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The Oklahoma Department of Wildlife (ODWC) works to enhance recreational sport fish populations and provide increased recreational fishing opportunities throughout the state of Oklahoma by stocking fish annually into public fishing waters. In 2022, crews made 402 stockingtrips, delivering fish into 143 different bodies of water. Four (4) ODWC
In 2023, nearly a million people visited national fish hatcheries and conservation offices across the country. These visitors came to us to catch their first fish, welcome salmon returning upriver to spawn, and become more deeply engaged in conservation. 992,805 - Visitors to FAC facilities.
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Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation - Fisheries Division 2023 Public Stocking Report Page 4 . PUBLIC STOCKINGS BY REGION . CENTRAL REGION Water stocked Species Number Size (in) County . Holdenville City Saugeye 18,304 1.5” Hughes Konawa Hybrid Striped Bass 11,050 1.5” Seminole Maud Hybrid Sunfish 379 6" Seminole
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In additional to a network of hatcheries, the National Fish Hatchery System operates 13 applied science facilities that assist fish production programs by advancing the fields of genetics, physiology, pathology, and nutrition. 1. 71 National Fish Hatcheries 2. 7 Fish Technology Centers 3. 6 Fish Health Centers 4. 1 Historic National Fish Hatchery 5...
Hatcheries can be a unique and powerful tool for wildlife conservation when they are used to recover wild populations and support sustainable recreational fisheries. 1. 110 million – Fish released by national fish hatcheries. 2. 81 million – Eggs transferred through the National Broodstock Program. 3. 16.6 million – Threatened or endangered wildlif...
Many states rely on aquaculture to stock lakes and rivers with fish populations for sustainable recreational fishing. The National Fish Hatchery System works closely with our state and Tribal partners to produce and stock fish using advanced genetic tools and techniques to maximize performance and to minimize negative impact on wild fish. 1. 106 mi...
National fish hatcheries support conservation by raising aquatic wildlife to recover federally listed threatened or endangered species, improve sustainable recreational fishing, support fisheries that have been impacted by a federal dam project, and prevent at-risk species from becoming endangered. 129 – Total number of species raised on national f...
Dolese Park Pond Hybrid Sunfish 1,337 2-5" Oklahoma Dolese Park Pond Rainbow Trout 4,860 10-14" Oklahoma Dolese Park Pond Rainbow Trout 254 14-24" Oklahoma Eagle Lake, Del City Hybrid Striped Bass 630 1.75" Oklahoma Eagle Lake, Del City Channel Catfish 1,715 8.2" Oklahoma
June 10th, 2022, marks the 150th anniversary of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s National Fish Hatchery System! The National Fish Hatchery System was created by Congress to help address collapsing fisheries and boost production of food fish to feed families. Over the years, the system has evolved to meet the changing needs of conservation.
Such characterizations fail to capture the diversity of hatchery operations and do not acknowledge the hatchery reform initiatives of the past 20 years or public expectations and legal requirements that influence the production and use of hatchery-origin fish.
