Michigan’s fish stocking trucks are traveling around the state this spring delivering fish to more than 1,000 locations.
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources stocks more than 20 million fish every year. The spring stocking season is mid-March to early June.
Fish stocking is a tool fisheries managers use to restore ecosystem balance, provide diverse fishing opportunities, rehabilitate low fish populations and reintroduce locally extinct species.
“Sometimes, the combination of angling pressure – sustained fishing – and habitat limitations in some areas will keep wild fish from maintaining the desired population level on their own,” said Aaron Switzer, DNR fish production manager. “In those instances, we’ll stock hatchery fish to supplement natural reproduction.”
The DNR rears fish at its six fish production facilities throughout the state, and manages up to 29 rearing ponds and six Great Lakes imprinting net pen/pond locations (which help developing fish return to spawning waters when mature).
DNR crews stock steelhead; lake sturgeon; Atlantic, Chinook and coho salmon; splake; brown, brook, lake and rainbow trout; muskellunge and walleye. The department has a fleet of 17 specialized fish stocking vehicles that travel over 100,000 annually.
Some factors that help the DNR decide where to stock fish include habitat, available forage fish, and the concentration of predators and/or competitors in a body of water.
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