Originally Posted By: Carcassman
The hatchery generators I have seen are not "stick in your pickup and haul". They are rather large as the electrical needs at a hatchery are/were huge. Those are not tiny pumps, the freezers for food, and all the rest take a lot of power.

Does not excuse having a backup generator that is regularly tested and ready to go. With the advancements in weather forecasting they should have known this was at least a possibility and been well prepared (fire up the g'rator as a test).

To my knowledge, the WR fished raised at Minter were to support recovery. With the opening of the Tribal facility on the White it became less necessary. An interesting aspect is that, at least in the 2000-2010 range, yearlings from Minter survived at about the same rate a fingerlings from the Tribal hatchery. Something in the marine waters was killing them.



I understand they had large gen sets to run the whole hatchery operation. But in an emergency I'm sure a 5 or 6kw could keep the pumps running and the fish alive until power could be restored.
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