hatchery
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The research team will now trial the feasibility of a mobile oyster hatchery, in the hope it could both supply oyster larvae to coastal communities and help rebuild oyster beds in various areas.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
The Salt Lake City Mosquito Abatement District even has its own fish hatchery, where it rears the aptly named Western mosquitofish.
From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2026
But scientists and hatchery experts are now questioning whether these beautiful electric blue crustaceans are truly as rare as once was believed.
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2025
In February, roughly 260 trout were transferred from a hatchery in Fillmore to a creek in Santa Barbara County.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2025
He’d worked at a hatchery before I was born, but the work at that hatchery was seasonal, and once I was born, he needed to make more money.
From "Kira-Kira" by Cynthia Kadohata
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The bass have consumed so many fingerlings that state officials have resorted to the ridiculous extreme of transporting baby salmon in tanker trucks, from upstream hatcheries to downstream locations closer to the San Francisco Bay.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026
Mr Weston believes this may be due to environmental factors such as light exposure, as hatcheries may be brighter than the seabed, influencing pigmentation.
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2025
As detailed by National Geographic, it is a common practice in salmon hatcheries to harvest salmon sperm, which requires a scientist to squeeze a salmon in the right spot — also known as abdominal massaging.
From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2024
But the population has surged in recent years, thanks to a curbing of harvests, habitat restoration and use of hatcheries to bolster populations.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 6, 2024
He ended up getting a job at one of the few hatcheries in the state that wasn’t owned by Mr. Lyndon.
From "Kira-Kira" by Cynthia Kadohata
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