535 Free Photos of Gavins Point National Fish Hatchery

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Signage at Gavins Point National Fish Hatchery

Chubs and shiners in aquarium at Gavins Point National Fish Hatchery

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Outdoor tank at Gavins Point National Fish Hatchery

Fish-food vending machine at Gavins Point National Fish Hatchery

Biologists walking at Gavins Point National Fish Hatchery

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Pond at Gavins Point National Fish Hatchery with green algae

The Aquarium at Gavins Point National Fish Hatchery (49770461101)

Daybreak at Gavins Point National Fish Hatchery (49592166523)

Here is a pair of young raccoon hiding out next to our sturgeon building. Sometimes it feels like there is more of these guys than fish...

Photo Credit: Spencer Neuharth / USFWS

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The waterfowl are really moving in at the hatchery! Here is a sequence of pictures that captured a redhead drake preparing to land on our bass pond.

Photo Credit: Spencer Neuharth / USFWS

The migration is in full swing around Yankton! A lot of waterfowl stop by the hatchery because of our open water. Here is a beautiful redhead drake sitting on our trout pond.

Photo Credit: Spencer Ne

Fish aren't the only creatures hatching around here. This morning we found this painted turtle, which barely eclipsed a quarter.

Photo Credit: Spencer Neuharth / USFWS

reptiles animals

Earlier this spring we had a trumpeter swan hanging around the hatchery. They are fairly rare in this area and are considered threatened in Minnesota. Although this is only a juvenile, trumpeter swans

Happy World Turtle Day!
This painted turtle and softshell turtle were incredibly popular during school tours this year. Both were re-released back into the wild this morning!

Photo Credit: Spencer Ne

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Gavins Point National Fish Hatchery Aquarium

aquarium collage

Hatchery Pond Harvest

Hatchery Pond Harvest

Fish Hatchery Work

Hatchery Fish Shipping Boxes

Paddlefish Spawn at Gavins Point NFH (6)

Paddlefish Spawn at Gavins Point NFH (5)

Quiet Morning at Gavins Point NFH

Paddlefish Spawn at Gavins Point NFH (2)

Paddlefish Spawn at Gavins Point NFH (7)

Weighing Walleye Fry

Walleye Hatching System

Gavins Point National Fish Hatchery sign

Paddlefish Harvest at Gavins Point NFH

Freshwater Mussels at Gavins Point National Fish Hatchery

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Harvesting Hatchery Fish (3)

Filling a Fish Hauling Tank

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Harvesting Hatchery Fish (2)

Paddlefish Spawn at Gavins Point NFH (1)

Paddlefish Spawn at Gavins Point NFH (3)

Paddlefish Spawn at Gavins Point NFH (4)

Aerating a Pond at Gavins Point National Fish Hatchery

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A still morning at Gavins Point National Fish Hatchery

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Dawn at Gavins Point National Fish Hatchery

Fish Hatchery Work

Walleye Eggs in a Hatching Jar

Paddlefish Fingerling

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Fertilizing a Hatchery Pond

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Bluegill Fingerlings

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Smoky Morning at Gavins Point National Fish Hatchery

Harvesting Hatchery Fish (1)

Paddlefish Spawn at Gavins Point NFH (8)

Walleye Harvest

Coded-wire Fish Tagging Equipment

Walleye Eggs in a Hatching Jar

Rainbow Trout Eggs

Strutting Turkey at Gavins Point NFH

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Paddlefish Fingerlings in a Hatchery Pond

Pallid Sturgeon Eggs in a Hatching Jar

Loading Fish from a Hatchery Pond

Paddlefish Feeding

Sunrise Paddlefish Harvest

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Sunrise Paddlefish Harvest

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Rainbow Trout Eggs in a Hatching Jar

Moving Rainbow Trout to a Raceway

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Strutting Turkey at Gavins Point NFH

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Common Snapping Turtle

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Spawning a Female Paddlefish

Large Rainbow Trout

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Spawning a Female Paddlefish

Spawning a Female Paddlefish

Spawning a Female Paddlefish

Pallid Sturgeon Fingerling

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Pallid Sturgeon Eggs

Hatchery Pond Aerator

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Sunrise Paddlefish Harvest

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Yellow Perch Fingerlings

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Working with Pallid Sturgeon

Aerating a pond at Gavins Point National Fish Hatchery

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Pallid Sturgeon Fingerling

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Spawning Pallid Sturgeon

Automatic Fish Feeder on Pond

Hatchery Pond Harvest

Collecting Pallid Sturgeon Milt

Paddlefish Pond Harvest

Paddlefish Pond Harvest

Harvesting Yellow Perch

Measuring Dissolved Oxygen

Weighing a Net Full of Paddlefish

Spawning a Female Paddlefish

Garter Snake Eating a Paddlefish

Rainbow Trout on the Move

Driving a Skid Steer

Garter Snake Eating a Paddlefish

Testing Pond Water Quality

Longnose Gar Eating a Rainbow Trout

Water Quality Monitoring

Pallid Sturgeon Eggs

Pallid Sturgeon Eggs

Paddlefish Eggs

Releasing a Paddlefish

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Spawning a Pallid Sturgeon

Spawning a Pallid Sturgeon

Bluegill Nests in a Drained Pond

Paddlefish Spawn Tools of the Trade

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