Fisheries Management
�Stocking
–Aquaculture
–Fry size
–Management plans
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�Fishing
–Licensing
–Catch and release
–Regulations: size, amount, season
Stocking
Reared from eggs in aquaculture facilities
Advanced fry and small fingerlings (2-6 inches)
Management Plans based on species
Fishing
Licensing
Required unless 12 or younger (16 non res.) or fishing from own property
Catch and Release
1996 to 2000 60% salmon caught released (MDIFW)
1996 to 2000 25% caught through ice released (MDIFW)
Not always a plus
Regulations- size, amount, season
Long Pond (MDIFW)
Smelts only taken by hook and line not from tributaries
2 trout per a day
1 salmon per day of 16 inches or greater