The Glenwood Springs Salmon Hatchery on Orcas Island is seeking interested salmon anglers to help improve understanding of fish distribution in the region.

A portion of all hatchery salmon are implanted with a tiny coded wire tag that is injected into their snouts when they are juveniles. Valuable information can be gained by recovering the tags from the heads of sport-caught adult salmon.

Glenwood Springs needs the heads from the fish, the approximate location where it was harvested and the date it was caught. If the fish has a tag, they will get back to you with information on what hatchery the salmon originated from and when it was released into the marine environment.

For more information, contact Mike O’Connell at 360-472-1205 or moconnell@lltk.org. To learn more about the Glenwood Springs Salmon Hatchery visit the website at http://www.lltk.org.