US EditionAfter 50 Years, Trout Population Is Restored to Historic Numbers in One of the Largest Lakes in US
- The Lake Champlain Fish and Wildlife Management Cooperative announced on April 10, 2025, it will suspend stocking lake trout in Lake Champlain due to population recovery.
- This decision followed 50 years of conservation involving stocking hatchery-raised juveniles since 1972 and controlling invasive sea lamprey beginning in 1990.
- The cooperative reported that sea lamprey wounds on lake trout dropped from 99 per 100 fish in 2006 to near their target of 25, supporting a self-sustaining trout population.
- For every dollar invested in lamprey control, $3.50 returns to the economy, while recreational fishing generates about $474 million annually in the Lake Champlain region.
- The suspension implies continued monitoring with potential stocking renewal if wild population declines, reflecting strong partnerships and a successful restoration effort.
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New York UpstateLake Champlain will no longer be stocked with lake trout
Decades of stocking efforts and sea lamprey control allows wild lake trout population to thrive
After 50 Years, Trout Population Is Restored to Historic Numbers in One of the Largest Lakes in US
Through a combination of invasive species control and stocking with captive-raised fish, it’s now believed that a self-sustaining and harvestable population of lake trout has returned to Lake Champlain. Following this historic success, a decision has been made to suspend the stocking of the lake, believing wild-born, wild-grown trout will be able to survive and […] The post After 50 Years, Trout Population Is Restored to Historic Numbers in One …
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Lake trout restoration in Lake Champlain a success | U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Thanks to a successful, decades-long effort by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department and New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, lake trout have been restored to Lake Champlain. As a result, the wild population no longer needs to be augmented by hatchery-reared fish, and stocking will end after this spring.
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