Given the potential negative genetic impacts of Kamloops on naturalized steelhead, why doesn the MNDNR discontinue the program?
Over half of the angling pressure in the spring fishery is directed at Kamloops and the catch rates of Kamloops are generally double those of steelhead. In addition, winter creel surveys show that fishing pressure for Kamloops surpasses spring fishing pressure for all rainbow trout strains. Kamloops are the only rainbow trout that can be harvested in Minnesota’s portion of Lake Superior. The Kamloops fishery is a relatively low cost hatchery program that provides both a winter and early spring shore fishery for rainbow trout where it otherwise would not exist. An alternative to elimination of the program is to restrict Kamloops stocking to a limited geographic area and attempt to reduce straying from that area so the hybridization risk is minimized.
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