Yesterday we did some scientific work 6000 of our 50,000 Coho that are in the Back Channel at the Hatchery have 'pit-tags' in them, tiny little electronic code devices that are implanted into the fish's belly via a syringe. We have a couple of pit tag readers located in the river down from the acclimation pond. When we release the fish the recorded pit-tags will give us a 'Guesstimation' of how many Parr (Baby Fish) survived the acclimation. Yesterday we did an efficiency test by injecting a bag full of tangerines. What we found out was that water logged, chewed on by the dog, little oranges tend to sink and the pit-tag reader that is set directly under the overhead power lines doesn't read many of the tags.
I am the only one working today, so they have me on for ten hours. Work started to get a little too hectic at the Back Channel so i had to step it up a bit. Lying in my hammock i decided this 'Full Time' stuff isn't so bad, all i need now is a coconut or margarita
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