After 2 to 5 years out in the wild the pink and chum are pushing at our barrier nets ready to come home.

We are prepping our hatchery to receive the incoming salmon and soon will be starting to spawn them to seed the next generations destined to call Sitka Sound Science Center home. Each year we gather enough eggs to raise and release 3 million chum, and 3 million pink salmon that will supplement our local fishing industry and educate our population on the importance of salmon within our ecosystem and workforce.