The Ontario government is investing over $75 million to update Ontario’s fish hatchery program to provide better fishing opportunities across the province.
Locally, the investment includes the construction of a new building for raising walleye at the Blue Jay Creek Fish Culture Station on Manitoulin Island to increase the production of walleye by as much as 600% annually. Video of the full announcement can be seen by clicking here.
Infrastructure upgrades are planned for three critical fish culture stations to increase the production of key fish species and support fish stocking efforts. The others are:
• Improvements to the North Bay Fish Culture Station to enable stocking of over 555,000 high-demand fish, including brook trout, lake trout and rainbow trout.
- • Upgrades to the Hill’s Lake Fish Culture Station in Englehart to increase its capacity to raise and stock over 530,000 popular fish including splake and aurora trout.
More detail can be found here: https://news.ontario.ca/en/backgrounder/1005497/investments-in-provincial-fish-hatcheries
