Fall Chinook near Bonneville Dam, Washington 2018.Photo credit A. W. (Tony) Grover.
Fall Chinook near Bonneville Dam, Washington 2018.Photo credit A. W. (Tony) Grover.
Fall Chinook near Bonneville Dam, Washington 2018.Photo credit A. W. (Tony) Grover.
About FINS

Fish Inventory System

FINS contains standardized hatchery juvenile fish production, release, and adult data that inform overall hatchery operations, fisheries management and mitigation decisions for salmon, steelhead and other fish species.

Life in our Hands.
Photo credit: Anna Copeland, USFWS

FINS Usage

How is FINS Data Being Used?

Inform Hatchery
Management

Fulfill
Data Requests

Simplify
Reporting

Connect Data
to other Databases

Track All Data Points:
Trapping to Release

Support Snake Basin Coordination

Sawtooth Weir
Photo credit: Cassie Sundquist, IDFG

Collaboration

Collaborative Standardized Data System

Hatchery experts from the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Idaho Power, Idaho Department of Fish and Game, Nez Perce Tribe, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, Shoshone-Bannock Tribes, and Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife provide direction for the development and refinement of FINS.

Juvenile Salmon (Fry)
Photo credit: Roger Tabor, USFWS

LSRP

FINS Informs Mitigation for the Four Lower Snake River Dams

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Lower Snake River Compensation Plan Hatchery Program mitigates for the annual loss of returning adult salmon and steelhead resulting from the construction of the four lower Snake River dams. Data submitted to FINS is used to assess progress towards mitigation goals.

Nez Perce Tribe Department of Fisheries Resources Management truck used to transport juvenile fish shown near the Snake River.
Photo credit: Nez Perce Tribe

Funders

FINS Funding Partners

Funding for FINS is provided by Idaho Power, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Lower Snake River Compensation Plan, Idaho Department of Fish and Game, and Nez Perce Tribe.

Hells Canyon.
Photo credit: A. W. (Tony) Grover.

FINS Data Modules

FINS Data Modules

Adults
Trapped

Adults Held For
Broodstock

Adults
Spawned

Eggs
Incubated

Fish
Reared

Eggs/Juveniles
Released

Chinook Salmon
Photo credit: Roger Tabor, USFWS

Idaho Power C

FINS Informs Mitigation for the Hells Canyon Complex

Idaho Power constructed the Oxbow, Rapid River, Niagara Springs, and Pahsimeroi hatcheries in the 1960s, and today it funds the Idaho Department of Fish and Game to operate these facilities.

Data from these hatcheries is submitted to FINS to inform decisions related to hatchery operations and mitigation assessments.

Niagara Springs Hatchery
Photo Credit John Anderson

FINS is a collaborative hatchery database that tracks production from adult collection to egg and juvenile releases. This information informs fisheries management, hatchery operations, and contributes to reports. Funding is provided by Idaho Power, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Idaho Department of Fish and Game, and Nez Perce Tribe.

Hatchery programs with data in FINS contribute mainly to fish mitigation efforts for impacts caused by the construction and operation of the four lower Snake River dams and the Hells Canyon Dam Complex. 

Representatives from these organizations participate in data sharing using FINS .