Introduced as an industrial solution to meet increasing demand amid diminishing stocks, salmon hatcheries along North America’s Pacific Northwest coast have a long and turbulent history.
How have they succeeded at expanding some salmon populations while birthing new problems for species’ sustainability? What are Indigenous people and others doing to address the imbalances?
These and related questions are investigated in this in-depth four-part series produced by Hakai Magazine and republished on The Tyee.
In This Series
The Hatchery Crutch
Wild salmon struggle from California to Alaska, despite 243 hatcheries. What did we get wrong about manufactured fish? First in a series.
Can We Have Too Much Pink Salmon?
Pumped by the billions into the North Pacific, these hatchery fish are upending marine ecosystems. Second in a series.
The Hail Mary Hatcheries
Meet the conservationists trying to pull endangered wild salmon runs from the brink. Third in a series.
Tribal Hatcheries and the Road to Restoration
How Indigenous hatcheries in the Pacific Northwest are upholding treaty rights and rehabilitating habitats.