Greg Massey and Eric Fotter handle brown trout broodstock for spawning.
Greg Hoar gently applies pressure to abdomen of a female brown trout to express eggs.
Merrill Blake gently applies pressure to abdomen of a female brown trout to express eggs.
P
P
S
Helping out with the spawning project at the New Gloucester Fish Hatchery on October 15, 2012, were back row from left: Jewels Roy, Brandyn Hurd, Merrill Blake, Chad Ridlon, and Greg Hoar. Front row from left: Eric Fotter, Greg Massey, and Tim Knedler.
Greg Massey nets ripe female brown trout.
Brandyn Hurd and Eric Fotter spawning brown trout broodstock.
Eric Fotter spawning brown trout broodstock.
Freshly expressed eggs await fertilization.
Many hands make light work.
Milt from the male brown trout broodstock can be seen in the upper right corner - the next step is mixing the eggs and milt for fertilization to occur.
Eggs and milt are mixed and life begins.
Brandyn Hurd spawning brown trout broodstock.
Ovarian fluid samples are collected for lab analysis.
Pre-spawn female
Post-spawn female
Greg Hoar expressing milt from male brown trout.
Chad Ridlon gently applies pressure to abdomen of a female brown trout to express eggs.
Milt and eggs awaiting mixing.
Ovarian fluid samples are collected for lab analysis by Tim Knedler.
Ovarian fluid samples are collected for lab
analysis by Tim Knedler.
Ovarian fluid samples, each tube contains ovarian fluid from paired matings of 5 males x 5 females
