Hatcheries

Hatchery and Genetic Management Plans (HGMPs) for WDFW Hatchery Programs

Puget Sound

The Hatchery Genetic Management Plan (HGMP) describes, in a format prescribed by NOAA Fisheries, the operation of the artificial production program for salmon and steelhead in the Puget Sound region and the potential effects of each program on listed species.

Draft HGMPs Available for Public Comment

• No HGMPs are currently available for public comment

Previously Submitted Puget Sound HGMPs

Deschutes River Fall Chinook

• Public Comments
  • Hatchery Scientific Review Group
• WDFW Response to Comments
  • Response to Hatchery Scientific Review Group comments on Deschutes River Fall Chinook HGMP

Elwha River Summer/Fall Chinook
Approved by NOAA November 21, 2012

• Public Comments
  • Hatchery Scientific Review Group
  • Wild Fish Conservancy
  • The Conservation Angler
  • Coastal Conservation Association
  • E-mailed Public Comments
• WDFW Response to Comments
  • Response to Public Comments on Elwha Chinook HGMP
  • WDFW Letter to NMFS on Elwha HGMP Comments – Responses

Hamma Hamma Fall Chinook

• Public Comments
  • Hatchery Scientific Review Group
• WDFW Response to Comments
  • Response to Hatchery Scientific Review Group comments on Hamma Hamma Fall Chinook HGMP

Hood Canal Winter Steelhead

• Public Comments
  • E-mailed Public Comments
• WDFW Response to Comments
  • Response to Public Comments on Hood Canal Winter Steelhead HGMP

North Fork Nooksack River Fall Chum

• Public Comments
  • Hatchery Scientific Review Group
• WDFW Response to Comments
  • Response to Hatchery Scientific Review Group comments on North Fork Nooksack River Fall Chum HGMP

North/Middle Fork Nooksack River Chinook

• Public Comments
  • Hatchery Scientific Review Group
• WDFW Response to Comments
  • Response to Hatchery Scientific Review Group comments on North/Middle Fork Nooksack River Chinook HGMP

Minter Creek Fall Chinook

• Public Comments
  • Hatchery Scientific Review Group
• WDFW Response to Comments
  • Response to Hatchery Scientific Review Group comments on Minter Creek Fall Chinook HGMP

Soos Creek Fall Chinook

• Public Comments
  • Coastal Conservation Association
  • Hatchery Scientific Review Group
  • Water Resource Inventory Area 9 (WRIA 9) Watershed Ecosystem Forum
  • E-mailed Public Comments
  • Wild Fish Conservancy
• WDFW Response to Comments
  • Response to Public Comments on Soos Creek Fall Chinook HGMP (Updated May 2, 2013)

Voights Creek Fall Chinook

• Public Comments
  • E-mailed Public Comments
• WDFW Response to Comments
  • Response to Public Comments on Voights Creek FAll Chinook HGMP

Wallace River Summer Chinook

• Public Comments
  • Hatchery Scientific Review Group
  • E-mailed Public Comments
• WDFW Response to Comments
  • Response to Public Comments on Wallace River Summer Chinook HGMP