The acclimation pen project at Point Defiance finished its third year at that location after a couple of years at Narrows Marina. It is a collaborative effort under the umbrella of Northwest Salmon Research and includes SAMI School, Metro Parks Tacoma, Puyallup Tribe, WDFW and Puget Sound Anglers Gig Harbor(PSAGH).

This year there were about 100K Chinook; half from the Tribe and the other half from WDFW. All those fish were clipped and both groups had some which were coded wire tagged.

PSAGH provided the labor to put together the net floats and place them at the Marina then install nets and avian predator barriers and after fish release reverse the process. Members also participated in the three a day feedings so fish were in great shape when released.

Hopefully someone will be able to gather return data to determine what improvement in adult returns are achieved by these fish versus those released into the river.