Salmon Releases

CHAPMAN CREEK HATCHERY F2ISH RELEASES 2023

When ready for release, all of our juvenile salmon smolts or fry go directly back into Chapman Creek, where they can migrate downstream to the ocean. To release the juvenile salmon, they are crowded in their rearing container with a seine net by our staff and volunteers, they are then netted into either buckets filled with some water to walk them to the creek or they are directly netted into a transport hose via a hopper partially filled with running water that will take them to the creek.

“Brood year” meaning – this is the specific year that the juvenile’s parents returned to spawn.

2027 Releases – updated Nov 26/25

COHO	40,000 eggs are currently incubating (2025 brood year), scheduled for release May or June 2027
CHUM	Awaiting the the return of adults next fall, 2026 to produce these
CHINOOK	Awaiting the the return of adults next fall, 2026 to produce these

2026 Releases

COHO	22,074 fry are rearing here at the hatchery (2024 brood year), scheduled for release May or June 2026
PINK	4,447 eggs are currently incubating (2025 brood year), scheduled for release late winter or early spring 2026
CHUM	4,972 eggs are currently incubating (2025 brood year), scheduled for release early spring 2026
CHINOOK	70,256 eggs are currently incubating (2025 brood year), scheduled for release May or June 2026

2025 Releases

COHO	18,100 (2023 brood year) May 17th and 26th 2025
CHUM	1,700 (2024 brood year) May 22nd 2025
CHINOOK	65,900 (2024 brood year) June 5th 2025

2024 Releases

COHO	22,200 (2022 brood year) May 18th and 23rd 2024
PINK	106,900 (2023 brood year) Feb 21st, March 20th and April 3rd 2024
CHINOOK	14,150 (2023 brood year) May 30th 2024

FISH ON SITE – AUGUST 2023

2023 Releases

COHO	39,000 (2021 brood year) May 20th and 25th 2023
CHUM	28,700 (2022 brood year) May 24th, June 2nd and 9th 2023
CHINOOK	65,100 (2022 brood year) May 26th 2023

CHAPMAN CREEK HATCHERY FISH RELEASES 2022

2022 Releases

COHO	22,700 (2020 brood year) May 21st and 26th 2022
PINK	69,600 (2021 brood year) March 6th and 20th and April 4th 2022
CHINOOK	68,100 (2021 brood year) June 7th 2022