Photo Friday: Darkness and Light
Today's Photo Friday is a recent scene of welding in our FABLAB. Moving through some of the shortest days can be a time for reflecting on both Read More…
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FISHBIO Highlights of 2019
As we wrap up another busy year at FISHBIO, we wanted to share a few of our highlights – in written and video form. In 2019 we Read More…
Fresh new coat for an ugly old boat
When Old Red rolled into the shop she looked a little rough around the edges, but this 17-foot North River outboard still had a lot of life Read More…
Preparing for the Spectacle of Spawning
The end of a quiet and restful summer quickly becomes a hustle and bustle at our FISHBIO shop in Oakdale during the fall season. Not only is Read More…
Elevator Ride: Custom Fabrication for the Riverwatcher Fish Counter
Our fabrication team knows how to go big when it comes to creating custom fisheries monitoring equipment. Our latest mega-build is a giant lift system used to Read More…
Photo Friday: Sand Man
Today's Photo Friday offers a peek inside our FABLAB, and is the winner of our staff Photo of the Month contest for its creative low-angle perspective. Whether Read More…
The Barrel Bar
Here at FISHBIO, we like to take recycling in a creative direction. This might mean using reclaimed materials or taking things that are done serving their original Read More…
Technology Spotlight: The Smolt Spy
At FISHBIO, we specialize in both counting fish and building things. This naturally led us to construct our own automated video system for monitoring fish passage, called Read More…
Upcycled Dehydrator
Thanks to the expert fabricators in our FABLAB, our kitchen now has a custom-built dehydrator, a bit larger than a typical off-the-shelf unit. They converted an inoperable Read More…
Tower of Bio-Balls
As anyone with a home aquarium knows, just keeping fish alive can be a challenge. As we have relocated and rebuilt our fish-lab several times over the Read More…