FUN FACTS
HOW MUCH OF THE SEAFOOD EATEN WORLDWIDE COMES FROM FISH HATCHERIES?
OVER HALF!
WHO MAINLY TAKE CARE OF THE FISH?
HATCHERY TECHNICIANS
WHEN ARE THE FISH HATCHED?
USUALLY IN SPRINGTIME, WHENEVER IT'S WARM OUTSIDE.
HOW MANY FISH HATCHERIES ARE IN IDAHO?
20
WHAT IS THE MOST POPULAR FISH IN IDAHO?
TROUT
WHEN WAS THE FIRST FISH HATCHERY CREATED?
1871
HOW DO YOU BECOME A HATCHERY TECHNICIAN?
GO TO COLLEGE AND GET A DEGREE IN AQUACULTURE.
HOW MANY TIMES ARE FISH HATCHED EVERY YEAR?
USUALLY ONCE, BUT DEPENDING ON THE TEMPERATURE, IT CAN BE 2 OR 3 TIMES A YEAR.
NAME THE DIFFERENT LOCATIONS OF THE FISH HATCHERIES IN IDAHO.
SOME OF THEM ARE JEROME, FILER, WENDELL, BUHL, HANGERMAN, SPRINGFIELD, STANLEY, BELLEVUE, MACKAY, EAGLE, NAMPA, AND MAY.
NAME ALL THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF FISH YOU CAN!
SOME ARE TROUT, STEELHEAD, SALMON, CATFISH, BASS, WALLEYE, AND MORE!
WHICH STATE BUILT THE FIRST FISH HATCHERY?
CALIFORNIA
ON AVERAGE, HOW MUCH DO HATCHERY TECHNICIANS GET PAID PER HOUR IN IDAHO?
AROUND $15 PER HOUR
HOW MANY BABIES CAN ONE FISH HAVE EVERY YEAR?
THE COMMON CARP CAN PRODUCE ABOUT 300,000 FISH.
HOW MANY FISH HATCHERIES ARE IN THE MAGIC VALLEY?
AROUND 5
WHAT IS THE MOST POPULAR FISH IN THE ENTIRE WORLD?
CARP
WHO WERE RAISING FISH MORE THAN 4,000 YEARS AGO?
THE EGYPTIANS!
WHAT ELSE DO HATCHERY TECHNICIANS DO BESIDES CARE FOR THE FISH?
SUPERVISE FISH DELIVERIES, SOLVE PROBLEMS, MAKE REPAIRS, AND MORE!
WHAT TEMPERATURE OF WATER IS BEST FOR HATCHING?
AROUND 77 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT.
HOW MANY FISH HATCHERIES ARE IN THE UNITED STATES?
70!
WHAT'S THE MOST POPULAR FISH IN THE UNITED STATES?
TUNA
HOW MANY WATER SPECIES ARE FARMED AROUND THE WORLD?
580!
WHAT SKILLS DO YOU NEED TO BE A HATCHERY TECHNICIAN?
PROBLEM-SOLVING, PHYSICAL ABILITY, ATTENTION TO DETAIL, AND MORE!
HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE FOR FISH TO HATCH?
ABOUT 2 DAYS.
HOW MANY FISH HATCHERIES ARE IN THE ENTIRE WORLD?
VERY FEW IF ANY! FISH HATCHERIES ARE MAINLY IN THE UNITED STATES.
DO YOU LIKE FISH? IF SO, WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE?
IT CAN BE ANYTHING!
Clue:
I am something on the ground
In your yard I can be seen
I am something that gets cut
And I am the color green