What type of research will be conducted?
Scientists are in the process of developing the research questions the facility will be designed to answer. In general, the facility will address questions about the differences that may exist between hatchery and wild fish, causes for those differences, and ways to reduce differences and adverse interactions between hatchery and wild fish. Information gained at the facility will help guide statewide salmon recovery efforts and hatchery operations to reduce impacts to watersheds. Research activities will be conducted in cooperation with Oregon State University programs. ODFW and the other management partners will provide oversight and will solicit independent peer review of research proposals and experimental designs. The Independent Multidisciplinary Science Team (IMST), which advises the state on matters related to the Oregon Plan, will work with scientists to determine appropriate research questions. Those questions will help determine facility design. Members of IMST are appointed
