NightFlight™

NightFlight™ is an automated release cage that opens and closes at the specific time you set. Release fingerlings and smolts late at night when the predators are asleep and they have time to find their way to safety. Time spent in the NightFlight allows smolts and fingerlings to acclimate to their new riverine environment without the stress and threat of predation. NightFlight changes the game and protects fingerlings and smolts from fish and avian predators when they are most vulnerable.

40%+ better escapement success

Survival rates improve when smolt are released at night when predation is lowest.  NightFlight™ shields juveniles from both fish and avian predators. See the results in the studies to see survival rates soar with NightFlight and then validate it with your own fish this year.

Smart & safe release

NightFlight™ allows you to set the door to automatically open at optimal migration times for higher survival rates and close again on its own before your next fish transfer all while you’re sleeping at home. Don’t risk your own safety at night, and the smolts and fingerlings during the daylight when there is a safer way today. 

Simple setup

One person can deploy the NightFlight™ system during the day in a few minutes. Just bring the NightFlight with you to the release site, place it in the water, and deliver your smolts and fingerlings into the buoyant (floating) NightFlight. Use a line to anchor it and make it secure, but out of reach of the curious. Easy transport and setup make the NightFlight a simple solution to release smolts and fingerlings at the most ideal time to minimize predation and maximize downstream migration success.

Affordable

A quality-built solution designed from the start to be affordable even when budgets are tighter than ever. It’s priced well under most agency micro purchase thresholds. We bet that NightFlight™ will give you the biggest bang for your buck this year and for years to come.