fish hatchery

American  

noun

1. a facility where fish eggs are hatched and the fry raised, especially to stock lakes, streams, and ponds.

---

Etymology

Origin of fish hatchery

An Americanism dating back to 1880–85

Example Sentences

Here, at the cold and dim abandoned fish hatchery at Big Beef Creek near Seabeck, and in a new industrial fish hatchery on the Skokomish River north of Shelton, Moore’s team will eventually tag 300 young steelhead.

From Seattle Times

The state Game and Fish Department announced Friday that while the disease was found in only low levels at the Rock Lake State Fish Hatchery in eastern New Mexico, the agency will euthanize about 70,000 trout in the affected portions of the hatchery to reduce the chance of the disease spreading.

From Seattle Times

The smallest of the four dams, Copco 2, will come down in 2023, and crews will improve roads and bridges, move a municipal water line, and build a new fish hatchery.

From Salon

Charles Conklin, 61, owns the building the pizzeria occupied, as well as the neighboring fish hatchery that includes a stocked lake where people pay to fish for a variety of trout and bass.

From Seattle Times

As they degrade, they will become a fish hatchery before decomposing into organic matter that will provide nutrients to the ecosystem.

From Washington Post