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  What is this thing?

  20 0 This is a net pen for raising juvenile hatchery coho salmon as part of an effort to improve fishing opportunities in Puget Sound. After a certain amount of time, both hatchery and wild juvenile salmon will migrate from the stream (or hatchery) where they were born out to the saltwater and begin their life of wandering around before returning back to the freshwater, where they spawn and die. The fish in this net pen were hatched in a land-based hatchery, then transferred to this net pen, where they will grow a bit more before being released. Holding the juvenile fish in a saltwater net pen before release makes them imprint on Puget Sound and makes them less prone to do the big traditional migration out into the Pacific. So they'll spend their lives wandering Puget Sound in search of food -- and becoming food for people and critters. Doug answered in City Living over 3 years ago Answer, comment & read 6 more answers »

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