How many fish does DFG plant and how many will be affected?
A conservative estimate of how many stocking locations will be impacted by the lawsuit is less than 200. This number can change if DFG or others conduct surveys to evaluate the presence or absence of 25 species of interest as defined by the petitioners and listed in the Nov. 2008 court order. DFG plans to stock roughly seven million hatchery-reared trout in 2009. DFG does not anticipate any changes in the numbers of steelhead and salmonids that are being reared for release at or operated hatcheries. DFG also stocks 1.1 million fingerling Kokanee and half a million inland Chinook salmon in larger reservoirs. Catfish are also planted under the Fishing in the City program.
