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

They’ll need to be transferred into hatchery trucks outfitted with large tanks.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 23, 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

The same mail who owned the hatchery for egg-layers where my father mainly worked also owned several processing plants for his roasters and fryers.

From "Kira-Kira" by Cynthia Kadohata