Behind the Scenes of Salmon Fish Farming, California's Nimbus Fish Hatchery

Want to learn where salmon come from? In California most of the salmon are produced in fish hatcheries. Join me on a tour of the Nimbus Fish Hatchery in Sacramento on the American River and learn about California Salmon farming.
#salmon, #farming, #aquaculture
The new Nimbus Fish Hatchery fish ladder is operational. The Best time to see the chinook salmon running is in December and January at the Nimbus Fish Hatchery.
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[@ColoradoFishDr]

Nicely done, Dr. Gross!

[@ThisIsAquaculture]

Thank you kindly! :) I'm glad I was able to get the video out this semester.

[@ozzypunk1]

Thanks. Great video

[@ThisIsAquaculture]

Thanks Mark. FYI We just set up a new system for lettuce and will be filming it soon!

[@dancastillo27]

Wow..... incredibly fascinating process. Thank you for your efforts to document and explain all this. Big question here though.... it might seem trivial, lol. Has there been any research or thought into whether artificially fertilizing the eggs after both male and female fish have been dead. I'm sure it makes no difference but I'm just curious. The Japanese are pretty serious about ikejime which is a technique for immediately stopping rigormortis after the fish is caught - I'm just wondering is this something that has been looked at?

[@ThisIsAquaculture]

No effect if done within a short period of time. The are cells in organs of course, and they do require oxygen to exist. As for ikejime, thats nice for a single fish, it doesnt stop rigor fyi, but its labor intensive and you couldnt do that for hundreds to thousands a fish a day. Have you seen my captive bolt gun review video? ua-cam.com/video/hy2U7QL0WQw/v-deo.html

[@crispee_bills]

What happens to the excess water like with the egg jars?

[@ThisIsAquaculture]

All water is filtered and returned back to the American River.