Yet another 90,000 trout to be euthanized....

[bigfishy]

http://www.nj.gov/dep/fgw/pdf/2014/t...on14-sched.pdf

The areas in pink are stockings that were canceled due to the latest outbreak on 4-14-14....

[EJS]

Now the numbers on the latest stocking allocation PDF are starting to make sense! Hatcheries in other states have operated for decades without such infections. The problem is not in raising trout!

[Eskimo]

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My recommendation is to NOT euthanize the 90,000 trout, but instead stock them a Seeley's Pond (Union County). The poachers will have the pond cleaned out within a few days just like they did before opening day this year.

If there is an outbreak of Human Furunculosis in Plainfield and Bound Brook, landscapers and diners all over North Jersey will be short-handed.





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[Eskimo]

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Originally Posted by AndyS

Start stocking more smallmouth, walleye and pike.

My issue with this is if people get it in their heads that it's the hatcheries' responsibility to keep the rivers stocked with bass, many anglers won't treat them as the valuable natural resource they are.

The anglers might regard them as a put-and-take species and just load them up on their stringers where ever they find bass.

Bass grow so slowly, a put-and-take attitude, even with increased stocking, can only hurt the bass fishing.




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[NorthJerzyG]

Originally Posted by NJ Dave

I understand the states doing by not wanting to further spread the disease but i don't understand why they just don't dump the sick fish in an already polluted river.
114 + 90 thousand is a lot of fish.
Could have put em in the passaic, not told anyone and in a few years had a trophy trout river I'd the pike dont eat em.

+1 Why not just dump em in the Passaic?

Possibly fear of having more birds spread the disease to other areas? Only reason I can think of not to.

[Michael82929]

Yes... another 90000 fish will be euthanized.

Most likely you will see over the years, less and less brown and brook trout and more rainbow trout.

Considering the hatchery has had an a stellar record keeping our rivers and lakes stocked, this is just a sad story that effects everyone.

Stock walleye, pike, bass... you over populate a body of water with these fish and all you will have is stocked size fish to catch.

These species have an excellent reproductive track record. We just pull too many of them out of the water to do their thing.

[Almaink]

I am beyond pissed off. They want to drag Christie over the coals but no investigation of F&G? The D&R didn't get any brookies only browns and now no more fish at all? Where did all the Rainbows go? People bought their trout stamps for what? I want my money back...

OK so I just got off the phone with a guy at the hatchery. They are going to only stock the remaining trout, mostly rainbows in places they will last all summer. No more going into fish and take waters that get to hot in the summer. I'm still pissed but what ya gonna do? I just hope people still buy licenses next year or else our sport is in big trouble.

[Capt. Lou]

Tough break fo us ardent trout guys! Im not going to ask how all this occured since I personally dont have a clue about raising trout.
However hatchery personnel should have been up on this possibility since this is the states primary source of trout.This disease actually strikes w/o warning ??
No clues, somebody must have been aware of even a remote possibility of this occuring, & in this case having disastrous effects on trout fishing.
Lots of ?'s , probably never get to the bottom of the issue , my opinion somebody / bodies dropped the dam ball !!

[AndyS]

No problem with the lake trout, and they keep stocking them......in Monksville

[bigfishy]

Lots of ?'s , probably never get to the bottom of the issue , my opinion somebody / bodies dropped the dam ball !!


Much agreed with this statement...I have been following this pretty closely since it came out on the web in late summer -early fall....It seems as if this (furnurculosis) is a SUPER common occurrance in hatcheries throughout the WORLD....So it sounds as if this was something that was going to occur in our main hatchery sooner or later and it does'nt seem as if they prepaired for it or did ALL they could to avoid it.....That being said i'm sure the lack of pre-disease action was do to low/or lack of funds....But if there are going to be future trout stocking problems(ie; the amount of fish stocked per yr.) the lack of funds issue will prob only get worse.....

Pissed off ppl = less license and or trout stamp sales = less funds for the hatchery to make nessessary changes.....

I am probably in the minority, but i would be willing to pay more for a trout stamp and or donate money to fix the problems....Long road ahead