{"id":1204,"date":"2022-02-28T11:05:14","date_gmt":"2022-02-28T18:05:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/live-azgfd-main.pantheonsite.io\/?page_id=1204"},"modified":"2024-04-30T16:07:25","modified_gmt":"2024-04-30T23:07:25","slug":"page-springs-hatchery","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.azgfd.com\/fishing-2\/hatcheries-fisheries-management\/fish-hatcheries\/page-springs-hatchery\/","title":{"rendered":"Page Springs Hatchery"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Page Springs Hatchery is the largest state-run hatchery. It produces approximately 750,000 fish per year to stock Arizona\u2019s lakes, ponds and streams, which equals approximately 57% of the stock trout in the state, and makes a $185.3 million positive impact to the overall state economy. Species raised include rainbow trout, brown trout and occasionally Gila trout.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Page Springs Hatchery has been in operation since 1932 when it was owned by the Arizona Trout Company. In 1938, the Arizona Game & Fish Department secured the land lease and eventually purchased the property in 1949 for about $50,000. Page Springs is named after the original landowner, James Page, and for the multiple springs that make up the hatchery\u2019s water source. These springs produce approximately 8.5-11 million gallons of water per day at a constant 68 degrees Fahrenheit. This warmer temperature allows for faster growth of fingerlings but is not conducive to hatching trout eggs. Trout eggs are ideally hatched in water temperatures between 45 -55 degrees Fahrenheit. Because of this warmer water temperature Page springs is actually a \u201cgrow-out station\u201d which receives fingerling trout from other state hatcheries to grow out at the facility.<\/p>\n\n \n

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