Pacific Fisheries Enhancement Foundation

Funds will be used for general operating support of the PACFISH pens in Newport Harbor. The White Sea bass are brought as hatchlings and cared for by our volunteers through the summer before being released in the fall. The white sea bass has a coded wire tag which helps inform on white seabass growth, diet, migrating patterns and survival rate of hatchery-reared white sea bass. Funds are used for the PACFISH skiff maintenance, fuel, maintenance of the PACFISH pens located in the harbor, and food for the white sea bass. The purpose of their program is to replenish wild fish populations and ensure ocean resources are available for future generations.