News Education Wildlife Journal Federal Aid Calendar Hunting Fishing Hunter Ed . The New Hampshire Fish and Game Department is looking for volunteers to carry these small salmon to release points along streams in the Lamprey and Cocheco river systems, according to Marine Biologist Douglas Grout. The inch-long salmon held at the federal fish hatchery in Nashua are scheduled to be released Saturday, April 7, and Saturday, April 21, as part of Fish and Game's Atlantic salmon restoration efforts in the coastal rivers.
Volunteers release the fry at intervals along certain streams or rivers.
The young salmon will stay in the rivers for about two years before migrating to the ocean. If all goes well, the salmon should return to the rivers to spawn when they're about four years old. The goal of the stocking program is to eventually establish self-sustaining populations of Atlantic salmon in these waterways. Volunteers should have waders or hip boots, and they should bring their lunch. Stocking will take place rain or shine, starting around 9 a.m. and takes most of each day.