This contract period will be another year at full production levels at Springfield Fish Hatchery. Approximately 1,000,000 BY23 fingerlings will be in outdoor raceways at Springfield Fish Hatchery at the beginning of the contract period. A representative group of these fish will be PIT tagged during fall of 2024. The smolts will be released during early May 2025 at a size of approximately 10-12 fish per pound (fpp). Baseline data including growth, survival, feed conversion rates, etc. will be collected, reported monthly, and used to set-up future brood year's projections and standard fish culture procedures. Springfield Fish Hatchery anticipates 1.1 million BY24 Sockeye Salmon eyed eggs to be received in November 2024. The resulting fry are to be incubated to the swim-up stage, then transferred to early rearing tanks in February 2025. When these fish reach a size of approximately 100-120 fpp, they will be adipose clipped and transferred from early rearing tanks to the outdoor raceways. This usually occurs in early July of each year. Baseline data described above will continue to be collected.

Hatchery staff will update inventory as equipment is received. Annual preventative scheduled maintenance activities will be ongoing throughout this and all future contract periods.

Hatchery personnel will attend and participate in Stanley Basin Sockeye Technical Oversight Committee (SBSTOC) and program specific meetings as program needs necessitate and time allows.