Eight or nine months ago, I said that I had documented the whole salmon raising process on video and that I would post them soon. Well, soon turned into not-so-soon pretty easily. Life got in the way as it has a habit of doing and now I find myself at the end of the year with a bit of time off from work. Earlier this week, I put together a couple of video clips into a series of short movies.
The first one is an introduction to the incubator and clarifier set up.
The second video shows the loading of eggs into the incubator.
One thing I didn't explain very clearly in the video is why we are giving the eggs a 10 minute bath in an iodine/creek water solution. The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife guys over at Issaquah Salmon Hatchery want to make sure that no diseases or invasive critters are transferred between creek systems, so they ask us to use the iodine bath to limit the spread of any unwanted pests.
The third video shows what we do to finish up once all the eggs are loaded.
The last video in the series of four shows what all the work is about; the release of small coho salmon into McAleer Creek.
It was fun to do the videos. If anything is not clear or you have questions, drop me a comment and I'll do my best to address it.
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- RoboDad
- I'm currently 60 years old. I currently work as the learning management system specialist for American University of Madaba in Madaba, Jordan. I was originally certified as a high-school English teacher and taught school for 13 years (1 year of substituting, 1 year of 7th grade, 2 years of a combined 5th, 6th, 7th grade, 9 years of 8th grade). I've worked for hardware and software companies for the past 23 years doing training, training materials development, certification test development and other education related stuff. My wife and I have raised four children to adulthood; some of them live at home at the moment, but that won't last (they're too independent for that). We live at home with 2 Golden Retrievers, 2 black cats, a crazy cat, and, during the winter, 70,000 coho salmon.
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The videos look great! Sweet editing and narration. You and Uncle Tom are clearly TV naturals.
Would you have a drawing or plan showing the piping? I am hoping to try this in Ireland for trout. I can be reached directly at kevinmccleanATyahooDOTcom
Would you have a drawing or plan showing the piping? I am hoping to try this in Ireland for trout. I can be reached directly at kevinmccleanATyahooDOTcom
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