Cook Inlet Aquaculture Association

08/17/2026

This great opportunity for a part-time position is still open! Get your appication in!

We're hiring! 📢

Cook Inlet Aquaculture Association is looking for a part-time Office Assistant to join our team!

If you're organized and detail-oriented we'd love to hear from you. This position is a great opportunity to be part of an organization dedicated to sustaining Alaska's salmon resources while working in a collaborative and welcoming environment.

📍 Location: Kenai, Alaska
🕒 Schedule: Part-Time-24 hours a week

To learn more about the position and apply, please visit:

Position closes August 19, 2026!

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08/14/2026

Yesterday, we began the process of moving our Tutka Bay Lagoon sockeye broodstock into the freshwater lensing bag—a remarkable “freshwater lake” suspended within the saltwater of the lagoon. 🌊🐟

Sockeye need freshwater to mature, so at our net pen complex we create the conditions they need to complete this critical stage of their life cycle. The fish were sorted by s*x earlier this summer, and our staff are carefully double-checking the numbers of males and females as they move into the lens.

These broodstock will provide the eggs that help produce the next generation of sockeye for fisheries in Lower Cook Inlet. From this freshwater oasis in Tutka Bay, the cycle continues: broodstock become eggs, eggs become young salmon, and those fish eventually return to support our region’s fisheries and communities.

Want to see how a freshwater lake can exist in the middle of the ocean? Learn more about our lensing bag and the role it plays in sockeye production: https://ciaanet.org/lensing-bags-a-freshwater-oasis-in-the-sea-for-sockeye/

📹 Lauren Deal

08/05/2026

Read all about the latest at CIAA in the SMOLTS summer newsletter!

CIAA welcomes a new executive director this summer. Trenten Dodson started his career in Alaska with us in 2001, and he's back to lead us into the future.

We'll also look at the history of hatchery programs in Resurrection Bay, look at efforts to keep pike populations under control, and reflect on a visit from Bald Mountain Meadow students.

Get the PDF:
https://ciaanet.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Smolts-Summer-Issue-95-Final.pdf

08/04/2026

We're hiring! 📢

Cook Inlet Aquaculture Association is looking for a part-time Office Assistant to join our team!

If you're organized and detail-oriented we'd love to hear from you. This position is a great opportunity to be part of an organization dedicated to sustaining Alaska's salmon resources while working in a collaborative and welcoming environment.

📍 Location: Kenai, Alaska
🕒 Schedule: Part-Time-24 hours a week

To learn more about the position and apply, please visit:

Position closes August 19, 2026!

Please help us spread the word by sharing this post with your friends and network!

07/31/2026

First Egg Take of the Season 🐟

This week marked the first sockeye salmon egg take at Bear Lake—an exciting milestone and the beginning of another generation of Alaska salmon.

Every egg collected represents an investment in healthy fisheries, sustainable seafood, and the future of Alaska's communities. Through responsible salmon aquaculture, we can strengthen food security, support local jobs, advance fisheries research, and help ensure high-quality salmon remain part of Alaska's future for generations to come.

📷 Lauren Deal

07/29/2026

🐟 Now Hiring: Fish Culturist 🐟

We're looking to fill the boots left vacant by Zach Kalk, who has been promoted to Assistant Manager! Join our team at Tutka Bay Lagoon Hatchery as our next Fish Culturist. You'll be helping to support salmon fisheries through aquaculture. Visit www.ciaanet.org/employment for more information.

07/20/2026

🐟We're looking for our next Hatchery Manager at Tutka Bay Lagoon Hatchery!🐟

Lead with purpose. Take the next step in your fisheries career by managing hatchery operations, mentoring staff, and leading a team dedicated to producing healthy salmon and supporting Alaska's fisheries.

Raise the next generation of salmon. From broodstock collection and spawning to fry rearing and release, you'll play a hands-on leadership role in every stage of the salmon life cycle while making a lasting impact on sustainable fisheries.

Competitive compensation. Salary $63,923–$83,487 DOE, health insurance, HSA contribution, furnished on-site housing, quarterly weekend benefit, and generous leave.

For more information. Visit www.ciaanet.org/employment

07/15/2026

This weir is a cornerstone of CIAA's salmon enhancement projects, in operation for more than four decades.

This weir has supported a salmon enhancement program for more than four decades.

07/09/2026

WILLOW, Alaska—Corey Ercolani pulled a northern pike from a gillnet and slit its belly with a knife. Inside its guts lay fresh evidence of a growing biological crime: a dead juvenile salmon. A coho, or silver salmon, to be exact. A technician with the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Ercolani h...

07/07/2026

🐟 Now Hiring: Assistant Hatchery Manager 🐟
Join our team at Tutka Bay Lagoon Hatchery, located remotely in beautiful Kachemak Bay, Alaska. This is a great opportunity to help support salmon fisheries through aquaculture.

Visit www.ciaanet.org/employment for more information.

Open until filled. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis so don't hesitate to get your application in!