Cold Spring Harbor Fish Hatchery

What Cold Spring Harbor Fish Hatchery does

The Cold Spring Harbor Fish Hatchery & Aquarium is a non-profit educational center located in Cold Spring Harbor, New York, operating a public aquarium combined with a working fish hatchery. The facility features the Walter L. Ross II building with more than 30 fish species including trout, carp, and bowfin, the Fairchild exhibit building housing small native fish species and the largest collection of native amphibians in the Northeast, multiple outdoor pond systems (Robert Koenig Memorial Pond, warm water ponds, hatchery ponds), and a large outdoor turtle pond. The site is one of the few public locations where Long Island brook trout can be observed and includes tidal biotope study areas. The underlying technology is physical habitat infrastructure (aquariums, ponds, hatchery systems) rather than software or digital platforms; no proprietary software, AI/ML capability, app, or API is documented.

The organization generates revenue through walk-in admission fees priced at $4-$6 per visitor depending on age category (children under 2 free; members free), on-site trout fishing with a $5 base fee plus per-fish charges and a 12-person daily capacity limit, annual memberships granting unlimited free entry, and ancillary education programs including summer camps, birthday parties, and school field trips. Go-to-market is direct-to-consumer at a single physical destination, with marketing conducted primarily through the facility's own website (cshfishhatchery.org) and a third-party aquarium enthusiast referral site (aquaticcommunity.com).

The hatchery has operated for nearly 100 years and converted to non-profit educational center status on April 1, 1982. The facility serves Long Island families, school groups, and visitors interested in native New York aquatic and reptile species. No headcount, revenue, ownership, leadership, funding, or partnership information is publicly disclosed in the available source material.

Name

Cold Spring Harbor Fish Hatchery

Legal name

Cold Spring Harbor Fish Hatchery & Aquarium

Website

https://cshfha.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1982

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

The Cold Spring Harbor Fish Hatchery & Aquarium is a non-profit educational center in Cold Spring Harbor, NY, operating a public aquarium and working fish hatchery featuring native New York fish, reptiles, and amphibians, serving walk-in visitors, families, and school groups via admissions, memberships, on-site fishing, and education programs.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Aquarium and Fish Hatchery

NAICS

Finfish Farming and Fish Hatcheries (112511), Aquaculture (1125), Other Aquaculture (112519)

akta.pro primary industry

Finfish Hatcheries (Freshwater & Marine) (AFAEAKAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Salmonid Hatcheries (Salmon, Trout, Char) (AFAEAKAD), Fishing Charters & Angling Experiences (Deep Sea, Sportfishing, Fly Fishing) (THAJAJAC)

Keywords

• Public aquarium
• Native fish conservation
• Trout hatchery
• Educational programs
• Summer camps

Headquarters

HQ city

Cold Spring Harbor

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Admission fees: Visitors pay admission fees based on age categories to access the public aquarium and hatchery facilities. Children under 2 enter free, children 3-12 pay $4, children 12-18 and adults pay $6, and seniors 65+ pay $4. Members enter for free.
2. Fishing activities: Trout fishing available most days (not Wednesdays or Thursdays) with limited capacity of 12 people per session. Visitors pay a $5 fee plus a per-fish charge for all trout caught. Equipment rental available.
3. Memberships: Annual memberships allow free unlimited entry to the aquarium for members.
4. Education programs: Summer camps, birthday parties, and educational programs offered to families and groups.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

The Cold Spring Harbor Fish Hatchery & Aquarium operates a public non-profit aquarium and working fish hatchery in Cold Spring Harbor, NY, featuring native New York fish species, reptiles, and amphibians across multiple exhibit buildings and outdoor ponds. The facility also offers on-site trout fishing with catch-and-keep privileges and hosts educational programs including summer camps, birthday parties, and school field trips.

Product overview

Cold Spring Harbor Fish Hatchery & Aquarium operates as a single unified visitor attraction — a non-profit educational center combining a working fish hatchery with public aquarium exhibits. The facility features multiple indoor buildings (the Walter L. Ross II building housing over 30 fish species and baby turtles; the Fairchild exhibit building with small native fish species and the largest collection of native amphibians in the Northeast), outdoor ponds (Robert Koenig Memorial Pond, Warm water ponds, and hatchery ponds), and a turtle pond. Additional offerings include trout fishing activities, educational programs, summer camps, and party hosting services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Public Aquarium Admission Public walk-in admission to the aquarium and hatchery facilities featuring native New York fish, reptiles, and amphibians. Pricing is age-tiered: children under 2 free, children 3-12 at $4.00, children 12-18 and adults at $6.00, and seniors 65+ at $4.00.
• Trout Fishing

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

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App detail

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• New York Aquarium: Larger public aquarium operated by the Wildlife Conservation Society in Brooklyn, NY. Shares the same regional family-visit and education mission but at a far larger scale and marine-species focus rather than native Northeast species.
• Tennessee Aquarium: Nonprofit public aquarium with a conservation and education focus. Operates as a visitor-funded regional aquarium analogous to Cold Spring Harbor's nonprofit educational model, though at greater scale.
• Mystic Aquarium: Larger New England aquarium and marine research institution. Operates admission-based exhibits and conservation programming comparable to Cold Spring Harbor's educational mandate, but with greater scale and marine mammal focus.
• Adventure Aquarium: Mid-to-large regional aquarium in Camden, NJ, with admission and education programming. Comparable as a Northeast family-ticketed aquarium attraction, though focused on a broader species collection.
• Shedd Aquarium: Large nonprofit aquarium in Chicago with broad education programming. Shares the nonprofit educational aquarium structure and ticketed admission model, but serves a national-scale audience.
• National Aquarium: Large nonprofit public aquarium in Baltimore, MD. Shares the nonprofit educational aquarium model and mission but operates at meaningfully greater scale and species diversity.
• New England Aquarium: Major Boston-based nonprofit aquarium with strong education and conservation programming. Comparable nonprofit mission and New England audience overlap, but substantially larger.

Direct peers

• Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk: Mid-size regional aquarium in coastal Connecticut with admission-based exhibits and education programs. Comparable in scale and Northeast family-attraction positioning, though with a Long Island Sound marine focus.
• Long Island Aquarium: Regional public aquarium located in Riverhead, NY, serving the same Long Island family and school-group market with ticketed admission and educational programming. Most direct geographic comparable to Cold Spring Harbor Fish Hatchery & Aquarium.

Regional players

• Sweetbriar Nature Center: Long Island-based nature and wildlife education center in Smithtown, NY, offering native species programs, summer camps, and group education. Closest scale, mission, and regional comparable to Cold Spring Harbor's educational nonprofit model.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Investors

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