Protecting our salmon and ensuring their survival for future generations through education and outreach.
Issaquah Salmon Hatchery
Visit Us
Open everyday from dawn to dusk.
Admission is free.
125 W. Sunset Way
Issaquah, WA 98027
Friends of the Issaquah Salmon Hatchery
What We do
2024 Spawning Numbers
Chinook (King) Salmon
5,200 Arrived in August/September
1,275,500 Eggs Collected
74 Adults Released Upstream
Coho (Silver) Salmon
0 Arrived in October
0 Eggs Collected
0 Adults Released Upstream
0 Adults Released into Coal Creek
Protecting Our Salmon and Ensuring their Survival
Get Involved
Friends of the Issaquah Salmon Hatchery (FISH) educates people of all ages about Pacific salmon, the importance of clean watersheds, and the vital role our historic hatchery plays in sustaining our salmon population. There are many ways to get involved.
Friends of the Issaquah Salmon Hatchery
Latest News
2nd Spawning Week!
The WDFW staff & FISH volunteers conducted the first two days of spawning on Tuesday & Wednesday (10/1 & 10/2). New totals: Chinook Spawned = 1,288 Chinook Trapped = 6,500 Chinook Eggs Taken= 2,567,500 Natural Origin Chinook Adults Upstream = 113 No Coho have been spawned yet, but there are about 100 in the trapping ponds.
First Week of Spawning!
The WDFW staff & FISH volunteers conducted the first two days of spawning on Monday & Tuesday (9/23 & 9/24). 1.25 million Chinook (King) salmon eggs were taken, fertilized and placed into the incubation trays! The beginning to a new generation of salmon! 59 natural origin Chinook were released upstream!The hatchery manager also added some fertilized eggs to the FISH aquarium, so stop on by to check it out! Open 8:30-4:00pm daily.
Salmon on Sunset thank you!
Salmon on Sunset was SO much fun! Attendees raced ducks, fed the trout, listened to the orchestra, ate lunch at the food trucks, learned about our partners, listened to three different rock bands, learned how to fly cast, catapulted a salmon through a culvert, purchased exclusive hatchery ornaments and t-shirts, found the scavenger hunt critters and welcomed the salmon home! Thank you to all of our supporters, volunteers and partners for such a wonderful event. See you next year!
