hatchery

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Chris Weston, senior hatchery technician at the National Lobster Hatchery in Padstow, Cornwall, has observed colour changes in lobsters raised in captivity.

From BBC • Sep. 20, 2025

That night, 271 Southern California steelhead trout were transported to a hatchery in Fillmore for safe keeping.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 1, 2025

Next, a coalition of those tribes, state agencies and nonprofits unleashed a limited supply of hatchery fish to boost runs in places like the Big Quilcene River.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 6, 2024

Over two days, workers from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife released 16 truckloads of juvenile salmon that were raised in a newly built hatchery.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 2024

He did not want to work in a hatchery all his life.

From "Kira-Kira" by Cynthia Kadohata