DonAndersen Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 This article deals with the decision to stop stocking wild trout into native trout reproducting populations. It is a great read and the decision effected North America trout stockings. I meet Dick Vincent a number of years ago when he was in Alberta trying to educate the Govt and stakeholders about Whirling Disease. Vincent is everything a biologist should be! Don http://fwp.mt.gov/mtoutdoors/HTML/articles/2004/DickVincent.htm 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crowsnest Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 good article, I suspect that stocking less fish in our own lakes would also produce bigger trout. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdangler Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 Interesting read. I drive to Montana a couple of times a year & enjoy some great days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcleod52 Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 Nice read. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brookie Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 I read somewhere that an Alberta fisheries biologist advocated the same thing years ago. It may have been at the Sam Livingston trout hatchery. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianR Posted June 20, 2014 Share Posted June 20, 2014 Some of us remember crawling valley res.,as a stocked trout fishery.The gov.,tried to stock it with brook trout,birds/pike etc. got them.But along came,escapees from the Bow River/canals.These escapees turned into some huge fish in 3 yrs.16-18lbs.Why doesn't fishery staff capture,some rb.spawners.Our hatchery could produce,tremendous fighters,jumpers etc.People come from all over the world to fish the Bow.Ah but if people came to fish our wild strain rb trout in lakes.Then where would Nenshi get that lost revenue from..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonAndersen Posted June 23, 2014 Author Share Posted June 23, 2014 The concept of not stocking fish into streams had some interesting effects in Alberta. 1) the streams around Rocky didn't get stocked any more although they didn't ever support recruitment. 2) the concept was ignored in several places. These stockings included the Cardinal, Blackstone, Wabiabi, Bighorn and perhaps others. Many of these stockings were placed on top of per existing native populations. It should be noted that in some cases the fishermen won a new species in the river or a stocking of barren water and in some cases he lost a fishing opportunity. All is not simple in biology. Don Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WinstonConfluentus Posted July 14, 2014 Share Posted July 14, 2014 Things are quite simple in Biology from my perspective; the place was perfect before the arrival of non-native species. Now, it's a complete disaster. Simple no? Pesky humans. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonAndersen Posted July 14, 2014 Author Share Posted July 14, 2014 Ah but Winston - my wife says I can't solve the world's problems one shot at a time. Damn Liberal anyway! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bigdirty Posted July 14, 2014 Share Posted July 14, 2014 Ah but Winston - my wife says I can't solve the world's problems one shot at a time. Damn Liberal anyway! not sure what your getting at but brought up some old memories. thanks. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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