Army Corps Awards Bonneville Fish Hatchery Operations to ODFW
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Seafood News] by Susan Chambers - November 8, 2017
PORTLAND, OR - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers awarded a $6.2 million contract to Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife to operate and maintain the Bonneville Fish Hatchery, on the Columbia River. The firm-fixed contract is for one year, with two consecutive option years, if exercised, in order to produce fall Chinook to aid in mitigation obligations for The Dalles and John Day dams.
Current hatchery production includes several groups of upriver bright fall Chinook. Fishery production on the Columbia River helps sustain ...
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