CONTENTS 



Page 



Introduction 1 



Interpretation and organization 1 



History 2 



Pacific coast 3 



Alaska 3 



British Columbia 6 



Washington coastal and Puget Sound 7 



Columbia Basin 11 



Columbia Basin-Washington 11 



Columbia Basin-Idaho 13 



Columbia Basin-Oregon 16 



Oregon coastal 18 



California 22 



Hatchery trends 26 



Hatchery numbers 26 



Species reared 30 



Rearing trends 30 



Size at time of release 33 



Acknowledgments 34 



Literature cited 34 



Appendix Table 1 35 



Appendix Table 2 40 



Figures 



1. Map of locations of Alaskan salmonid rearing facilities, 1960-76 5 



2. Map of locations of British Columbian salmonid rearing facilities, 1960-76 8 



3. Map of locations of Washington-Puget Sound salmonid rearing facilities, 1960-76 12 



4. Map of locations of Washington coastal salmonid rearing facilities, 1960-76 14 



5. Columbia Basin regions 16 



6. Map of locations of Columbia Basin- Washington salmonid rearing facilities, 1960-76 20 



7. Map of locations of Columbia Basin-Idaho salmonid rearing facilities, 1960-76 23 



8. Map of locations of Columbia Basin-Oregon salmonid rearing facilities, 1960-76 25 



9. Map of locations of northern Oregon coastal salmonid rearing facilities, 1960-76 27 



10. Map of locations of southern Oregon coastal salmonid rearing facilities, 1960-76 28 



11. Map of locations of northern California salmonid rearing facilities, 1960-76 31 



12. Number of Pacific coast salmonid rearing facilities releasing anadromous salmonids by year, 

 1960-76 32 



13. Numbers of Pacific coast releases of chinook and coho salmon and steelhead trout (in millions) 32 



14. Average size of various species of Pacific coast anadromous salmonid releases (all species combined), 

 1960-76 33 



15. Total Pacific coast migrant anadromous salmonid releases (all species combined), 1960-76 34 



Tables 



1. Migrant releases of chinook and coho salmon and steelhead trout — Pacific coast 3 



2. Migrant releases of chum, pink, sockeye, and cherry salmon and sea-run cutthroat trout — Pacific 



coast 3 



3. Anadromous fish rearing facilities — Alaska, 1960-76 4 



4. Migrant releases of chinook and coho salmon — Alaska 6 



5. Anadromous fish rearing facilities — British Columbia, 1960-76 7 



6. Migrant releases of chinook and coho salmon and steelhead trout — British Columbia 9 



7. Anadromous fish rearing facilities — Washington coastal and Puget Sound, 1960-76 9 



8. Migrant releases of chinook and coho salmon and steelhead trout — Washington coastal and Puget 

 Sound 15 



