NY PC Fish Hatchery Interior Caledonia, circa 1911

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Up for auction is this vintage postcard view of the interior fish hatchery at Mumford New York. This is the Caledonia fish hatchery, the first hatchery built in the United States by Seth Green (March 19, 1817 - 1888) who was a pioneer in fish farming (Pisciculture and Aquaculture). He established the first fish hatchery in the United States in the Town of Caledonia . He was an outdoor enthusiast and ran a fish and game shop in Rochester before conceiving the idea of propagating his own stock of fish. By 1867, he was successfully farming salmon in Caledonia . Later, he expanded his techniques to other species, including shad and trout. Green received many awards for his ideas and developments. The Seth Green Trail in Rochester is named after him. Green has been also credited for inventing the fishing reel. He died, aged 71, in 1888. The next week we will be selling a larger collection of vintage New York State Fish Hatchery and Game Farm historic photos and real photo postcards. Many of the hatcheries are no longer in existence, but were run when the department was run by the Forest Fish and Game commission and old conservation department. The DEC operates 12 fish hatcheries and one fish pathology laboratory. Numerous fish species are reared for stocking into more than 1,200 public waters across the State. Annual production averages 900,000-1 million pounds of fish. All hatcheries are open to the public from spring through fall, and several are open year-round. Adirondack Hatchery is located about 12 miles from the Village of Saranac Lake in Franklin County . This facility specializes in rearing landlocked Atlantic salmon for statewide distribution. Annual production averages 30,000 pounds of salmon, with most fish stocked as yearling smolts (six inches long) or as small fingerlings in the spring. Bath Hatchery is located one mile from the Village of Bath in Steuben County . The hatchery rears lake trout, brown trout and rainbow trout. All of the lake trout and many of the rainbow trout reared are obtained from fish collected from Seneca Lake and Cayuga Lake . Annual production of all species is about 86,000 pounds. Caledonia Hatchery , located in Livingston County in the Village of Caledonia , is the oldest hatchery in New York State and the nation. Caledonia Hatchery rears brown trout and a limited number of splake. Most of the two-year-old brown trout used in DEC's stocking program for 13-15 inch trout are produced at Caledonia Hatchery. Annual production is approximately 170,000 pounds. Catskill Hatchery is located in Sullivan County near the Village of Livingston Manor , and near two of New York State 's fabled trout streams, the Beaver Kill and Willowemoc Creek. This facility specializes in rearing brown trout and it maintains a brood stock capable of producing two million eggs. About 115,000 pounds of brown trout are produced annually. Chateaugay Hatchery is located near the Village of Chateaugay in northern Franklin County . This facility has a very diverse rearing program which includes Raquette Lake strain lake, trout, brown trout, rainbow trout and brook trout, including the Temiscamiex domestic hybrid used extensively in Adirondack Mountain lakes and ponds. Annual production is approximately 90,000 pounds. Chautauqua Hatchery is located near the Village of Mayville in Chautauqua County . This is the only DEC hatchery currently raising pure strain muskellunge, which are obtained from netting and egg collection on Chautauqua Lake and in some years from Waneta Lake . Pond-reared walleye fingerlings are also grown at this hatchery. Total production is 3,300 pounds annually. Oneida Hatchery is located in the Village of Constantia in Oswego County , on the north shore of Oneida Lake . The hatchery was reconstructed, with work completed in 1992. The rearing program is focused on walleye, and includes egg collections from Oneida Lake (200-300 million eggs/year), and stocking of millions of walleye fry and about 220,000 advanced walleye fingerlings (four to six inch... read more

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