11-29-2021, 05:12 PM
(11-29-2021, 05:01 PM)PBH Wrote:Crimson Wrote:[font="Open Sans", sans-serif]makes me wonder why DWR thought it was a good idea to start stocking Kokanee in East Canyon again. Kokanee were stocked in EC many years ago, but didn't take for whatever reason.[/font]
[font="Open Sans", sans-serif]Wondering what may have changed, especially in low water years, to make it seem viable to them now?[/font]
A couple things have changed.
1. Hatcheries ability to produce enough kokanee salmon to continue a stocking program. The fisheries don't have to rely on natural reproduction because the hatcheries can keep making enough to sustain a fishery.
2. they also will utilize "lake spawning" strains kokanee in some situations (ie: Fish Lake) in hopes that maybe they'll get some natural reproduction. At Fish Lake we already know that Twin Creeks is simply too cold for natural reproduction, and thus kokanee attempts in years past failed because the fish couldn't self sustain. The program today relies on hatcheries to sustain the fishery, but they also use a lake spawning strain in hopes to get some natural reproduction to supplement the hatchery stocking.
I'm not a marine biologist, but I did stay in a Holiday Inn last night.
Good to know. Thanks for the info. I do like the fact they are planting Kokanee in so many waters. Many, especially East Canyon, are close to where I live.