We recently caught up with Jason Smith, Chief, Inland Fisheries Division, NH 
Fish & Game, to learn about some energy efficiency projects he has overseen in some of the state’s six fish hatcheries. If you aren’t familiar with hatcheries, they are places where artificial breeding, hatching, and rearing through the early stages of the fish’s life occur. Once the fish reach the length of about 10 inches, they are loaded into tanks that are affixed to flatbed trucks and released into NH’s many waterways. NH Fish & Game raises the fish for two reasons:
- To ensure that New Hampshire has plentiful and a wide variety of fish levels that sustain, enhance and restore healthy fish populations.
- To be certain that New Hampshire waters have fish populations that support a diversity and desired levels of fishing, which is enjoyed by NH natives and visitors alike.