Smolt Outmigration

Smolt Outmigration
As compensation for the impacts of hydroelectric development on pink spawning habitats in the Seton River, two spawning channels were constructed. The Lower Spawning Channel is located below the Cayoose Creek confluence. This channel has fyke net traps during pink fry out migration periods and inclined plane traps for Chinook and Coho fry out migration periods. The Upper Spawning Channel is located near the Seton Dam and has only the fyke net traps for pink fry. While both of these traps help monitor fry outmigration timing, they also help our technicians determine how many fry are migrating through the spawning channels.