Fish Stocking

The Fish Stocking Project provides anglers with increased opportunities to catch and harvest rainbow trout, brook trout, brown trout, and tiger trout in regions of Alberta where angling opportunities are limited. Recipient waterbodies are prone to winterkill and require annual stocking of fish to maintain angling opportunities. We stocked 65 waterbodies with 109,794 rainbow trout, 6,640 brook trout, 2,300 brown trout, and 1,770 tiger trout, for a total of 120,504 trout. We stocked 63 waterbodies with rainbow trout; of these, we supplemented 8–10 ponds with various combinations of brook trout, brown trout, and tiger trout. We stocked one pond (Shell True North) with brook trout and tiger trout only and another one (Mirror Reservoir) with brown trout only. Overall, we stocked 43 ponds with single species and 22 ponds with multiple species to increase diversity in fishing experience for anglers. Approximately 64% of the stockings were completed in spring before the May long weekend, 17% in early June, and the rest in the fall. We acquired four new corporate partners.

Partnerships

Alberta Environment and Protected Areas, Canadian Tire – Cochrane, CCI Inc., City of Beaumont, City of Fort Saskatchewan, City of Lacombe, City of Medicine Hat, City of Red Deer, County of Grande Prairie, Lethbridge County, NFP, Nutrien, Saddle Hills County, Shell Canada Energy, Southern Alberta Outdoorsmen, SysGen Solutions Group Ltd., Town of Cochrane, Town of High River, Town of Morinville, Town of Taber

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