Hatcheries and spawning channels
Salmon hatcheries play a key role in our efforts to conserve vulnerable salmon stocks; provide recreational, commercial and Indigenous fishing opportunities; and support stock assessment. Spawning channels provide high-quality habitat for adult salmon to lay their eggs and for eggs to incubate. Our hatcheries and spawning channels release close to 400 million juvenile salmon every year to support wild stocks and sustain Pacific salmon fisheries.
We operate 23 hatcheries and spawning channels and support Indigenous and community–based hatcheries through our Community Economic Development and Public Involvement Programs. These enhancement efforts are coordinated to support the conservation, rebuilding and management of salmon stocks in rivers and streams throughout BC and the Yukon.
Map of Salmonid Enhancement Program major facilities and community hatcheries
| Facilty name | City, town or landmark | Type of facility |
|---|---|---|
| Shuswap Falls Hatchery | Lumby, BC | Federal hatchery |
| Big Qualicum Hatchery | Qualicum Beach, BC | Federal hatchery |
| Capilano River Hatchery | North Vancouver, BC | Federal hatchery |
| Chehalis River Hatchery | Agassiz, BC | Federal hatchery |
| Chilliwack River Hatchery | Chilliwack, BC | Federal hatchery |
| Conuma River Hatchery | Tahisis, BC | Federal hatchery |
| Inch Creek Hatchery | Dewdney, BC | Federal hatchery |
| Kitimat River Hatchery | Kitimat, BC | Federal hatchery |
| Little Qualicum Hatchery | Qualicum Beach | Federal hatchery |
| Nitinat Hatchery | Port Alberni, BC | Federal hatchery |
| Puntledge River Hatchery | Courtenay, BC | Federal hatchery |
| Quinsam River Hatchery | Campbell River, BC | Federal hatchery |
| Robertson Creek Hatchery | Port Alberni, BC | Federal hatchery |
| Snootli Creek Hatchery | Bella Coola, BC | Federal hatchery |
| Spius Creek Hatchery | Merritt, BC | Federal hatchery |
| Tenderfoot Creek Hatchery | Brackendale, BC | Federal hatchery |
| Fulton River Spawning Channel | Granisle, BC | Spawning channel |
| Gates Spawning Channel | Gates, BC | Spawning channel |
| Horsefly Spawning Channel | Merritt, BC | Spawning channel |
| Nadina River Spawning Channel | Granisle, BC | Spawning channel |
| Pinkut Creek Spawning Channel | Burns Lake, BC | Spawning channel |
| Weaver Creek Spawning Channel | Agassiz, BC | Spawning channel |
| Cowichan River Hatchery Project | near Duncan, BC | CEDP hatchery project |
| Deadman River Project | near Savona, BC | CEDP hatchery |
| Dunn Creek Hatchery | Barriere, BC | CEDP hatchery |
| Fort Babine Hatchery | Fort Babine, BC | CEDP hatchery |
| Hartley Bay Salmon Hatchery | Hartley Bay, BC | CEDP hatchery |
| Kincolith Hatchery | mouth of the Nass River, BC | CEDP hatchery |
| Klemtu Project | Trout Bay, BC | CEDP project |
| MacLean Bay Hatchery | Sechelt Inlet, BC | CEDP hatchery |
| McLoughlin Hatchery | Trout Bay, BC | CEDP hatchery |
| Namgis First Nation (Gwa'ni Hatchery) | lower Nimpkish River, BC | CEDP hatchery |
| Nanaimo River Hatchery | Nanaimo River, BC | CEDP hatchery |
| Powell River Project | Lang Creek, BC | CEDP project |
| Quatse River Hatchery | Port Hardy, BC | CEDP hatchery |
| San Juan Project | San Juan Estuary, BC | CEDP project |
| Seymour Hatchery | North Vancouver, BC | CEDP hatchery |
| Thornton Creek Project | Ucluelet Harbour, BC | CEDP project |
| Tla'amin CEDP Project | Powell River, BC | CEDP project |
| Tla-o-qui-aht Project | near Tofino, BC | CEDP project |
| Yakoun River, Marie Lake Hatchery Project | Marie Lake, BC | CEDP hatchery |
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