Photographs and Story by Brian Henke
The following story and photographs are from an egg take at the Alouette River, followed by pictures of the subsequent egg fertilization at Mossom Creek Hatchery on October 28th, 2015.
![Aloutte river fence](http://www.mossomcreek.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/the-fence-some-of-the-salmon-will-find-their-way-to-the-end-of-the-fence-and-end-up-in-a-holding-tank-300x225.jpg)
![netting salmon](http://www.mossomcreek.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/netting-the-salmon-from-the-holding-tank-300x225.jpg)
![egg fertilization begins](http://www.mossomcreek.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/everybody-ready-with-a-container-of-eggs-300x200.jpg)
![milt to eggs](http://www.mossomcreek.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/add-three-quarters-of-the-milt-to-the-eggs-300x200-300x200.jpg)
![then pass the milt to the right.](http://www.mossomcreek.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/then-pass-the-milt-to-the-right-and-add-that-to-the-eggs-create-a-little-more-gene-biodiversity-300x200-300x200.jpg)
![Get your hands in and mix it up.](http://www.mossomcreek.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/get-your-hands-in-and-mix-it-up-300x200.jpg)
![heath trays](http://www.mossomcreek.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/drain-the-eggs-and-load-to-a-tray-300x200.jpg)
![Heath trays – some loaded with today’s take.](http://www.mossomcreek.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/heath-trays-of-which-we-will-load-a-few-today-300x200.jpg)
Photographs and Story by Brian Henke
The following story and photographs are from an egg take at the Alouette River, followed by pictures of the subsequent egg fertilization at Mossom Creek Hatchery on October 28th, 2015.
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