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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

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About 25,525 smolts that were thrown onto the creek banks “were not able to flop down into the water,” Andrew Gibbs, the department’s fish hatchery coordinator for eastern Oregon, said in an interview on Wednesday.

From New York Times Apr. 3, 2024

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 Mar. 29, 2023

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 Feb. 26, 2023

While it housed fisheries bureaucrats, part of the space was used as a fish hatchery.

From Washington Post Nov. 4, 2017

She told him of her work at the fish hatchery, after her discharge from the Birthing Center.

From "Son" by Lois Lowry

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