2024

Granted $25,000 for Community Hatchery Program – Public Fish for Public Waters in Ontario

Project Objectives

Volunteer community-based fish stocking has a long history in Ontario and for decades, thousands of dedicated hatchery volunteers have made tremendous efforts to improve our recreational fisheries and educate the people of Ontario about our extraordinary resources. Fish stocking and community engagement are two very important components of fisheries management in Ontario.

Community hatcheries stock millions of fish each year to help rehabilitate native species populations and to maintain or enhance angling opportunities through put-grow-take fish stockings. Fish are stocked at different development life stages depending on the species and the fish stocking objectives. Community hatcheries work in cooperation with the MNRF to establish stocking targets/plans (i.e. species, egg source, stocking numbers, and developmental life stage at stocking) that are in-line with fisheries management plans and/or community fisheries objectives.