The Remote Site Incubator (RSI) project was developed in 1999 in cooperation with Puyallup Tribal Fishers and Scott Hansen, a PCRS founder. This project involved placing 50,000 Chum eyed eggs in the incubator until they develop into fry and escape to the Bay, to hopefully return as adults. In order to perform this project, we obtained a Brood Stock permit and developed a five-year plan to monitor the process during the two and a half month incubation period. The incubator was donated by Simpson Tacoma Kraft workers through their Community Cares Program.

 

Our project employs techniques never used before, including using a pre-screen, monitoring in the morning and evening, counting the rates of egg hatching, and survival of alevin and fry. We have also studied the best times to conduct the monitoring, and train volunteers on how best to conduct their tasks and how to set up monitoring periods. We will continue this project until Puget Creek has a viable self-sustaining Chum salmon population.

 

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