joined us at each branch to share their expertise with attendees at the event. We hope you will join us in learning about salmon, their lifecycle and their habitats over the next several weeks.

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Alveins Fish Eggs to Fry - Week 2 Update

The salmon eggs have started hatching! Tuesday, October 29, one little salmon had emerged. Today, several more burst forth. It won’t be long and they will all have hatched. Stop by either Bay City or Garibaldi Branch Libraries to see these little wonders grow and change.

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Bay City Alvens Fish Eggs to Fry: Week 3 Update

The salmon have all hatched at both Bay City and Garibaldi!  Well, almost all.  There is one straggler at Garibaldi.  Can you find the egg in the photo on the far right below?

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Alveins Week 4 Fish Eggs to Fry: Week 4 Update

The alevins are growing.  Everything is looking good in both tanks.

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Garibaldi Elementary students looking at the fish fry Fish Eggs to Fry: Week 5 Update

The alevins continue to grow and get more active.  There is now silver visible on their sides where they’re attached to what’s left of their egg sacs.  Everything is looking good in both tanks.

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Garibaldi Students looking at fish fry Fish Eggs to Fry: Week 6 Update

Reminder to mark your calendars!  We have set the date for the release!  Wednesday, December 11, 3:00pm, we’ll be releasing the fry in the creek at Al Griffin Memorial Park in Bay City.  Tillamook Estuaries Partnership will be hosting a special Explore Nature program at the release.  We hope to see you there.

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Salmon Release Banner Fish Eggs to Fry: Week 7 Update

Well, this will be our last weekly update.  Next week, we’ll be releasing the fry!  Join us Wednesday, December 11, 3:00pm, at Al Griffin Memorial Park in Bay City to help set them free.  Tillamook Estuaries Partnership will be hosting a special Explore Nature program at the release. 

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Compilation of salmon release photos Fish Eggs to Fry: Week 8 Final Update

What an amazing adventure this has been!  On Tuesday, October 22nd, ODFW delivered 250 Spring Chinook salmon eggs to both Garibaldi and Bay City Branch Libraries.  On Wednesday, December 11th, approximately 70 people participated in the salmon release at Al Griffin Memorial Park in Bay City. 

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