CapeCast goes to the Sandwich Fish Hatchery
The boys at CapeCast recently visited the Sandwich Fish Hatchery off Route 6A and you won't believe the cool stuff we found.
Tour of the Sandwich Hatchery
A video of a recent visit to the Sandwich Hatchery down Cape Cod, MA. Lots of trout including some giant display fish.
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Trout Spawning at Palmer Fish Hatchery
MassWildlife operates five fish hatcheries, located in Sandwich, Belchertown, Montague, Sunderland, and Palmer. Rainbow, brown, brook, and tiger trout are raised for stocking rivers, streams, lakes, and ponds throughout the Commonwealth. Biologists sort the fish by gender and check if the fish are ready to spawn. Milt is collected from the males and eggs are carefully extracted from females. Then, milt and eggs are combined and water is added to aid the fertilization process. Fish are quickly returned to the water to minimize stress. Fertilized eggs will hatch into fry after approximately 2 months. After growing for 1.5–2.5 years, these fish will be stocked in waters across the state. Learn more:
SANDWICH, MA- The seal who came to dinner
SANDWICH, MA - Like a chocoholic with keys to a Godiva shop, a young harbor seal found herself in sea mammal heaven yesterday - the Sandwich Hatchery.
And before she was captured and released on a salt water beach, the little seal managed to munch on untold numbers of four-pound trout.
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No one is quite sure exactly why the seal ended up at the state fish hatchery. She had to travel about two miles from the area of the Sandwich Boardwalk on Cape Cod Bay, follow a creek that passes under a mini-golf course and Route 6A and runs through a wooded area skirting the fish hatchery, before somehow making her way into the hatchery lagoons.
And with several lagoons to choose from, the little seal ended up in the one with the largest trout, most weighing four pounds or so.
Hatchery employees found some tracks indicating the seal might have traversed a snowy area of about 25 yards to reach the fish-filled lagoons.
Its either a very smart little seal or a very lucky little seal, said Katie Touhey, a spokeswoman for the Cape Cod Stranding Network, a program of the International Wildlife Fund.
It looks healthy enough, pretty full in fact, said Touhey peering into the lagoon where the seal swam back and forth, alternately barking at curious on-lookers who ventured too close and sending trout into a leaping frenzy.
The seal was discovered around 7 a.m. as Division of Fisheries and Wildlife employees made their regular morning rounds at the historic hatchery. First built as a private trout farm in 1860, it was purchased by the state in 1912, according to hatchery manager Craig Lodowsky.
Wildlife technician John Garofoli was first to spot the seal and did a double take.
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MassWildlife Trout Spawning Fall 2014
MassWildlife manages five fish hatchery facilities, located in Sandwich, Belchertown, Montague, Sunderland, and Palmer. Rainbow, brown, brook, and tiger trout are raised for stocking rivers, streams, lakes, and ponds throughout the Commonwealth. Each year approximately 500,000 hatchery grown fish are stocked to offer anglers of all ages exciting fishing opportunities that would not otherwise exist. This video shows how the trout are spawned in the hatchery. All hatcheries except Palmer are open to the public.
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