Oklahoma City officials consider closing fish hatchery

Oklahoma City may close its fish hatchery as part of budget cuts. However, supporters of the hatchery say closing it may actually cost the city money.

BY JOHN ESTUS | Published: May 26, 2010

Forget blood — one proposed cut to the city budget could leave council members with fish guts on their hands.

Closing the H.B. Parsons Fish Hatchery is being considered as part of city budget cuts, but the move could cost Oklahoma City money instead of saving it any, hatchery supporters told council members Tuesday.

photo - Bob Martin, fisheries biologist for Okla. City Parks and Recreation, and Mike Veasey, fisheries technician, readying ponds at the H.B. Parsons Fish Hatchery Thursday, April 22, 2010, to raise 600,000 walleye for stocking into Lake Hefner in Oklahoma City. Photo by Paul B. Southerland, The Oklahoman

Bob Martin, fisheries biologist for Okla. City Parks and Recreation, and Mike Veasey, fisheries technician, readying ponds at the H.B. Parsons Fish Hatchery Thursday, April 22, 2010, to raise 600,000 walleye for stocking into Lake Hefner in Oklahoma City. Photo by Paul B. Southerland, The Oklahoman

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The hatchery costs the city approximately $150,000 a year, mostly for the salary of a fisheries biologist, Parks and Recreation Director Wendel Whisenhunt said.

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