Broodstock Salmon Stocking
Reported by Bob Gregorski as received from Bill Hyatt,
DEP Director of Inland Fisheries
The following is a summary of the Atlantic
salmon broodstock stocking for 2007
No salmon were stocked in December. Here is the breakdown.
Naugatuck River
10/15 Upper 25 (from Kensington)
Lower 25 (from Kensington)
10/17 Upper 85 (from Federal Hatchery)
Lower 85 (from Federal Hatchery)
11/08 Upper 50 (from Kensington)
Lower 50 (from Kensington)
11/13 Upper 50 (from Kensington)
Lower 50 (from Kensington)
11/16 Upper 40 (from Kensington)
Lower 40 (from Kensington)
Totals Upper River 250
Lower River 250
Eastern District
10/17 Crystal Lake 100 (from Federal Hatchery)
Beach Pond 100 (from Federal Hatchery)
11/14 Shetucket 101 (from Kensington)
11/21 Shetucket 120 (from Kensington)
11/28 Shetucket 72 (from Kensington)
Totals Shetucket 293
Crystal & Beach 200
Received Thursday 10/11/07 at 6:00 pm
2007 FALL BROODSTOCK ATLANTIC STOCKING
• DEP will begin its annual stocking
of surplus broodstock Atlantic salmon next week. Approximately
500 surplus broodstock Atlantic salmon (110 from DEP’s
Kensington Hatchery and 400 from the White River National
Fish Hatchery in Vermont) are scheduled to be released next
week. These fish will range in size from 3 to 15 pounds each.
• Each year, surplus broodstock Atlantic
salmon are stocked into the Naugatuck and Shetucket Rivers.
However, flows in these two rivers are currently too low due
to the ongoing drought. As it is not possible to hold these
salmon at the hatchery until water levels improve (holding
these fish at the hatchery would interfere with and endanger
salmon spawning operations that are currently underway), next
week’s salmon may instead be released into several lakes
& ponds.
• Additional rainfall is predicted
for this week, but, should flows in the Naugatuck and Shetucket
Rivers not increase to levels considered sufficient by DEP
biologists, next week’s salmon will instead be released
into Beach Pond, Crystal Lake, Mt Tom Pond, Tyler Lake and
Squantz Pond. Regulations for the broodstock salmon would
be the same as for trout in these water bodies except for
the daily creel limit, which will be one salmon per day. Staff
will assess stream flows prior to making a final determination.
Received Friday 10/12/07 5:00 pm.
"Bob, we WILL be stocking both of the
broodstock areas on the Naugatuck River. Flows look good.
Flows are not good on the Shetucket. So ... In Eastern CT
we'll be stocking Beach Pond (150 salmon) and Crystal Lake
(100 salmon)."