Salmon Releases

CHAPMAN CREEK HATCHERY F2ISH RELEASES 2023

All salmon are released directly into Chapman Creek, where they will 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 get them to the creek.

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

2026 Releases – updated Apr 30/25

COHO	45,500 fry are starting to be moved from incubation to rearing as they mature (2024 brood year), scheduled for release May or June 2026
PINK	Awaiting the return of the adults this upcoming summer and fall 2025 to produce these
CHUM	Awaiting the return of the adults this upcoming summer and fall 2025 to produce these
CHINOOK	Awaiting the return of the adults this upcoming summer and fall 2025 to produce these

2025 Releases – updated April 30/25

COHO	18,420 fish are rearing here (2023 brood year), scheduled for release in late May or early June 2025
CHUM	1,700 fry are nearly done incubating (2024 brood year), these will be released to the creek in late May, 2025
CHINOOK	66,700 fry are rearing (2024 brood year), these will be released in late May or early June, 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 May 25th 2023
CHUM	28,700 (2022 brood year) May 24th, June 2nd and June 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, March 20th and April 4th 2022
CHINOOK	68,100 (2021 brood year) June 7th 2022